Triage Clinician, Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC)

Triage Clinician

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Sign on bonus up to $2400 for independently licensed clinicians (pro-rated for part time)

Day 1 Benefits!

Bilingual Candidates (Spanish speaking) encouraged to apply

Schedule: Full time, 32 hours. Tuesday-Friday 12-8:30pm

Responsibilities:

Provides procedural direction and support to crisis clinicians and supportive staff by phone and/or face to face as needed.

Responsible for the procedural functioning of the shift.

Answers phones, provides initial phone assessment.

Maintains awareness of/monitors activity of active and pending cases.

Utilizes staffing patterns during shift to maximize response to consumer need.

Provides assistance to clinicians with bed searches, insurance verifications/authorizations, resource and system knowledge sharing.

Serves as primary liaison between the organization and other providers such as hospital emergency rooms to ensure quality of care.

Acts as a conduit for the flow of information regarding programmatic updates and clinical procedural alerts.

Accesses administrator on call and psychiatry on call when needed.

Collects and records data and statistics for various reporting needs of the program, including required triage documentation on computer.

Provides feedback to Program Director regarding issues affecting shift performance.

Provides direct care when needed and when possible, which in rare instances could involve leaving the program to provide an AMCI, YMCI, or hospital assessment due to high volume, low staffing and/or for complex cases when warranted.

Qualifications:

Master's degree in a related field required

Bilingual Candidates encouraged to apply (not required)

A qualified candidate must achieve effective outcomes and demonstrate effective communication and organizational skills.

A working knowledge of computers and ability to complete documentation electronically is required. In addition the ability to complete written documentation timely and effectively.

$33.17 - $45.85

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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