BRIANNA ELLIS

• Develop and implement safe discharge plans, providing patients and families with clear.
• Coordinate patient care plans, identify, and anticipate patient needs to ensure safe and timely discharge.
• Collaborates in daily interdisciplinary rounds, and maintains strong working relationships with teammates, nurses, doctors, and outside facility liaisons.
• Provides ongoing psychosocial support for patients and families on the trauma unit, including brief counseling, and connecting them to appropriate community resources.
• Maintains current knowledge of CMS guidelines and benefits, HIPAA, and community resources.
• Regularly precepts new employees, teaching foundational knowledge, and continually assessing position competencies.

• Met with clients for weekly outpatient counseling to address mental health & substance use concerns
• Diagnosed clients using the DSM-5 and used evidence-based interventions in weekly sessions
• Provided brief supportive therapy to clients on the inpatient crisis unit
• Provided crisis intervention
• Collaborated with care teams and community agencies to provide integrated care to clients

(Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments)

• Provided immediate crisis intervention services to survivors experiencing intimate partner violence.
• Completed assessments to evaluate the physical, mental, and emotional needs of survivors.
• Collaborated with survivors on adaptable safety plans to identify risks and anticipate their changing situations.
• Discussed legal services, victims' rights, shelter, and counseling options with survivors using strengths perspective and person-centered therapy techniques