Emergency Clinician

Are you passionate about helping others? Do you know someone that is affected by mental health issues? If so, then we are looking to talk with you

$2,000 SIGN-ON BONUS

West Central has developed a new innovative program that will provide Mobile Crisis Outreach to individuals 24 hours a day/7 days a week The primary goal with this program is to assist individuals with a mental illness before they end up in a significant crisis and require hospitalization.

West Central Behavioral Mobile Crisis is looking to hire an Mental Health Clinicians who are interested working on this team, specifically the overnight shifts from 11 p.m. -7 a.m. in either of our two locations in Claremont or Lebanon New Hampshire. We are looking for Mental Health Counselors to help those in need during these times when other service providers are not available.

The Mobile Crisis Team works closely with other Community Health Centers, area Police Department, and other community-based delivery systems. This will all occur within a two-person team. As a part of this team you will rapidly evaluate complex behavioral health situations; develop, recommend and support clinically appropriate crisis interventions to be implemented with individual clients, their families, and a wide variety of community helpers, including law enforcement and EMS personnel.

To do this, we need passionate and dedicated Master-Level Clinicians. We will consider candidates with Master's Degrees in Progress (Clinicians) if they have relevant experience in mobile crisis/mental health and are in school for the appropriate degree. For the therapists who already have a full time job, but believe in our mission, there are also first, second and third shifts available.

Because we are looking for both Full-Time and Part-Time counselors--even if someone wants one shift a week or a month for extra pay, we are interested in having you be a part of this team *

Responsibilities.

* Rapid responses to all phone calls and face-to-face crisis intervention requests.
* Consult, triage, or actively participate in facilitating appropriate Voluntary Inpatient Hospital Admissions, Partial Hospital Program referrals, Conditional Discharge Revocations, and Involuntary Emergency Admissions.
* Provide crisis stabilization follow-up for patients as necessary.

Education:

* Master's degree in human services field or equivalent preferred

Experience:

* 3 to 5 years of clinical experience in a team setting
* Disaster Behavioral Health Response Basic Training (DBHRT)

Skills:

* Excellent organizational and communication skills
* Computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office
* Ability to learn necessary computer skills and technical skills essential to the position