Mental Health Specialist III (Multiple Vacancies)

Position Summary:

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Mental Health Specialist III in the Addiction Services of Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

The primary purpose of the Mental Health Specialist III position is to serve as a team member in providing and maintaining a safe therapeutic milieu. This position provides support and assists staff nurses as directed, as well as transports clients to and from treatment and other related activities. Actively participates in group activity and crisis intervention.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Provides transportation and direct care responsibilities for consumers/patients as assigned.
• Engages consumer/patient in appropriate treatment intervention based on service plan and supervisory directions.
• Interacts and communicates with consumer/patient in therapeutic manner.
• Assists with consumer admission, transfer, and discharge procedures.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Associate's Degree and two (2) years of experience in the provision of appropriate services in the behavioral health field or Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology or a related field; or a high school diploma and five (5) years experience in the provision of appropriate services within behavioral health.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to lift up to seventy (70) pounds multiple times a day.
• Requires bending, lifting, sitting.
• Some travel to client homes and community agencies.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).
• Subject to unpredictable situations, patient crisis, medical, substance use related and psychiatric.
• Exposure to bloodborne pathogens that require use of personal protective equipment.