Involuntary Commitment Coordinator - Adolescent Psychiatry
Full Time
Denver, CO 80204
Posted
Job description
We are recruiting for a Involuntary Commitment Coordinator - Adolescent Psychiatry to join our team!
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Where is your life journey taking you?
Being the heartbeat of Denver means our heart reflects something bigger than ourselves, something that connects us all:
Humanity in action, Triumph in hardship, Transformation in health.
Education:
Work Experience:
Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit:
We are here for life’s journey.
Where is your life journey taking you?
Being the heartbeat of Denver means our heart reflects something bigger than ourselves, something that connects us all:
Humanity in action, Triumph in hardship, Transformation in health.
Department
Denver CARES TRT
Job Summary
Under minimal supervision, serves as a liaison between Adolescent Psychiatry and other Denver Health Departments to help maintain exemplary continuity of care and workflow between departments. Provides education to Adolescent Psychiatry staff as well as Denver Health physicians and other medical staff and community agencies regarding the Emergency Commitment (EC)/Involuntary Commitment (IC) laws, policies, and procedures. Establishes a learning alliance with staff to increase knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes. Performs culturally competent individual, family, and group therapy; care plan development; case management; and referral work within Colorado OBH Standards for clients on Emergency and/or Involuntary Commitments. Acts as a liaison between the City Attorney, the State Involuntary Commitment Coordinator(s), individuals acting as petitioner for Involuntary Commitment, and client. Coordinates physician coverage for IC clients admitted to Adolescent Psychiatry. Participates in policy planning and implementation, and creation of standard work. Oversees all billing for case management and physician services. Strives to create positive customer experience by committing to higher standards. Maintains compliance with withdrawal management regulations.
Essential Functions:
Under minimal supervision, serves as a liaison between Adolescent Psychiatry and other Denver Health Departments to help maintain exemplary continuity of care and workflow between departments. Provides education to Adolescent Psychiatry staff as well as Denver Health physicians and other medical staff and community agencies regarding the Emergency Commitment (EC)/Involuntary Commitment (IC) laws, policies, and procedures. Establishes a learning alliance with staff to increase knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes. Performs culturally competent individual, family, and group therapy; care plan development; case management; and referral work within Colorado OBH Standards for clients on Emergency and/or Involuntary Commitments. Acts as a liaison between the City Attorney, the State Involuntary Commitment Coordinator(s), individuals acting as petitioner for Involuntary Commitment, and client. Coordinates physician coverage for IC clients admitted to Adolescent Psychiatry. Participates in policy planning and implementation, and creation of standard work. Oversees all billing for case management and physician services. Strives to create positive customer experience by committing to higher standards. Maintains compliance with withdrawal management regulations.
Essential Functions:
1. Provides direct service to patient populations served and their families.
2. Responsible for bio-psycho-social evaluation/ intake, designs treatment recommendations and creates service plans, at time of admission.
3. Ensures evaluations and service plans cover a broad range of patient functioning and serve as the clinical justification for admission into the recommended level of care.
4. Ensures all documentation clearly addresses the patient's individual life areas, in need of clinical support, to achieve positive clinical outcomes.
5. Facilitates both educational and therapeutic groups as well as individual sessions and fundamental case management.
6. Works as a member of a multidisciplinary patient care team demonstrated by the capacity to ask for additional tasks, or helping team members when not busy.
7. Coordinates medication/medicinal needs of patients with medical sources.
8. Responds to patient and referral needs in a timely, professional and non-defensive manner.
9. Documents legibly, while accurately reflecting the patient’s clinical progression.
10. Ensures all therapeutic interventions and patient response to interventions are documented within the prescribed guidelines.
11. Ensures all service updates and documentation are completed per established state and agency guidelines.
12. Coordinates patient billing and modifies treatment program in accordance with insurance coverage, plan provisions and individual ability to pay.
13. Helps maintain a safe environment for patients by responding to staff supports.
14. Utilizes a variety of crisis intervention techniques, such as CPI, to respond to aggressive behavior.
15. Meets all safety and infection control requirements.
16. Understands, follows, and enforces Policies and Procedures for Denver Health, and OBH.
17. Meets regular and predictable attendance requirements and maintains time and attendance reporting accurately.
18. Reports to work in a timely fashion, requests for vacation meet with department policy.
19. Maintains dress code standards established by agency.
20. Participates in unit meetings.
21. Assists with filling in-service needs as requested.
22. Works diligently to protect the confidentiality of patient information by creating and maintaining a secure and trusting environment by sharing patient information only when necessary in the performance of the job responsibilities or to improve a patient’s care.
23. Makes attempts to re-engage any client who seeks a premature discharge from the program. 24. Provides administrative support and assists in developing, implementing and interpreting policies, procedures, and programs.
25. Routinely communicates with the Addictions Supervisor regarding staff, services, activities and problems needing departmental attention.
26. Delegates authority and responsibility, as appropriate.
27. Provides Adolescent Psychiatry staff education on evidence-based practices in working with clients with dual diagnoses in a detox setting.
Education:
Graduation from a certified Master’s Program in psychology or other related human services degree, required
Work Experience:
5000 hours or 2.5 years of post-master’s clinical experience, required. 3. Experienced in trauma-informed care, required.
Licenses:
Licensed as a LPC, LCSW, or licensed Psychologist, required.
CAS, LAC, or NCC AP required
Current Basic Life Support for Health Care Provider/CPR.
Shift
Work Type
Regular
Salary
$63,500.00 - $95,400.00 / yr
Benefits
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Competitive pay
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Outstanding benefits
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Education opportunities
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Shared leadership and advancement opportunity
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State-of-the-art facilities
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Immediate retirement plan matching
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Professional clinical advancement program
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Participation in evidence-based projects
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
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National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer
Our Values
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Excellence– We are better every day
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Compassion– We care for everyone
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Relentlessness– We fight for everyone
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Stewardship– We use resources responsibly
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Learning– We educate the next generation
All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit:
https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion
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