Counselor Inpatient Psychiatry

Counselor Inpatient Psych Unit Full Time Days

Why UT Southwestern? With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the fifth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. You’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

The Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center has provided high-quality mental health and substance abuse services for adults since 1943. With our large, unmatched faculty, the Department of Psychiatry has expertise in virtually all areas pertinent to modern psychiatric practice, ranging from psychoanalysis to neurobiology to psychiatric epidemiology and areas rarely found in psychiatry departments, such as medical ethics, health economics, family systems studies, psychotherapy research, neurogenesis, and psychoneuroendocrinology.

Experience and Education

• Masters in LSW or Masters LPC required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC).
• Current Texas (or BNE Compact State) RN License preferred.

Job Duties

• Performs and documents psychosocial, and emotional assessments. Takes all assessments into consideration age specific criteria.
• Anticipates patient's and/or patient's family needs and expectations and utilizes these in conjunction with assessment to develop appropriate plan of care for patient. Utilizes critical thinking skills in planning and prioritizing patient care. Maintains and utilizes competencies per unit expectation.
• Identifies and implements psychological interventions based on completed assessment. Completes documentation of these interventions. Coordinates interdisciplinary plan of care. Confers with all members of health care team, sharing information and observations of patient and/or patient's family.
• Prioritizes nursing interventions based upon completed assessment. Identifies changes in condition as evidenced by nursing assessment, labs, x-rays, etc. Reports changes, takes follow up action.
• Assists Emergency Room staff in evaluation and stabilization of psychiatric patients. Facilitates transfer process to appropriate facility.
• Assesses need for admission for psychiatric problems. Assists patient with getting admitted to hospital by either direct admit or medical screening through St. Paul University Hospital Emergency Department.
• Provides answers and/or education to patient's and/or patient's families. Completes accurate and timely documentation of all education provided. Obtains feedback and evaluation of understanding from patient and/or family. Demonstrates effective communication with children, adolescents, adults and older adults.
• Welcomes and orients patient and/or family to unit. Encourages patient and family participation in care. Reviews plan of care with patient and/or family. Reports errors promptly and takes appropriate follow-up action to rectify error. Provides supervision of and direction to support personnel. Delegates duties appropriately and within legal parameters.
• Serves as patient and/or family advocate. Responds to patient's and/or patient's family's complaints and reports them to Clinical Nurse Manager or their designee. Utilizes chain of command to resolve patient, operational, or personal work related problems.
• Participates in performance improvement activities as directed. Attends at least 80% of scheduled staff meetings and 100% of mandatory educational sessions.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is a requirement for this position. Federal law requires individuals holding this position to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption for certain medical, disability, or religious reasons. Individuals who do not meet CMS vaccination requirements are not eligible and should not apply for this position but are encouraged to apply for other non-healthcare positions at UT Southwestern for which they qualify.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

For COVID-19 vaccine information, applicants should visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/covid-19/about-virus-and-testing/cms-vaccine-requirements.html

Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion