Perinatal Mental Health Clinician - Per Diem

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Key Responsibilities

Provide emotional support to callers to the phone hotline. Maintain a steady and even affective state in the face of high anxiety and/or symptoms of depression from a caller. Provide support, empathy,

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$31.06 - $46.59 - The hourly pay rate offered is determined by a candidate's expertise and years of experience, among other factors.

Position: Perinatal Mental Health Clinician -Per Diem – Rotating Shifts
Location: Remote Evanston, IL
Per Diem
Hours: Per Diem providing coverage 7 days a week all shifts:
Days (0800-1630)/Evenings (1600-0030)/Nights (00:00-0830) Minimum of four 8-hour on-call shifts per month ($4 per hour for on call) Offer coverage of 1 traditional holiday (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day) and 1 non-traditional holiday (Mother's Day, Father's Day, Easter Sunday, Halloween, Friday after Thanksgiving
Required Travel: N/A

Responsibilities

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→Provide emotional support to callers to the phone hotline.
→Maintain a steady and even affective state in the face of high anxiety and/or symptoms of depression from a caller.
→Provide support, empathy, normalization/validation as appropriate.
→Assess the status of the caller.
→Assess thoroughly for symptoms of depression, anxiety, etc.
→Ask clearly and directly about suicidal ideation and previous or current suicidal attempts.
→Explore with caller her internal strengths identifying personal resources that have helped her through hard times.
→Assess environmental stressors and/or supports, including marital relationship.
→Develop a joint plan for intervention.
→Identify appropriate resources for each caller via program resource list, various databases, and other means.
→Acknowledge and define callers’ strengths and join with her in making an appropriate intervention plan, including therapy, medication, emergency room visit, etc.
→Maintain regular contact with the director or coordinator of the program regarding complex situations or questions.
→Initiate calls to patients who score in the depressed range on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
→At the request of the director or coordinator, call select patients who have scored high.
→Complete a psychosocial assessment of the patient, provide support as needed, and develop a joint action plan.
→Return the completed assessment documentation to the director or coordinator within 24 hours.
→Complete documentation of all hotline calls and outgoing patient outreach calls within 24 hours according to program standards.
→Submit payroll information in a timely fashion.
→Participate in phone conferences and meetings with program staff as scheduled/needed.
→Knowledge and application of Perinatal Depression Program policies and procedures.

Nice to Have

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Employee must be competent and comfortable with telephone contact with potentially extremely distressed callers.
Employee must have exceptionally sensitive interview skills, and excellent time management ability.
An understanding of the dynamics and etiology of postpartum depression as a crisis is critical.