The Behavioral Health Screener is responsible for providing psychiatric emergency screening in the BSCH Emergency Department.The Screener is also responsible for obtaining insurance approval for inpatient behavioral health treatment, making sure that correct legal papers are completed and prepares other documentation as necessary.Maintains administrative records related to emergency evaluations and collaborates with ED physician and other staff members, psychiatrists on-call, Behavioral Health inpatient units and law enforcement personnel as needed.The Behavioral Health Screener is also responsible for assisting the psychiatrist in addressing psychiatry consults on medical floors that include initial screening and follow-up, and works closely with the case managers in discharge planning and to ensure that patients receive proper psychiatric care.The Behavioral Health Screener/Clinician will also be responsible to assist Mental Health Unit in their daily activities based on availability.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provides psychiatric emergency room screening and disposition of patients and refer those ineligible for admission to other community resources
Obtains insurance approval for inpatient behavioral health treatment
Ensures correct legal papers are completed and prepare other documentation as necessary
Documents all interaction timely and accurately on the proper form
Functions as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team
Identifies problems and plan interventions in response to these problems
Adheres to Mental Health Units and New Directions policies and procedures in admitting new patients
Remains knowledgeable and current about community resources and other concrete services
Arranges for post discharge care of patients by referring patients to appropriate community agencies to meet aftercare needs.
Collects data and prepares monthly statistical reports on all patients and presents to the Clinical Director
Maintains a safe and orderly work area and adheres to hospital policies and procedures and standard safe work practices
Maintains ER log of encounters in the ER and on medical floor.
Maintains and fosters positive working relationships with appropriate community service providers
Assist psychiatrist in addressing psychiatrist consult in medical floors that include initial screening and follow-up
Assists case managers in developing a comprehensive discharge plan that will include if necessary psychiatric and making sure that patient receive proper psychiatric care
Obtains insurance pre-approval if patient is referred for inpatient treatment
Makes sure that correct legal papers are completed and prepares other documentation as necessary
Assists Social Workers in their daily activities
Assists with crisis situations in the unit
Assists in planning and implementation Quality and Performance Improvement projects
Demonstrates an awareness of, and actively participates in, collection and evaluation of data and communicating results of CQI to other staff members of the health care team.
Identifies potential problems and participates in solving identified problems.
Responds with improved performance to results obtained from CQI activities
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:
Prior experience in psychiatric screening preferred
EDUCATION:
A Master's degree from an accredited school of social work or mental health counseling is required
OTHER:
The individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials.
About Us:
Bon Secours Community Hospital
For nearly a century, Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, NY, has served the residents of western Orange County, NY, Pike County, PA, and northern Sussex County, NJ, as the area's premier healthcare provider. The hospital serves its community with 122 beds for acute care and medical-surgical services, a 24-hour emergency department, long-term care and rehabilitation, a dedicated bariatric surgery unit, behavioral health, and outpatient services.
WMCHealth is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with ten hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state of the art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.
