Cayuga Medical Center
Location
Ithaca, NY | United States
Job description
Psychiatric Evaluator Job Description
We will deliver the highest quality health care in partnership with our community, one person at a time.
Department: Behavior Service Unit
Job Title: Psychiatric Evaluator
Reports To: Flex Unit Manager
Shift: Day/evening flex
Job Summary:
Cayuga Medical Center has two Behavioral Services units, one for adults over the age of 18 years, and one for adolescents between 13 and 17. We provide individualized care in a warm, supportive environment. We're here to help you understand the problems you have been experiencing and to work with you to make your life more manageable.
Our team of professional caregivers will do a thorough evaluation to help determine what is causing your distress and how we can best help you. We will check carefully for any underlying medical illness or biochemical origins to your symptoms. We will then work with you, your family, and other health-care professionals to develop a course of treatment that is right for you.
Job Responsibilities:
Requirements
Education: Master's degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling from an accredited college or university. Current license to practice as an LMHC or LMSW/LCSW OR Registered Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university; Successful completion of TCI Training within three months of hire.
Experience: Previous experience in mental health field, preferably in an acute care inpatient psychiatric setting; Provide psychosocial assessment and interview of patients, clients, family members and/or persons deemed necessary to obtain the most complete case history in the Emergency Department or ED Flex space; Complete documentation of psychosocial evaluation to include a formulation of all data leading to a decision for disposition, legal status paperwork, insurance authorization, releases of information appropriate to data collection.
Licensure: Current License to practice as a Registered Nurse in New York State.
Physical Requirements: Audio/visual acuity and physical dexterity to interact appropriately with patients, peers, visitors, staff, and outside customers/agencies; Ability to do long periods of standing, walking, bending and stretching, and ability to change position and body motion quickly; Ability to lift and assist in lifting, utilizing appropriate body mechanics, without weight restriction; Ability to participate as a member of the team trained to physically subdue and restrain individuals in behavioral dyscontrol, of all sizes and strengths. This activity includes, but is not limited to, lifting, holding, straining and running.
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$29.8 - $50 per hour