MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL - ER
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Job overview
The Mental Health Professional interviews patients and, when indicated, their advocates to gather mental status, psychiatric, and social histories related to current emotional or behavioral problems. The role assesses psychiatric emergencies and provides crisis intervention, collaborating with outside referring facilities to collect and present documentation to the on-call provider when beds are available. A master’s degree in a mental health discipline and applicable licensure or eligibility are required.
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Full job description
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JOB DESCRIPTION DETAILS
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Job Summary :
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Interviews and interacts with patients and when indicated, their advocates, to obtain mental status and psychiatric and social histories relevant to their current emotional/behavioral problem(s).
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Uses current evidence-based knowledge and skills to assess psychiatric emergencies and to provide sound, professional care and crisis intervention services to patients.
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Collaborates with outside facilities referring patients to CHMC to collect documentation, review and present to on call provider if beds are available.
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Education :
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Position requires graduation from an accredited Masters Degree Program in a mental health discipline (i.e., social work, counseling, psychology).
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Registration/Certification/Licensure :
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Requires a current license in the applicable discipline (Social Work, Counseling, or Psychology—e.g., LMSW, LCSW, LGPC, or LCPC), or eligibility for licensure with a pending application and will receive mentorship/supervision.
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Position requires a minimum of 6 months postgraduate clinical experience.(documented field experience during Masters degree can be considered on case by case basis)
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Experience :
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Position requires a minimum of 6 months postgraduate clinical experience.
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Other Requirements :
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Maintains unit-specific and hospital competencies, mandatory learning, and any clinical certifications required in accordance with the Staff Education and Training policy GA-057 and/or any other department requirements.
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Effectively communicates with all patient populations and staff by implementing organization-wide communication techniques as a daily practice.
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Effectively advocates for quality patient safety and satisfaction as a daily practice.
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Demonstrated proficiency of computer skills necessary to effectively complete position requirements.
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On call hours include coming in for a minimum of two hours during each assigned on call shift
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Follow current Holiday Work Requirements Guidelines
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Ability to work independently in a multi-task environment producing quality work.
How this job compares
Set against the 642 open Mental Health Professional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$60–80K/yr322 salary ranges
- US median$40–49/hr138 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 642 open Mental Health Professional jobs across the US. 33% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- OptiMindHealth202 open
- State of South Carolina65 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Mental Health Professional postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 147 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 388 of the 642 open Mental Health Professional jobs (60%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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