Position Summary:

The Zero Suicide Task Force Lead serves as a member of the Prevention team of WestCare Tennessee and works to ensure the delivery of quality services to the WestCare Tennessee Zero Suicide program. The Suicide Task Force Lead will coordinate with the Zero Suicide council members and their staff to reduce suicide, suicide attempts, and deaths due to suicide. Their focus will also decrease the mental health stigma in Cocke and Jefferson Counties by providing education on mental health, reducing stigma of seeking help, and improving access to services.

 

Essential Job Functions:

 

Embraces and embodies the mission, vision, guiding principles, and goals of WestCare Tennessee. Serves as the primary contact to the Zero Suicide Oversight Steering Council. Uphold strict confidentiality of individual information. Develop agendas and facilitate the Zero Suicide Oversight Steering Council monthly meetings. Lead in the setting of council priorities and organizational goals. Assist with conducting a General Zero Suicide Organizational Self Study from the Zero Suicide toolkit and the Inpatient Organizational Self Study. Conduct a Zero Suicide Workforce Survey to assess staff self-perception of their knowledge and comfort interacting with patients at risk for suicide, including providing specific elements of care such as screening, treatment, and support during care transitions. Contribute efforts to achieve the Zero Suicide mission and goal through a variety of community events, programs, initiatives and meetings. Administer Zero Suicide Oversight Steering Council recommended trainings. Ensure the program aligns with the TN Zero Suicide Strategy for Preventing Suicides. Participates in clinical staffing decisions regarding the participants current strengths and resources and their need for additional resources. Completes mandatory documentation within timelines established by applicable regulations. Involves the entire facility in meeting Patients' psychosocial needs. Attend in-person and virtual program conferences and meetings, community meetings, and events as deemed necessary. Participate in weekly staff team meetings either virtually or in-person to discuss updates, successes, barriers or challenges to meeting grant requirements and plan service activities. Participate in monthly meetings with invited community leaders including grant partners to serve as your suicide prevention council to maintain connections and receive recommendations in continuing to serve eligible participants. Assist in implementing a public health approach that blends community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies through community efforts. Promote and provide health and wellness of eligible participants. Establish, develop and maintain positive working relationships with community partners that include the school system, law enforcement, local, federal, state, grantors, community stakeholders and other businesses and agencies. Serve as community contact person to conduct program presentations and updates building new relationships that will support the Zero Suicide grant activities and service. Maintain strong professional relationship boundaries with individuals served and organizations/ community agencies who refer individuals to WestCare Tennessee. Serve as a representative of WestCare Tennessee at community events, meetings, workshops and activities. Gather and compile appropriate materials to create Public Service Announcements (PSA) and media campaigns that promote the program goals and objectives and to work collaboratively with local radio and tv stations. Provide a weekly report to the Project Director reporting the programmatic progress to ensure overall success. Recruit and train community volunteers who may assist within the program. Gathers appropriate data to generate the required grant reporting in a timely manner. Work closely with Research Assistant, and WestCare Foundation Evaluation team regarding the collection of data and reporting of program outcomes. Perform additional tasks that support a productive office workflow as deemed necessary by the Project Director or TN Regional Administrator.