Crisis Assessment Specialist - CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region

Welcome to CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region:

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado ^TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

 

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

Overview:

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more.

 

As a Crisis Assessment Specialist you will be responsible for assessment of clients in consultation and cooperation with emergency department personnel, psychiatrists, clinicians, attending physicians and managed care representatives. While in this position you will provide recommendation for disposition. The Crisis Assessment Specialist may perform the following as required: face-to-face evaluations, telehealth (video) triage evaluations, respond to and/or triage patient/family complaints, assist in management of all assessment records, perform statistical analysis.

Qualifications:

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• At least one year crisis experience, preferred 2 years’ experience in direct behavioral health clinical care.
• Competence with DSM diagnostic criteria and treatment planning
• Demonstrates clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills
• Adequate and available transportation for response to various evaluation sites
• Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, Nursing or related behavioral health field
• Current License in the state of employment in one of the following disciplines: Clinical Psychologist (PSY), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (RN CNS) or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (RN NP). Psych Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), and/or Licensed Additionals Counselor (LAC).  For positions at our Utah facilities only: Current license in the state of employment in one of the following disciplines: Certified Social Worker (CSW), Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor (ACHMC), Associate level Mental Health Therapy License, and Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, if proper supervision is required and can be met by hospital staff 
• For St. Anthony North Hospital, St. Anthony Hospital, Penrose St. Francis, St. Mary Corwin and St. Thomas Moore only: Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)

Physical Requirements-Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

Your Connected Community:

At CommonSpirit Mountain Region, we believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

 

As one of the busiest ERs in Utah, Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley West is known for offering a broad spectrum of medical services and specialty clinics to care for the diverse healthcare needs of our growing community. We are on a mission to provide the highest quality health care services with compassion and respect and demonstrate this daily with proactive, focused, caring interactions that comfort, inform and promote healing among patients, families, and co-workers. We believe in doing what’s right. We treat our employees fairly, work hard, use resources wisely, and are constantly striving to improve the quality and safety of care we deliver to our patients.  We offer a Level III trauma center, STEMI cardiac receiving center, Certified stroke treatment center, and orthopedics specializing in helping athletes recover from sports related injuries.

Our Total Reward Offerings:

Be sure to consider our generous benefits as part of your overall compensation!  Designed with your well-being in mind, our benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with generous match
• Daycare FSA that can include a company contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness and more! 

View more on our benefits HERE.