PT Mobile Crisis Response Clinician

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Shift pay is per day. To be on call. In addition, there is a $100 per mobile crisis response. It is a part time position.

Flexible schedule. Looking to fill evening, overnight, and weekend shifts.

Basic Function : Mobile Crisis Response (MCR) is a crisis mental health service program for youth and adults who are experiencing a psychiatric emergency.

MCR agencies provide crisis stabilization via intensive mental health services for eligible individuals who may need hospitalization or community based mental health care.

Under the supervision of a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA), may provide some or all of the following : clinical assessment, crisis intervention, treatment / safety planning, and administer direct clinical interventions to children, adolescents, adults, and their families experiencing acute and chronic emotional / behavioral disorders.

The Mobile Crisis Response Clinician will provide these services in a variety of settings - primarily in homes, schools, hospitals or within a community setting.

Reporting Relationship :

Reports To : Mobile Crisis Clinical Team Lead; Crisis Response Supervisor, and / or Director of Clinical Services

Supervises (Position Title) : None

Principal Duties / Responsibilities :

• This position specifically requires the individual be available during assigned shift.
• Provides pre-admission psychiatric hospital screening through the Illinois Medicaid Crisis Assessment Tool (IM-CAT), crisis intervention, facilitates hospitalization, monitors psychiatrically hospitalized youth / adults, and provides discharge, linkage, and aftercare recommendations.
• Has the ability to develop and successfully provide a diagnostic assessment consistent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and International Classification of Diseases (DSM 5-TR), or their successors.
• Develops and implements a comprehensive clinical treatment plan for all children, adolescents, and adults referred in accordance with agency procedures, licensing standards, and standards of professional practice.

Assure that all services are provided in compliance with standards of informed consent, maintenance of client rights, and standards of confidentiality.

• Maintains direct service implementation included in the client’s safety plan. Engages client in crisis intervention, and mental health stabilization.
• Prepares and oversees case presentation for clinical review at specified points of service, including initial assessments, treatment planning review, treatment staffing reviews and case closure.

And provide review of services to various stakeholders including MCO providers, Pathways Care Coordinators, etc

• Assures that all clients are linked with appropriate treatment, educational, social, recreational, and medical resources during and prior to completion of service.
• Maintains current knowledge regarding services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. Participates in agency in-service trainings as well as self and supervisor directed advanced skill-trainings.

Maintains and adheres to current rules and regulations pertaining to services delivered by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Department of Children & Family Services, Illinois Healthcare & Family Services, including the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA), and the Office of the Inspector General.

• Performs after-hours and shift responsibilities relative to the needs of the client and program unit, as needed.
• Participates at an advanced level with colleagues, agency consultants, intra and inter-agency service coordination, and community-planning and advocacy on behalf of clients.
• Documents service provision consistent with the treatment plan and assures that all identified services are provided in accordance with Agency / Program, and current administrative codes for the delivery of community mental health treatment services.

Maintains client confidentiality and adheres to guidelines defined by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

• Maintains current and accurate documentation of client services (billable / non-billable), client scheduling, consultation, and other events related to the maintenance of the client’s electronic health record.
• The delivery of services to the individual in crisis and / or family / caregivers, is driven by a customer service ethic that values the consumer and represents the highest quality Ada S McKinley can offer.

Requirements :

A minimum of bachelor’s degree in counseling and guidance, rehabilitation counseling, social work, education, vocational counseling, psychology, pastoral counseling, family therapy, or related human service field.

This would qualify this individual as a Mental Health Professional (MHP).

• QMHP has a minimum of a master’s degree in a mental health field as listed above. In addition, the individual must have successfully completed a practicum and / or internship which includes a minimum of 1,000 hours, or one year of clinical experience under a Licensed Qualified Mental Health Professional, including QMHP physician’s, licensed clinical psychologists, or registered nurses licensed under the Illinois Nursing Act of 1987 with at least one year of clinical experience in a mental health setting.
• Use of a personal auto, valid driver’s license, and Motor Vehicle report acceptable to the agency’s broker and verification of insurance coverage.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities (K / S / A) :

• This position requires the individual demonstrate the experiences, beliefs, attitude and awareness that indicate cultural sensitivity to the client population served.
• This position requires the individual possess the ability to partner with clients individually and / or in family to help them mobilize resources and build resilience.
• This position requires the individual possess the ability to coordinate effectively with other team members, other Agency resources and outside services in addressing client needs.
• This position requires the individual possess an understanding of evidence-informed practices, engagement strategies, boundary setting, concurrent documentation, working in a community setting, organizing, motivational interviewing, and family systems.
• Must be familiar with the operation of but not limited to desktop computer systems, cell phone, laptop, notebook, netbook, and tablet type devices knowledge of community resources and ability to use a variety of applications on a computer.
• Staff are expected to have the ability to work remotely from home if necessary, and with Supervisory approval. Safety Protocols while at the office and within the community are to be strictly adhered.

Mental / Physical Demands : Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.

The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions : Staff are expected to have the ability to work remotely from home if necessary, and with Supervisory approval.

Safety Protocols while at the office and while providing services within the community are to be strictly adhered.