PSYCHIATRIC TRIAGE ASSOCIATE - 20 HOURS (evenings and weekend day shifts)

About Our Organization

At McLean Hospital, we dedicate ourselves each and every day to our mission of clinical care, scientific discovery, professional training and public education in order to improve the lives of people with psychiatric illness and their families. In all of our work, we strive to conduct ourselves with unwavering integrity, demonstrate compassion and respect for our patients, their families and colleagues, foster an environment that embraces diversity and promotes teamwork, and achieve excellence and ever-better effectiveness and efficiency through innovation.

McLean is a close-knit community and a caring work environment with many opportunities to learn, grow and contribute. Thanks to our employees, McLean has been consistently ranked the nations top freestanding psychiatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report since 1993.

Responsibilities

Psychiatric triage for all levels of care for McLean Hospital units on and off site, certain McLean affiliates, Partners facilities and capitated contracts. Provides teaching function for all evaluating clinicians regarding payers and precertification requirements.

Skills/Abilities/Competencies

Successful candidate must possess basic computer skills in order to use a variety of electronic systems to access and/or maintain personal employment-related data, satisfy required annual trainings, and use job-specific applications. All employees of McLean Hospital are assigned an email account for business communication purposes. Candidate must also be able to consistently demonstrate McLean Values of integrity, compassion and respect, diversity and teamwork, excellence and innovation in their work activities and interactions.

Qualifications

Education: B.A., B.S., or equivalency.

License: N/A

Skills: Demonstrated strong interviewing and organizational skills, beginning knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, data entry, and excellent communication via telephone and in person, keyboarding.

Experience: Equivalent to one year of experience in mental health care setting

Conditions of Employment

Employment at McLean Hospital is contingent upon a successful CORI (Criminal Background Check), National Background Check and clearance from the Occupational Health Department.

EEO Statement

As an equal opportunity employer, McLean seeks qualified candidates for all posted employment opportunities without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability or veteran status.