The County of Orange (County) Health Care Agency is seeking Applications from qualified
organizations to provide Mental Health Inpatient Services to adolescents and children living in Orange County.
The specific focus will be to provide acute inpatient psychiatric treatment to clients in a safe and secured environment in order to stabilize symptoms occurring as a result of their mental disorder.
Required Services:
- Medical history and physical exam within twenty-four (24) hours of admission
- Laboratory and diagnostic services
- Medication during hospitalization and for three weeks post-hospitalization
- Individual and group therapy
- Collateral therapy and interventions
- Activities therapy
- Discharge planning
- Continuing care planning
- Referral services
- Psychiatric evaluation and daily rounds by psychiatrists
- On-call psychiatric coverage twenty-four (24) hours a day/seven (7) days a week (24/7)
- Nursing, psychological and social interactions compatible with Individual
Treatment Plans - Arrange for dates and times of aftercare appointments for clients when discharged to a County outpatient clinic
- Request extended treatment from County when appropriate, and if denied appropriately transfer and/or discharge the client