LCSW or LPCC Behavioral Health ED Clinical Liaison - Psychiatric Emergency Service

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Presbyterian Medical Group seeks an LCSW or LPCC Behavioral Health Emergency Department Clinicial Liaison PRN (Per Required Need) to join our established service in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dedicated to improving the health of our community, Behavioral Health at Presbyterian offers treatment for lasting recovery from substance abuse, behavioral health conditions and psychiatric emergencies. Our full-service program supports adults, children and adolescents, and includes inpatient services, a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic, emergency and consultative services and behavioral medicine services embedded in primary care.

Summary

Provides psychiatric screening assessments for Emergency Department patients and via telemedicine. This includes but is not limited to risk assessment and referral to appropriate level of care, and assessment to determine need for inpatient detoxification.Job duties include communication with all parties including ED provider and nursing staff, charge nurse, on-call psychiatrist, unit staff, collateral sources, registration department and insurance authorization personnel as needed to ensure patients are provided a timely, comprehensive assessment and a safe disposition

Responsibilities

Performs the psychotherapeutic process for each patient assigned, including assessment, diagnosis (when Masters prepared), planning care, intervention (including counseling patients/significant others in crisis, making referrals), and evaluation (including identifying unmet needs or new nursing for therapy or medical services).

Type of Opportunity: Per Required Need FTE: 0.001000

Schedule: - PRN As Needed Night Shifts

CL service hours are 0600 to 2400 7 days per week

Credentials

Masters DegreeNM LCSW, LPCC or LMFT

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian Healthcare Services exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 13,000 employees - including 1,200 providers and 3,500 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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