Northridge Hospital Medical Center Work Values

Daily Duties at Northridge Hospital Medical Center:

Intakes (admissions), treatment planning, discharge planning, conducting group therapy sessions in the Inpatient and Outpatient units. Treatment focus was on adults, with chronic depression, anxiety, bipolar, dementia, various forms of psychosis, and co-occurring alcoholism or substance-abuse. In therapy sessions, discussed realistic goal-setting, situational coping strategies, anger management techniques, and gave clear handouts for patients' references after discharge. Met on regular basis for treatment team meetings with psychiatrists and nursing staff, to ensure continuity of care. Also participated in hearings on the units with DMH court officers to discuss patients' capacity to make decisions about their ongoing care, in the hospital and post-discharge. As part of discharge planning, I worked with social workers to determine after-discharge housing (if needed, such as a sober-living facility, nursing home, or therapeutic group home setting), follow-up with therapists (MFTs, LCSWs, psychologists) and psychiatrists for ongoing medication evaluations, as well as community services, like AA, NA, Ala-Non, etc.

What they like about Northridge Hospital Medical Center:

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Tags

case management, treatment planning, social work, older adults, family therapy, crisis intervention, teaching alternate coping skills, clinical team collaboration, Management, Therapy

Skills

active/reflective listening, cross-cultural competence, mediation among group members/family members, identification of stressors/emotional triggers, consideration of different means of problem-solving, collaboration with professionals on team, effective verbal/writing skills, Management, Therapy

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Northridge Hospital Medical Center: