Clinician (LMSW, LPCA, LMFTA, CADC) - Adult Inpatient (Per Diem)
Hartford Hospital•Hartford, CT
•Onsite
About The Position
The Clinician works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence-based clinical services across the continuum of care. The role maintains ethical principles and professional practice standards in accordance with the relevant discipline’s code of ethics. It is based at The Institute of Living, a not-for-profit center providing care, research, and education in behavioral, psychiatric, and addiction disorders.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related human service field.
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting.
- LMSW, LPC-A, LMFT-A, or CADC credential.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Computer proficiency.
- Ability to assess problems, determine solutions, and make timely decisions.
- Ability to use supervision and team approaches in patient assessment and clinical interventions.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to establish relationships within and outside the entity.
- Ability to demonstrate competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age-specific patient needs.
- Focus on personal, patient/client, and unit/staff safety.
- Responsibility for self-improvement, including identifying learning needs, seeking resources or instruction, and maintaining current validations, certifications, licensure, and training.
- Awareness of health-related social needs and cultural competence, including recognition of health disparities, inequalities, and injustices related to access to care and provision of health services.
- Ability to develop and maintain cultural competence, understand client groups’ histories, traditions, values, and family systems as they relate to healthcare and decision-making, and integrate cultural awareness into practice.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and establish care plans as appropriate.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to assess appropriate levels of care and risk factors, develop and implement care and discharge plans, and coordinate consults and referrals to remove barriers and promote clinical and financial outcomes.
- Use therapeutic methods, strategies, and interventions in accordance with individualized care plans.
- Monitor intervention progress and revise plans to meet patient and family needs.
- Educate patients and families on established goals, including disease prevention, illness and disease progression, benefits advocacy, health maintenance, and adherence to treatment regimens.
- Provide direct patient care, including case management, care coordination, collaboration on care transitions, crisis intervention and safety planning, counseling, emotional support, referrals, and discharge planning.
- Refer patients to appropriate levels of care and available resources that support individualized care plans.
- Maintain timely, patient-centered documentation of assessment, interventions, outcomes, and pertinent patient and client-system information in accordance with regulatory, licensing, and third-party requirements.
- Participate in administrative and development activities, including team meetings, clinical supervision of staff, and staff education.
- Support the development of hospital- or unit-based programming to meet patients’ clinical and strategic needs and support the milieu.
- Contribute as a team member to improved patient experience.
- Ensure cost-effective utilization of resources.
Benefits
- Medical and dental benefits.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Paid time off accruing from the date of hire.
- Voluntary benefits.
- Employee discount programs.
- Career development and growth opportunities.
