Mental Health Clinician
Company: Gables Search Group
Location: Queensbury
Posted on: September 19, 2023
Job Description:
POSITION BRIEF
- The clinician is a master's degree level professional who
serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team at the assigned
site. Provides direct clinical services including individual
therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and counseling as
appropriate to the assigned program. Provide case coordination and
therapeutic education services. At the discretion of the program
director, may be assigned to train and supervise other staff as
deemed appropriate. Expected to provide excellent patient care and
compassion in every encounter, aligned with the organization core
values.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides direct clinical treatment including individual,
family, and group therapies, and crisis intervention toward
maximizing the clinical response of each person seen;
- Provides services using a combination of in-person, telephone,
and video (telemental/telemedicine) as required/directed;
- Conducts initial evaluations and identifies critical
impairments that become the focus of treatment form effective
planning and implementation of treatment;
- Provides unscheduled and or emergent services as needed for
walk-in, open-access, and crisis clients at any time during
scheduled shift;
- Provides services beyond scheduled shift as required to meet
the needs of acute walk-in, open access, and/or crisis
clients;
- Develops clear treatment strategies based on specific needs of
each consumer and composed as a formal treatment plan and
percentage plan to the treatment team and consumer;
- Provides clinical services including treatment and education in
accord with the treatment plan;
- Documents all aspects of the evaluation and treatment process
to potentiate patient care, facilitate effective treatment
coordination, and ensure regulatory compliance;
- Coordinate treatment with other behavioral health services,
other providers, probation, parole, including facilitating
referrals for inpatient treatment to maximize quality and
effectiveness of care;
- Participates in care planning and coordination meetings to
facilitate care process. As assigned, sees individuals who are an
immediate crisis to reduce emergency visits and/or inpatient
admissions;
- Participates in quality assurance and quality improvement
activities
- Documents all services in accordance with Federal/State
regulations and policies and procedures;
- Supports collaboration and teamwork by sharing information and
responding to questions/requests from rehabilitation team and other
support providers;
- Maintains client confidentiality and confidential health
information;
- Promotes service recipients' growth and development;
- Provides clinical oversight/supervision to other clinicians up
to the maximum number allowed according to the clinician's license
(i.e. LHMC, LCSW-R);
- Participates in meetings as scheduled;
- Assists with training new staff members;
- Meets or exceeds the then current (currently 65%) individual
billable units of service requirement;
- Additional duties as assigned.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree required.
- LMHC, LMSW or LCSW license required
- Experience providing direct clinical service to the population
served by the assigned clinical program is strongly
preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage time effectively as well as to organize
tasks.
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team until
collaborate across disciplines and programs.
- Knowledge of substance abuse issues including features of
alcohol and various drug abuse signs and symptoms, intervention
strategies, awareness of associated medical concerns.
- Individual, family, and group therapy skills.
- Broad clinical knowledge of psychiatric disorders, and
psychiatric diagnosis.
- Ability to conduct clinical interviews and assess mental
status.
- Extensive knowledge with PC applications and electronic medical
records strongly preferred.
- Valid NYS driver's license and reliable transportation required
for local and regional travel
Keywords: Gables Search Group, Schenectady , Mental Health Clinician, Other , Queensbury, New York
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