Overview:
EastPointe Hospital is a private, free-standing psychiatric hospital for adults and adolescent males (ages 12 – 18) located in Daphne, Ala. EastPointe’s clinical and medical professionals assess and evaluate adults and adolescents in psychiatric crisis. Treatment focuses on stabilizing psychiatric symptoms and preventing psychiatric commitment. Adults and/or adolescents admitted to EastPointe will have exhibited life-threatening, destructive or disabling behavior or symptoms. Each patient completes a psychiatric diagnostic evaluation and receives 24-hour clinical care for the duration of their stay. The goal is for each patient to return to home or to the least restrictive level of care.
Responsibilities:
Clinical Responsibilities:
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Provides rapid crisis intervention and assessment to individuals, using face-to-face or telephone response, when calls come into Access to Care or the Intensive Care Coordinator as appropriate
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Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
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Collaborates with Access to Care as needed
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Establishes and maintains regularly scheduled, and as needed, contact with the other AltaPointe programs to optimize appropriate dispositions and outcomes
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Leads in the initiating and implementing the services of the Child/Adolescent Crisis Response Team
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Provides services in the community, consumer’s homes, etc.
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Effectively determines the level of response needed in crisis situations
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Provides appropriate follow-up and referrals after a crisis
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Educates families on de-escalating crisis situations, including but not limited to, safety plans
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Follows up with consumers that are in AltaPointe Children’s Outpatient Programs who may be decompensating or at high-risk.
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Travels to consumers’ homes to ensure medication compliance as needed
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Utilizes appropriate communication methods to ensure appropriate communication with individual consumers’ treatment teams
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Assist in securing emergency medical services or law enforcement services if needed
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Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer as needed
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Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM 5 diagnosis as needed
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Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer and families, as appropriate
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Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan as needed
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Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members, law enforcement, emergency medical services, court personnel and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
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Advocates on behalf of the consumer to secure community resources
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Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning or movement to a less restrictive environment
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Adheres to professional code of ethics
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Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent specific competencies
Supervision and Consultation:
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Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed
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Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
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Actively works to enhance clinical skills
Clinical Record Keeping:
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Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy
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Learns and utilizes Avatar electronic health record appropriately
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Documents in detail the resolutions of crisis situations and linkage to appropriate follow up sources.
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Documents all services provided before the completion of the shift.
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Documents appropriate, complete, and clinically comprehensive mental health assessments
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Documents measurable and specific goals in the treatment plan
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Documents in a clear and concise manner, types of consumer problems, treatment goals addressed, services, and techniques used
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Documents legibly
Case Load Management:
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Effectively manages caseload based on consumer needs
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Meets AltaPointe productivity standards
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Monitors caseload for accuracy
Qualifications:
Master’s degree in a mental health discipline with 2 or more years’ experience working with psychiatric disorders or crisis situations.
Knowledge in child/adolescent specialty, outlined below, to be attained within (6) six months of employment.
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Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the child/adolescent population
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Basic knowledge of the nature of addiction for referral purposes
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Knowledge of cultural diversity
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Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and interventions common to acute psychotic consumers, as well as, to non-violent crisis intervention practice
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Knowledge of psychiatric rehabilitation principles
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Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to children/adolescents with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders
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Knowledge of AltaPointe services and continuum of care
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Knowledge of appropriate services codes and billing procedures
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Knowledge of community resources
