Staff Clinician, Inpatient (LCSW or LPC)

The Menninger Clinic•Houston, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Clinician, Inpatient role is part of the Inpatient Clinician Services (Adults) department. This position operates Monday through Friday, from 8 AM to 5 PM. The clinician is responsible for delivering services in full compliance with The Menninger Clinic (TMC) standards, program/unit requirements, and accrediting agencies. This includes maintaining professional licenses and certifications, completing annual education, and adhering to documentation and billing requirements for accrediting and reimbursement entities. The role requires a strong understanding of psychopathology, personality theory, psychodynamics, and other relevant therapeutic techniques. Key functions include conducting psychosocial assessments, developing differential diagnoses and diagnostic formulations, providing family and group psychotherapy, individual psychotherapy, and discharge/aftercare planning. The clinician will also supervise and mentor staff and trainees, and engage in ongoing professional development. Collaboration within multidisciplinary teams is essential for comprehensive assessment and treatment, including providing feedback, psycho-education, and support to the patient system and facilitating continuity of care with external providers. The role demands analytical and innovative thinking, sound decision-making, and the ability to generate new solutions. Interpersonally, the clinician must inspire trust, demonstrate consistency, and encourage a high-integrity environment, modeling ethical behavior. Proficiency in current technology for documentation, including EHR systems, is required.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited master’s degree program in a mental health discipline such as social work, counseling or marriage and family therapy is required.
LCSW, LPC or LMFT in the state of Texas is required.
At least 2 years post-master’s clinical experience in a psychiatric or behavioral health field.

Nice To Haves

Strong professional writing skills
Ability to supervise and mentor staff and trainees in a professional and effective manner.
Engage in ongoing professional development through in-service training, workshops, grand rounds, professional committee involvement, and other educational activities.
Demonstrates capacity to learn and utilize current technology to document and maintain records.

Responsibilities

Deliver services in full compliance with The Menninger Clinic (TMC), individual programs or units, and all accrediting agencies.
Maintain professional license and certifications including completion of all annual education and training requirements.
Complete comprehensive documentation and billing as required by accrediting and re-imbursement entities in a timely fashion and adhering to all formal and informal deadlines.
Perform in a manner congruent with best practices demonstrating knowledge of psychopathology, personality theory, psychodynamics and other techniques and modalities as necessary.
Conduct Psychosocial Assessments.
Develop Differential Diagnoses and Diagnostic Formulations.
Provide Family Work / Family or Couples Therapy.
Provide Group Psychotherapy.
Provide Individual Psychotherapy.
Develop Discharge and Aftercare Planning.
Supervise and mentor staff and trainees in a professional and effective manner.
Engage in ongoing professional development through in-service training, workshops, grand rounds, professional committee involvement, and other educational activities.
Contribute to the integrated multidisciplinary teams, comprehensive assessment and treatment.
Provide feed-back, psycho-education, and support to multi-levels of the patient system.
Facilitate continuity of care with future providers, community stakeholders, and referrers.
Gather relevant information systematically and make sound decisions.
Scan own knowledge and experience base to determine potential solutions.
Approach problems with curiosity and open-mindedness; offer new ideas, solutions and/or options.
Notice current processes needing improvement and generate new options using own clinical expertise.
Show consistency among principles, values and behavior; stimulate the confidence and trust of others.
Meet commitments and promises.
Encourage a high-integrity environment.
Model principled and ethical behaviors consistent with professional and organizational values.
Raise ethical dilemmas as they arise in the work.
Learn and utilize current technology to document and maintain records.
Document in EHR in accordance with Menninger policy and procedure.