Behavioral Health Clinician, Health Alliance Clinton, Emergency Department, 24 Hours, Evenings
About The Position
The Behavioral Health Clinician provides quality treatment to patients in Behavioral Health Services in the Emergency Department. The role includes providing individual and group therapy to patients with varied mental health and co-occurring disorders, completing assessments and treatment planning, and coordinating aftercare and referrals. The clinician manages a caseload and collaborates with an interdisciplinary clinical team while maintaining required documentation, professional licensure, and credentials. This is a 24-hour-per-week evening position at Health Alliance Clinton. The schedule includes Monday through Friday, weekends every other weekend, and every other holiday. The work is sedentary and performed indoors in a normal office environment.
Requirements
- Graduation and training from an accredited graduate master's program in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field.
- License eligible for LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT.
- Strong and effective communication, organization, and time management skills.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.
Nice To Haves
- Internship and/or work experience in behavioral health, including addiction services.
- Strong diagnostic skills and abilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group therapy to patients with varied mental health and co-occurring disorders.
- Complete initial assessments, counseling, group therapy, case presentations to the treatment team, treatment planning, and aftercare planning.
- Identify the need for medication evaluations and make referrals to on-site providers.
- Complete departmental documentation and paperwork in compliance with hospital requirements, DMH, BSAS, The Joint Commission, and insurance providers.
- Manage a caseload, which may include consultations, collateral contacts, and follow-up with patients who miss appointments.
- Work toward or maintain the highest level of professional licensure and maintain credentials required for the role.
- Comply with departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, and attend meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed.
- Demonstrate use of Quality Improvement in daily operations and comply with health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Support a professional, respectful, tolerant, civil, and accepting environment for employees, patients, and visitors.
- Maintain regular, reliable, and predictable attendance and perform other similar duties as required or directed.
Benefits
- A signing bonus may be available; eligibility will be confirmed during the interview process.
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Job Type
Part-time
