Telehealth Clinician, Emergency Services

Greater Nashua Mental Health is looking for a part-time or full-time Telehealth Clinician to join our Emergency Services Team. The Clinician works with a team of professionals — including first responders, healthcare providers, and community-based agencies — to stabilize a psychiatric crisis, avoid hospitalization and/or incarceration, and initiate immediate community-based treatment. The Clinician performs evaluations by telehealth alongside a team of individuals who are deployed into the community. The Clinician provides therapeutic crisis intervention and stabilization to individuals/families in need, to prevent or reduce potential suicide, serious debilitation, violent behavior and decrease the need for hospitalization. The Clinician applies differential diagnostic skills, provides telephone triage, mental status assessments, communicates with collateral contacts with family supports, extended evaluations, resource screenings, referrals for psychiatric consults, and assessments for appropriate disposition.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides emergency crisis evaluations by telehealth and all related service delivery requirements for youth, adult and geriatric populations alongside a team who are deployed into the community. Hours for this position are 7pm to 3am
• Utilizes a variety of Evidenced Based Practices (EBPs) and screening tools for risk assessment and crisis stabilization efforts.
• Formulates and initiates plan of action independently and/or in consultation with the client, Psychiatrist, Case Manager, and various other staff, as appropriate.
• Evaluates, conducts treatment planning, and provides support to internal GNMH programs, as it relates to crisis consultation and intervention.
• Provides assessment, treatment interventions and short-term crisis counseling and case management.
• Assesses the client's crisis state, immediate needs, and level of urgency, and selects the appropriate 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.
• Manages the acute phase of clients presenting in behavioral health crisis; assess, triage and refer clients to the appropriate services.
• Develops and maintain collaborative working relationships with hospital-based staff and other providers in order to effectively serve all clients in crisis.
• Maintains current working knowledge and use of all related, internal and external resources, policies, procedures, regulatory and compliance requirements necessary to effectively serve clients with quality care in multiple settings and with ever changing program needs.
• Contacts local ERs to determine status and progress of inpatient clients.
• Conducts agency chart reviews as assigned.
• Schedules Urgent care appointments for first shift staff.
• Provides consultation to other afterhours teams as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Social Work or related field.
• 1-2 years of related experience.
• Ability to form rapid rapport and interact with a broad range of clients, including severe and chronic populations.
• Strong collaborating skills and an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Why Join Us:
We are looking for collaborative, curious for knowledge people with a “can do” mentality to join our team of compassionate employees! We provide a stimulating work environment and offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits including:

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  Choice of 2 health insurance plans
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement
• Health Plan Opt Out Benefit
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Group Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Accident & Critical Illness Insurances
• 403b Retirement Plan with Agency Match
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Generous Earned Time Off
• Paid Extended Sick Time
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Bereavement Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Supervision towards Clinical Licensure
• Qualifying Employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and NH State Loan Repayment Program

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.