Outreach Community Coordinator, Mobile Crisis – Driving Required – Night Shift

The Department of Psychiatry at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center offers a wide range of inpatient, outpatient and community-based services for those with mental health needs. We operate two community mobile crisis teams as part of our comprehensive emergency psychiatric services. Our team provides care to patients who are either unable or unwilling to receive continuing out-patient psychiatric services.

The Mobile Crisis team, comprised of a coordinator, certified social worker, and psychiatrist, visit the homes of both recently discharged patients, as well as newly referred patients seven days a week. The purpose of the Mobile Crisis Team is to perform initial screenings or on-going assessment and stabilization.

We currently have a full-time opportunity for an Outreach Community Coordinator / Driver to join our Mobile Crisis night-shift team. In this role, she/he will directly report to the Program Coordinator and/or Medical Director of Psychiatry Mobile Crisis Unit.

Core Responsibilities:

• Assist the CPEP clinicians in calling for police/EMS backup as needed.
• Participate with clinicians in violence de-escalation /containment in a team approach utilization good communication and social skills within the patients home.
• Provide support clerical services (maintains case records) and follows up with appropriate referrals, under the direction of the designated program clinicians.
• Performs other related duties assigned by the Program Coordinator or other program clinicians.
• In an emergency, performs other duties necessary for the welfare of patients of the efficient operations of the Hospital..

Employees of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center are committed to serving our patients and the community in a way that is second to none by embracing a compassionate care environment throughout our entire organization. We are a caring group of colleagues, passionate for creating positive patient and colleague interactions by fostering a culture that respects and embraces diversity and inclusion. If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others and share our same values, we welcome you to join our JHMC family!