School Based Intake Clinician

Description

School-Based Intake Clinician to float between our locations. 

DEPARTMENT GOALS: 

• To provide a user-friendly and clinically appropriate response to persons experiencing emergent or urgent psychiatric or personal issues
• To provide a streamlined and non-duplicative customer service-oriented admissions process for internal and external customers of the department
• To provide input from experience of department to the ongoing strategic planning of Prairie View

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 
2. AGE-BASED COMPETENCIES 
3. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 
4. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
5. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
6. EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH
   CO-WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Master’s degree, with clinical emphasis required; QMHP designation required.
•  Minimum Experience: Three years of post-graduate experience in mental health field preferred
• Must have strong clinical and diagnostic skills
• Must have effective, evidence informed crisis intervention skills
• Must have ability to observe patient behavior for assessment purposes
• Must have effective communication skills (listening, verbal, written) to interact with patients, staff, & multi-disciplinary treatment team members
• Must have ability to communicate effectively with diverse community agencies
• Must have solid understanding of customer service best practices
• Must have solid understanding of current managed care practices and procedures
• Must have excellent problem-solving/conflict resolution skills
• Must have active participation with developing efficient sustainable departmental budget
• Must be able to schedule flexibility to meet the needs of the program/agency
• Must be proficient at basic keyboarding/word-processing skills
• Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen and the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children