Mobile Crisis Response Clinician
Core
Triages behavioral health and substance use crisis calls and deploys to community settings (homes, schools, shelters) to assess, de-escalate, stabilize, and coordinate care for consumers in crisis.
Role type
Mobile Crisis Response Clinician
Builds
Crisis intervention services and safety plans for Medicaid and indigent consumers
Domain
Behavioral health and substance use disorders
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Crisis assessment, de-escalation, safety planning, service coordination, DSM-based diagnostics, ICD coding, level-of-care decisions, mandatory reporting, interdisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience with co-occurring disorders, serious emotional disturbance in children, developmental disabilities
Technologies
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word
Responsibilities
Screen incoming crisis calls and conduct face-to-face assessments, evaluate risk of harm and develop safety plans, coordinate with law enforcement and community providers, arrange emergency placements or hospitalization, transport consumers when necessary, maintain detailed case records
Seniority
Mid-level clinician
