Clinician (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) - The Ridge Recovery Center (Per Diem)

Hartford HealthCare • Willimantic, CT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Hartford HealthCare is Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, with over 40,000 colleagues. Rushford Center, a part of Hartford HealthCare, is a leading provider of addiction and mental health services, nationally recognized for its prevention, treatment, and recovery programs. The center offers a wide range of programs including Acute Care and Evaluation, Residential Addiction Treatment, Individual, Group & Family Therapy, Intensive Outpatient programs, and Community Support Programs. The Clinician works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence-based clinical services across the continuum of care, maintaining ethical principles and professional standards of practice in adherence to the discipline’s professional code of ethics.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work, or Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy or Related Human Service Field
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting
• LCSW, LPC, LMFT, LADC
• Valid Driver's License
• Computer proficient
• Ability to assess problems, determine solutions and make decisions within a timely manner
• Utilize supervision and team approaches in the context of patient assessment and clinical interventions
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to establish relationships within and outside their entity
• Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age specific patient needs.
• Focused on personal, patient/client and unit/staff safety
• Assumes responsibility for self-improvement by identifying, communicating and seeking resources or instruction/validation to meet own learning needs, and is self-directed in maintaining currency of validations, certifications, licensure and training.
• Is cognizant of health-related social needs and cultural competence. Recognizes and addresses health disparities-inequalities and injustices directed toward clients, related to access to care and provision of health services.
• Develops and maintains cultural competence with an understanding of the history, traditions, values, and family systems of client groups as relates to health care and decision-making. Displays sensitivity to and awareness of the diversity in cultural groups and integrates this knowledge into their practice.

Responsibilities

• Conducts a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment and establishes a care plan, as appropriate.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary Team to assess for appropriate level of care and risk factors; develops and implements care/discharge plan and coordinates consults/referrals to remove barriers and promote optimal clinical and financial outcomes.
• Utilizes specific therapeutic methods/strategies/interventions in accordance with individualized care plan.
• Monitors progress of interventions and revises plan to meet patient/family needs.
• Provides education to patient/family with respect to meeting established goals including but not limited to disease prevention, impact of illness and disease progression, advocacy for benefits, health maintenance, and adherence to treatment regimens.
• Provides direct patient care that may include: case management, care coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration for care transition needs, crisis intervention/safety planning, counseling, and emotional support to patients and families coping with illness, trauma, or end-of-life care, referral and discharge planning.
• Refers patient to appropriate levels of care and available resources that promote the individualized care plan.
• Maintains timely patient-centered documentation that reflects the patient and client systems’ pertinent information for assessment, interventions and outcomes in accordance with regulatory licensing requirements and third-party agencies.
• Independently able to provide clinical social work interventions to all patient populations.
• Participates in administrative and development activities including team meetings, clinical supervision of staff and staff education.
• Provide social work field supervision to second year social work students.
• Supports the development of hospital and/or unit-based programming to meet the clinical and strategic needs of the patients and the milieu.
• Works as a team member to contribute to improved patient experience.
• Ensures the cost-effective utilization of resources.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off with accrual starting on the date of hire, including paid holidays
• Higher Education Partnerships with select universities and colleges.
• Tuition reimbursement. HHC provides the maximum benefit allowed by the IRS to cover educational expenses with no additional tax burden for you.
• Success Sharing Program
• Leadership growth opportunities and trainings
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Additional voluntary benefits as well as employee discount programs
• Flexible schedule
• HRSA Federal Loan Forgiveness program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees