Crisis center Clinician (South Side)
Pittsburgh Mercy

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Employment Type:
Full time
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REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of direct experience working with the mental health population, or a Master's degree and a minimum of 3 years of direct experience working with the mental health population
• Valid Driver License with the ability to drive a Company Vehicle.
• Act 33/34/73 Clearances required for employment, Physical, Drug Screening and TB test required for Employment

SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday 12am-8am (Overnights)

Great Benefit Package: (Benefits start Day 1 of employment)

• 403B with employer match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holiday Days
• Plus more.........

ABOUT PITTSBURGH MERCY

We're a community-based health and human services organization using person-centered care to treat our area's most vulnerable populations. We work with families in settings that are safe and familiar to them, and view them as equal partners when planning, developing, and monitoring care.

Our mission is to be a compassionate, transforming presence within our communities. We reach out to offer help - and hope - to people who are experiencing:
• Mental illness and substance abuse
• Physical health needs
• Intellectual disabilities
• Traumatic events or circumstances, including homelessness + abuse

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for highly skilled Crisis Clinicians to provide crisis intervention services at the Pittsburgh Mercy Walk in Crisis Unit and Central Recovery Center located on the south side of Pittsburgh. The Walk-in Crisis Unit provides on-site crisis assessment, medical triage, referral and resources to all persons' including but not limited to those with: severe and persistent mental illness, persons with substance use disorders and those actively navigating the justice system in Allegheny County. The Walk in Crisis Unit is accessible to the public 24 hours a day seven days a week including holidays and weekends. The Central Recovery Center (CRC) provides temporary diversion support for persons that need immediate removal of a stressful environment. While persons are at the CRC, they will have an opportunity for psychiatric evaluation and to work with skilled professionals to initiate or resume medication, and to engage in varied treatment options to help in their path towards recovery from mental illness and/or substance use.

As a Crisis Clinician you would become a part of an amazing team that includes other crisis clinicians, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrist, nurse practitioner, peer specialists and residential counselors, which provide exceptional services to our most vulnerable populations in the City of Pittsburgh!

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Crisis Clinician would be responsible for providing comprehensive mental health assessments, exercise clinical judgement and demonstrate the use of evidenced base practices to ensure needs are identified and are addressed by the entire crisis treatment team. The Crisis Clinician provides education and connections to community resources such as homeless shelters, inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use treatment providers, inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitative services, case management services and any variety of services that can meet the unique needs of the persons we serve!

Crisis Clinicians are expected to work with persons in the development of a crisis plan, utilize crisis de-escalation techniques as needed, be an empathetic presence for persons experiencing a mental health crisis, facing relapse from substances, fleeing domestic violence or those acclimating to the community after their release from jail. The Crisis Clinician must also demonstrate strong communication and time management skills, due to the sometimes fast paced nature of this job.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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