What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Consultant position at Pottstown Hospital - Tower Health?
Job Summary
The Psychiatric Emergency Services Mental Health Consultant provides psychiatric evaluation and supportive intervention to patients identified as needing these services. The mental health consultant performs assessment to determine social services needed for disposition. The Mental Health Consultant functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team utilizing clinical skills in the therapeutic process to ensure delivery of quality mental health services to psychiatric patients and their families.
Qualifications
Education Requirements
Pottstown Hospital is a 213-bed facility with a full range of health services, including inpatient and outpatient, medical and surgical, and diagnostic and emergency care, to name a few. We believe in the power of people to create great care. We deliver compassionate, safe, quality care. And we work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring, and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.
Awards
Overview
Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.
The Psychiatric Emergency Services Mental Health Consultant provides psychiatric evaluation and supportive intervention to patients identified as needing these services. The mental health consultant performs assessment to determine social services needed for disposition. The Mental Health Consultant functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team utilizing clinical skills in the therapeutic process to ensure delivery of quality mental health services to psychiatric patients and their families.
- Generous time off, tuition assistance, and comprehensive benefits
- Instant access throughout the pay period with Tower Advance Pay, ensuring financial flexibility and convenience
- Employee Assistance Program, Retirement Savings Program, Life Insurance, and more!
Qualifications
Education Requirements
- 4 year/Bachelor's Degree
- Relevant Experience
- Analytical Skills
- Collaborative Skills
- Computer Skills to include use and navigation
- Customer Service Skills
- Detail Oriented
- Dictation and Transcription Skills
- Excellent Communications Skills
- Excellent Interpersonal Skills
- General Clerical Skills
- Good Reasoning Skills
- Keyboarding
- Listening Skills
- Microsoft Office Applications
- Multi Line Telephone Operational Skills
- Multitasking
- Negotiation Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Service Orientation
- Strategic Thinking
- Strong Team Player
Pottstown Hospital is a 213-bed facility with a full range of health services, including inpatient and outpatient, medical and surgical, and diagnostic and emergency care, to name a few. We believe in the power of people to create great care. We deliver compassionate, safe, quality care. And we work hard every day to be a place of healing, caring, and connection for patients and families in the community we call home.
Awards
- Healthgrades® Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2023)
- Lown Institute Hospitals Index: Grade A Cost Efficiency, Grade A Inclusivity
- The Pottstown Mercury Readers' Choice Award - Best Hospital
- Get With The Guidelines Stroke SILVER PLUS
- Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure GOLD PLUS
- Accredited by The Joint Commission
- Certified Primary Stroke Center
- Certified in Hip/Knee Replacement, Heart Failure
- Accreditation by the American College of Surgeons
- Commission on Cancer
- Accreditation with the American College of Radiation Oncology
- American College of Radiology Accreditation
- CT Scan, MRI, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, and PET Scan
- Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
- Extracranial Cerebrovascular Testing
- Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center by the American College of Radiology
Overview
Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.