Crisis Intervention Clinician Per Diem

Job Details

Job Location:

BHI Bristol Hospital Main Campus - Bristol, CT 06010

Position Type:
Per Diem Education Level: Graduate Degree Job Shift: Any At Bristol Health, we begin each day caring today for your tomorrow. We have been an integral part of our community for the past 100 years. We are dedicated to providing the best possible care and service to our patients, residents and families. We are committed to provide compassionate, quality care at all times and to uphold our values of Communication, Accountability, Respect and Empathy (C.A.R.E.).

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Responsible for providing initial triage and screening of behavioral health services as requested by the Emergency Care Center. Within the emergency setting, provides crisis intervention and assessment to a broad range of psychiatric and substance disordered adults and children, managing patients’ needs to appropriate disposition. Collaborates with emergency care center staff as well as a team of outpatient and inpatient mental health professionals.

These services are provided under the general supervision of the Assistant Manager of the Counseling Center and Crisis Intervention, with a collaborative reporting role to the System Director of Behavioral Health.

• Provides direct crisis assessment and intervention services to patients
• Provides patient-focused and empathetic care to patients and their families.
• Interviews and assesses the patient and family for suicide lethality and/or dangerousness to others, current mental status, level of functioning, social supports, intoxication and other factors which impact treatment decisions.
• Provides immediate crisis counseling to stabilize a patient and to bring the situation under control.
• Manages to effective disposition: resolution of the crisis situation or facilitation of inpatient admission.
• Provides support and education to family supportive others of patients in crisis.

• Consults and confers with professional staff, emergency department staff, physicians, nurses, clergy, police officers, and other outside agencies.
• Gathers data, relays information for follow through, and refers to appropriate services.
• Establishes mechanisms for follow up contact and information and exchange with outside agencies.
• Post crisis intervention, establishes post-discharge contact with patients to monitor treatment compliance and reinforce the importance of treatment follow-up.

• Documents every assessment and/or intervention in a timely manner as defined by policy.
• Demonstrates quality in documentation, reflecting depth of understanding of elements of risk, the patient’s dynamics, and motivation /readiness for change.
• Demonstrates the ability to succinctly synthesize biopsychosocial data into an integrative clinical summary of the patient.
• Involves and documents the patient’s involvement in the treatment process, initiating crisis safety planning as appropriate.

• Engages actively in clinical supervision and monthly staff meetings.
• Demonstrates achievement towards annual professional goals.
• Maintains /expands professional skills, keeping current with the field of emergency psychiatric medicine.

Master’s degree in mental health