Mental Health

Join Our Team At Nationwide Children's Hospital

From the moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patients and families, you understand why you're here.

We're looking for individuals who embody our One Team values and are driven to improve the lives of the children we serve. Children who live fuller, healthier lives because of the knowledge, compassion, and dedication we share.

Nationwide Children's Hospital is a recognized leader in behavioral and mental health care, advancing the field through research, innovative interventions, strategic initiatives, and comprehensive treatment options.

Nationwide Children's Hospital a place to be proud.

36/hrs per week. Will work a self-scheduling model with team 3 (12-hour) shifts Sunday-Friday a week.

Job Description Summary:

Coordinates and manages patient care and disposition planning for the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates inpatient and post-discharge care, scheduling, and reporting.
• Provides disposition planning and maintains disposition data.
• Coordinates client care with other service providers and collaborates with interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Coordinates available NCH and community resources to enhance client care.
• Provides education and support to patients and their families regarding treatment options and resources.
• Completes documentation of discharge and care coordination activities in Epic and other related administrative paperwork in accordance with policy standards.

Education Requirement:

Bachelor's Degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related field, required.

Licensure Requirement:

LSW, preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to establish and maintain positive relationships with clients, families, peers and community representatives.
• Ability to work with the hospital's electronic medical records system.
• Ability to work and problem-solve with minimal supervision.
• Ability to adapt to change positively in workflow and process.
• Spreadsheet, data entry and tracking, and computerized scheduling skills.

Experience:

Experience providing and managing behavioral healthcare to children, adolescent and families, required.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Cold Temperatures, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Hot Temperatures, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Loud Noises, Reaching above shoulder, Working at Heights, Working Outdoors

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Color vision, Depth perception, Flexing/extending of neck, Peripheral vision, Seeing Far/near, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above: Demonstrate ability to pass CCM crisis management trainings once trained