Mental Health Counselor- Roosevelt County

Roadrunner Health Services•Portales, NM

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. This role involves developing and reviewing individualized treatment plans, conducting assessments, providing follow-up care, crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, and maintaining accurate patient records. The position also requires coordination with community agencies, potential psychological testing, and clinical supervision of non-psychiatric staff. On-call services may be required. The role emphasizes ethical practice, confidentiality, and continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

Degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or related field from an accredited educational institution.
Active professional license to practice in the applicable state.
Current tuberculosis documentation.
Active CPR certification.
Ability to pass background investigation and obtain agency security clearance where applicable.
Problem Solving: Acts collaboratively in resolving problems. Ability to present solutions rather than just identifying problems. Can acknowledge when one does not know something and is willing to take personal responsibility for finding a solution.
Team Building: Works well with others and helps build a cohesive working environment. Helps others learn and shares knowledge. Respects diversity of the workplace and individuals' unique characteristics.
Communication: Able to appropriately express opinions in written and verbal form. Clear and articulate when speaking with an individual or group and using audience-appropriate language. Listens to others.
Documentation: Ensures that medical records entries and other documentation are accurate, thorough, and timely. Written documentation is completed on required forms or using required formats without omissions.
Effective Time Management: Organizes and prioritizes work by devoting adequate time and attention to individual tasks. Effectively plans meetings/keeps appointments and multitasks effectively.
Attentive to Detail: Able to provide accurate and consistent work on a timely basis. Documents important to detail to ensure miscommunications are minimized.
Accountability: Follows through on commitments and agreements. Demonstrated dependability. Takes responsibility for mistakes and missed deadlines. Communicates about progress on commitments.
Stress Tolerance: Must be able to effectively handle stressful or adverse situations and work effectively under difficult conditions. Ability to remain calm while handling volatile, threatening, or emergency situations. Remains focused in spite of distractions and interruptions.
Safety Consciousness: Maintains awareness of and acts to minimize safety risks in one's environment.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of two years of experience with direct care for individuals with mental illness.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members in the development/review of individualized behavioral/mental health treatment plans and in the monitoring and treatment of patients.
Complete behavioral/mental health assessments for patients referred based on admission process, staff referral or patient self-referral within the required time period.
Provide regular follow-up to assigned patients to monitor current mental status and functioning.
Inform supervisor and psychiatric staff of significant changes in a patient's functioning.
Provide crisis interventions as required, including precautionary measures, daily follow-up, and emergency procedures.
Conduct individual and group counseling and psychoeducational groups for patients.
Assist patients in defining goals to achieve personal, social, educational, and/or vocational development.
Observe patients to detect psychiatric symptoms, mental deficiency, abnormal behavior, or maladjustment.
Update and maintain accurate and legible patient information and records in accordance with policy.
Inform, coordinate, and advise all applicable parties regarding patient discharge or transfer.
Act as a liaison with community agencies and contacts providing services to patients.
Administer, interpret, and report on psychological test data as testing standards permit and/or under supervision if required.
Provide clinical supervisory oversight for non-psychiatric behavioral/mental health staff as requested.
Provide on-call mental health services if assigned.
Conduct in-service training on behavioral/mental health related topics for company and community agencies.
Identify and maintain professional boundaries to preserve the integrity of the therapeutic process and relationship.
Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program (peer review, record reviews, membership on the CQI committee as requested) and modify clinical practices based on CQI recommendations.
Acquire and maintain current clinical knowledge and skills and professional standards.
Ensure compliance with all agency and company policies, federal and state laws, regulations, and guidelines, including HIPAA.
Deliver care in a nonjudgmental/nondiscriminatory manner to protect the autonomy, dignity, and rights of the patient.
Report to work when other state agencies are closed for emergencies as an essential employee.