CIT Co-Responder (Part time)

Description

About Primary Health Solutions 

Our Mission 

We meet people where they are and partner with them on their journey towards wellness. 

Our Vision 

The destination for servant leaders to provide comprehensive and exceptional care. 

Our Values 

R – Respect 

I – Innovation 

S – Stewardship 

E – Excellence  

CIT Co-Responder Clinician Summary 

This full-time position partners directly with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) officers to provide on-scene crisis intervention, behavioral health assessment, engagement, care coordination, and follow up for individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance use crises. 

A Day in the Life 

• Responds with CIT officers to behavioral health related calls.
  Provides crisis intervention, assessment, lethality screening, resource linkage, follow up, collaboration with hospitals, jails and community partners, maintains program statistics, and performs all other duties and tasks as assigned. 
• Performs all other duties and tasks as assigned. 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

None. 

Core Competencies 

• Customer Service: Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met. 
• Communication: Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills. 
• Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements. 
• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems. 
• Productivity: Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, and handles information flow. 

Success Requirements 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Education/Experience 

Bachelor's degree in a human services field. Ohio licensure (or ability to obtain within 6 months). Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and required automobile insurance. 

Language Skills 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 

Reasoning Ability 

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

Computer Skills 

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have the ability to gain knowledge of current practice management system, electronic medical record, Microsoft Word, text paging, Internet, and Intranet. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations 

Ohio behavioral health license or eligibility within 6 months. 

Other Applicable Requirements  

Valid driver's license, reliable vehicle, and minimum auto liability coverage as required. 

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this Job, the employee are occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Other Duties  

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.