Position Summary: Responsible for providing mental health services to patients presenting to the Corning Emergency Department or medical floors, including crisis/intake assessment and intervention, making appropriate referrals for acuity, providing education, discharge planning, acting as a community liaison, offering assistance to family members and insurance authorizations as needed. Education, License & Cert: LMSW Experience: Minimum of two years' experience working in a psychiatric setting or a crisis setting. Essential Functions: + Provide evaluations, assessments crisis intervention and referrals for all populations served in the emergency department and on medical floors. + Assist with substance use disorder patients and provide referrals for outpatient services. + Assist with resources and referrals for domestic violence, crime victims and families, homelessness. Provide assistance to case management to facilitate transition to outpatient services. + Demonstrates the ability to document understandable, comprehensible psychiatric evaluations and progress notes. + Responsible discharge planning and arranges follow-up care and referrals. + Functions as a liaison between the Behavioral Health services and community agencies and maintains knowledge of community resources that may be used in treatment planning. + Recognized and identifies actual or potential situations which places the organization at risk for corporate compliance violations. Communicates compliance issues/concerns with department manager and/or follows the policies for addressing the situation. + Mini mental state exams (MMSE) performed for patients whose mental capacity is questioned by the clinical team. + Provide emotional support for families and patients in acute crisis. + Works as a mandated reported to file with child protective services (CPS). + Assist with inpatient psychiatric care by working with psychiatric facilities across the state. + Facilitates completion of psychiatric paperwork in accordance to NYS Mental Hygiene Law. Other Duties: + Complies with department and organization policies and procedures. + Perform other duties as assigned. The pay range for this position is $29.04 - $45.78/hr Rev: 11-29-2024 Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community. The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.