Pay is based on experience within a range of $16.25 - $22.32 per hour. On Call Day/Part Time <20 hours per week, non-exempt, non benefits eligible. 

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Our goal at the Bert Nash Center is to build a healthier community by responding to needs and working to restore lives. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community.

Our values of compassion, integrity, equity, and hope reflect in everything we do. 

Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Nurse Manager, the Behavioral Health Specialist provides monitoring and supportive services in an urgent care and medical setting that serves individuals across the lifespan through a multidisciplinary and collaborative service approach.

Some specific duties include but not limited to:

• Maintaining a safe, stable, supportive, and productive environment during the time spent with patients for the purpose of stabilizing episodes of crisis.
• Monitoring patient safety.
• Providing services on an as-needed basis for attendant, psychosocial, and crisis observation.
• Provides coordination of care and psychoeducation to patients, families, and staff regarding care, intervention, prevention, and out-patient treatment recommendations.
• Provides individualized support in reference to the patient's treatment goals and objectives within the crisis episode; providing attendant care in a variety of settings; providing crisis observation within a crisis stabilization setting.
• Collaborates with members of Behavioral Health Partners, including psychiatrists, behavior health crisis clinicians, nursing staff, and substance use providers to enhance skill and effectiveness in treating patients.
• Implementing structured time, activities, and behavioral interventions designed to increase daily living skills or facilitate crisis stabilization and prepare patients for return back to community or next level of care.
• Engaging patients during unstructured times to help build needed social or recovery-oriented skills.
• Delivering reimbursable hours of service compliant with established departmental standards.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

Including but not limited to: 

• One year of college course work in the field of human services or one year of experience in the field of human services; or other experiences with individuals across the lifespan who experience symptoms of behavioral health and can serve a basis for understanding symptoms and treatment; a combination of at least one year of education, and/or work, and/or experience in the field of human services can substitute for a year in any one area.
• Reliable transportation and valid, unrestricted driver's license.
• Be 21 years or older.
• Prior computer experience and basic computer fluency; willingness and ability to learn new programs; familiarity with MS Sharepoint is a plus.