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Summary:

The Crisis Care Clinician will have a primary role of brief clinical intervention including safety planning and when necessary, assessing for medical necessity of inpatient psychiatric admission and coordinating direct admission in these cases.

The Clinician will triage incoming behavioral health/substance use crisis calls, walk-ins, and drop-offs as needed in order to effectively and efficiently manage individuals in crisis.

Crisis management may include but is not limited to assessing, engaging, de-escalating, stabilizing, safety planning, linking and coordinating services, pre-screens, assessments, and hospitalization level of care decisions for Medicaid or indigent consumers of Monroe County based upon state guidelines for hospitalizations.

The Clinician will also interface with the community leaders, law enforcement and other providers.

This is a full-time position, working 5 days a week.

Core Knowledge

Demonstrates ability to identify severity of illness by assessing symptom acuity, functional abilities, and risk factors.

Demonstrates ability to accurately assess psychiatric symptomatology and risk of harm to self or others.

Demonstrates ability to assess, complete, and document an accurate behavioral health diagnostic impression diagnosis based on the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and knowledge of corresponding ICD codes, and treatment recommendations. This includes diagnoses related to mental illness (or serious emotional disturbance), intellectual disabilities/cognitive impairments, substance use/abuse/dependence for all ages.

Demonstrates ability to develop an evaluation of what is causing a crisis situation and develop a plan of safety, which includes alternative resources to hospitalization.

Demonstrates ability to perform pre-screening for admissions for psychiatric hospitalization.

Knowledgeable about the special needs when working with people diagnosed with developmental disability, mental illness, and children with serious emotional disturbance.

Demonstrates knowledge of health insurance benefits.

Demonstrates knowledge of Duty to Warn, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Elder Abuse reporting laws and the ability to complete mandatory reporting requirements.

Demonstrates knowledge of eligibility criteria and medical necessity criteria for CMH services, based on current state and federal standards. This includes but is not limited to the current MI Mental Health Code and the current MI Medicaid Provider Manual.

Demonstrates knowledge of state, federal, and local standards and practices related to service utilization, utilization management, and utilization review.

Core Intake/Assessment

Screens all incoming calls, providing crisis service for adults, children, adolescents and families, provides face-to-face assessments consistent with authority standards as needed, schedules admission appointments, or makes referrals to outside agencies or service providers consistent with signed contracts and/or interagency service agreements, including but not limited to, Peace Officers, Jail Administrations and staff, Prosecutor Office, Defense Attorneys, Judges and Probation Officers.

Coordinates support/services with the consumer's identified primary health care provider when applicable.

Assesses need for psychiatric consultation authorization.

Provides individual and group community education by phone and/or by group presentations.

Works in conju

Monroe Community Mental Health Authority

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