Travel Social Work - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
spokane, WA
Care Career
4x10 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

LICSW / LMHC / LMFT – Psychiatric Emergency Department 

🕐 Shift

• Night/Eve shift: 4 × 10-hour shifts
• 4:00 PM – 2:00 AM
• Every other weekend
  • Saturday and Sunday
• No call
• Block scheduling: No
• 48 hours: Not approved

🏥 Facility

Providence Sacred Heart Hospital

• Short-Term Acute Care
• Level II Trauma Center
• Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
• 629 staffed beds
• Teaching hospital
• Epic charting

👥 Patient Population

• Adults + Pediatrics
• Department: Adult & Pediatric Emergency Room
• Daily census listed: approximately 7

🎯 Position

This is a Psychiatric ED / Behavioral Health clinician position.

The clinician evaluates patients presenting with:

• Mental health illness
• Substance use disorders
• Suicidal/self-harm concerns
• Risk of harm to self or others
• Grave disability

The clinician performs risk evaluations and makes level-of-care recommendations as a consultant to the ED provider/APP.

🚨 Required Experience

• 3 years experience listed in the job requirements
• At least 1 year specific experience required in the compliance section
• Experience conducting crisis risk assessments for both adults and pediatrics
• Hospital experience preferred
• Emergency Department experience
• Crisis intervention/management experience

🎓 License – VERY IMPORTANT

The candidate must have FULL independent licensure.

Accepted licenses:

• LCSW
• LMFT
• LMHC

⚠️ Associate-level license is NOT accepted.

The posting specifically says the candidate must be fully licensed; an associate license will not suffice.

🧠 Important Skills

Experience with:

• Crisis assessments
• Mental health assessments
• Biopsychosocial assessments
• Crisis intervention
• Suicide/homicide/self-harm assessment
• 5150 / involuntary holds
• Emergency detention
• Psychiatric disorders
• Substance use issues
• Adult and pediatric crisis situations
• Care coordination
• Case management
• Discharge planning
• Patient/family education
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Emergency Department

🏥 Floating

Yes.

• May float to a sister hospital ED to perform the same duties.
• Specifically mentioned: Holy Family Hospital
• Travelers are expected to be flexible with floating.
• Refusal to float may result in termination of assignment and/or loss of guaranteed hours.

📅 RTO / Holidays

• Maximum RTO: 7 days
• All RTO must be submitted up front
• Post-submission/post-offer RTO may not be approved.
• Candidate must commit to working 3 of 5 holidays:
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Day
  • New Year's Eve
  • New Year's Day

📍 License / Local Rule

• Compact license must be in hand at submission
• Local radius: 50 miles
• Locals accepted at a lower bill rate