Skip to main content
Job Search

Job Search

Crisis Assessment Specialist

Holy Cross Hospital West Valley West Valley City, Utah
Apply

The posted compensation range of $29.81 - $43.25 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

Requisition ID 2026-480957 Employment Type Full Time Department Psych Crisis Team Hours/Pay Period 80 Shift Night Weekly Schedule Monday–Wednesday and Saturday, 7:00pm - 5:30am Remote No Category Mental Health

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Crisis Assessment Specialist you will be responsible for assessment of clients in consultation and cooperation with emergency department personnel, psychiatrists, clinicians, attending physicians and managed care representatives. While in this position you will provide recommendation for disposition. The Crisis Assessment Specialist may perform the following as required: face-to-face evaluations, telehealth (video) triage evaluations, respond to and/or triage patient/family complaints, assist in management of all assessment records, perform statistical analysis.

Join a mission-driven team committed to healing through compassion, collaboration, and humankindness. Guided by CommonSpirit values, this dual-role position provides therapeutic support within the inpatient behavioral health unit while also completing psychiatric and level-of-care assessments throughout the hospital system to ensure patients receive the care that best fits their individual needs.
This role is ideal for a trauma-informed clinician who is passionate about crisis intervention, patient advocacy, and whole-person care.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain an active inpatient behavioral health caseload, including therapeutic interventions and groups, discharge planning, and patient support.
- Complete psychiatric and behavioral health assessments throughout the hospital to determine appropriate level-of-care recommendations and placement needs.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, physicians, nursing staff, and community resources to support safe patient care transitions.
- Provide compassionate, trauma-informed, patient-centered care that promotes dignity, emotional safety, and healing.
- Assist with treatment planning, documentation, and coordination of behavioral health services.
Job Requirements

Required

  • Master's Degree in Counseling, Social Work, Nursing or related behavioral health field
  • Two (2) years of experience in direct behavioral health clinical care
  • Competence with DSM diagnostic criteria and treatment planning
  • Demonstrates clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills
  • Adequate and available transportation for response to various evaluation sites.
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker in state of employment; disciplines: Clinical Psychologist (PSY), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage
    and Family Therapist (LMFT), Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CHMC) (Utah only), Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (RN CNS) or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (RN NP, Psych Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), and/or Licensed Addictions Counselor (LAC).
    Allowable: Current license in the state of employment in one of the following disciplines: Certified Social Worker (CSW), Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor (ACHMC), Associate level Mental
    Health Therapy License, and Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, if proper supervision is required and can be met by hospital staff (Utah only).

Preferred

  • At least one (1) year of crisis experience
Where You'll Work

As one of the busiest ERs in Utah, Holy Cross Hospital - West Valley is known for offering a broad spectrum of medical services and specialty clinics to care for the diverse healthcare needs of our growing community. We are on a mission to provide the highest quality health care services with compassion and respect and demonstrate this daily with proactive, focused, caring interactions that comfort, inform and promote healing among patients, families, and co-workers. We believe in doing what's right. We treat our employees fairly, work hard, use resources wisely, and are constantly striving to improve the quality and safety of care we deliver to our patients. We offer a Level III trauma center, STEMI cardiac receiving center, Certified stroke treatment center, and orthopedics specializing in helping athletes recover from sports related injuries.

Apply

Map this location

Get an idea of what your daily routine can be like.

Click Here >

Join our Talent Community so you can stay connected and be alerted to future opportunities.

Sign Up

No related jobs

No recently viewed jobs

You have no saved Jobs

Equal Opportunity

CommonSpirit Health™ is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please click here.

CommonSpirit Health™ will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (415) 438-5575 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). CommonSpirit Health™ participates in E-Verify.