EMERGENCY SERVICES MOBILE CRISIS CLINICIAN

Searching for a Mobile Crisis Clinician to join our Emergency Services Team at Seacoast Mental Health Center

If you like making a difference in your community and are passionate about working in a nonprofit organization Seacoast Mental Health Center is an excellent choice! We provide hope and promote recovery for children, adolescents, adults and their families in the eastern half of Rockingham County.

Responsibilities include:

• To provide individuals/families in need with 24-hour crisis intervention and stabilization, to prevent or reduce potential suicide, serious debilitation, violent behavior and decrease the need for long-term hospitalization.

• Work in close collaboration and cooperation with other ES members and other multidisciplinary agency staff, in carrying out team and agency policies/procedures. For mobile clinicians, this includes effectively working with ES clinicians embedded at the Exeter Hospital to create a seamless transition for the patient when that level of care is needed.

• Providing phone, in-person or telehealth crisis intervention, assessment and stabilization services in a patient’s home, community setting, affiliated hospital, or other appropriate setting during agency open hours and/or after-hours.  At times, this will include short term crisis counseling and case management.

• Assessing client crisis state/immediate needs; level of urgency and selecting mode of intervention in relation to suicide risk, violence potential, current level of coping, mental status, support system, need for medication, crisis housing, brief hospitalization, IEA, or referral for outpatient treatment. In this way, the ES clinician manages the acute phase of clients presenting in behavioral crisis.  The scope of practice will include working with youth, adult, and geriatric populations.

• Formulate and initiate plan of action independently and/or in consultation with the client, psychiatrist, case manager, various other staff as appropriate to situation.

• Communicating information to appropriate staff, regarding client crisis status and interventions, necessity for follow-up and treatment planning.  When necessary, this includes the development and use of Emergency Services treatment plans.

• Assume case management and psychotherapy functions when performing crisis stabilization with emphasis on returning patients to their previous baseline by facilitating connections to services within agency or community.  In this way, clinician should be proficient in at least one evidenced based clinical modality.

• Consultation and/or evaluation with Exeter Hospital Emergency Room physicians and staff, for persons presenting in the ER with psychiatric problems.  When requested, telephone consultations with Portsmouth Regional Hospital Emergency Room for Seacoast clients who present there in crisis.

• Provide emergency consultations/information and evaluation to various other community agencies and organizations, such as police, jail, foster home, etc. This may include out of catchment interactions as determined by the crisis call center in the state.

Education and experience:

• Master's Degree in clinically related mental health discipline with experience in clinical diagnosis and therapeutic intervention.
• Ability to form rapid rapport and interact with broad range of clients, including severe and chronic populations.
• Ability to interface with various community agencies/organizations and multidisciplinary staff.
• CPR and First Aid Training are recommended.
• 40-hour crisis response training that includes concepts and topics in accordance with the National Guidelines for Crisis Care Best Practice Toolkit.  
• Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale and Safety Planning.

 Seacoast Mental Health Center, Inc. offers a generous compensation package including paid time off, health and dental plans, retirement account match, etc.  We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value the diversity of our community.