$2,000 Sign On Bonus
Associated Clinical Therapist provides clinical and therapeutic interventions to primarily child and adolescent population, but also some adult patients, and the parent guardian of the child adolescent population.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Three years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.
Licenses & Certifications
- Healthcare Provider (CPR)
- Safe Crisis Intervention for Patients and Professionals
Qualifications
Ability to interact with persons in a therapeutic community.Demonstrate a working knowledge of the CFR 42 laws.Employee will obtain initial CPR and SCIPP certification within 90 days of employment.Leadership, sound judgement, and ability to organize.Minimal experience in provision of services.Proven ability to effectively work with others at all levels within and outside Tanner.Area of Responsibilities
COMMUNICATION TEAM WORK CONDUCT : Communicates treatment issues and medication concerns to the staff nurse and or physician daily, and or as needed. Participates in treatment teams with other staff persons and helps write treatment plan reviews in conjunction with treatment team members. Attends staff meetings as needed. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with managers, supervisors, coworkers, and staff of other departments. Performs other duties needed to maintain safe and therapeutic clinical environment. Demonstrates conduct in keeping with Tanner Medical Center's ethical standards. Errors may be serious and may involve injury to patient, staff, or self. Works constantly with confidential information and must constantly make decisions concerning true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self or others. Requires frequent contact with others to do job. Involves daily interactions with psychiatrist nurses, social services, occupational therapist and patient to provide appropriate services and programs to patient. Will also involve contact with family and outside agencies for patient care on a daily basis.DOCUMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MEDICAL RECORD : Completes appropriate documentation - treatment plans, assessments, progress notes, weekly updates, and group notes in specified time limits. Documents calls and related information on designated forms. Participates in discharge planning, referral contacts, and verifies follow through and documentation of discharge plans. Checks and audits charts for documentation and or charge errors. Assist interns with documentation as needed. Assists in taking daily attendance of program patients and calls parents guardians if patients are absent and document this in the clinical record.PARTICIPATION IN THE GENERAL OPERATION OF DEPARTMENT : Responsibly manages resources in a conscientious manner. Assist in maintaining a clean and neat physical environment on the unit, including cleaning storage areas, stocking storage areas with supplies, cleaning and maintaining group rooms, in compliance with infection prevention standards. Seeks and identifies opportunities to improve care, patient flow or utilization of resources. Participates in process improvement initiatives for the department and facility as directed. Participates in the orientation and supervision of new employees and students. Assist in orienting new staff to PHP including rules of PHP and interaction with patients. Assist marketing in promoting for PHP by representing Willowbrooke at school career days and other marketing venues. Participates in training and development activities to enhance own knowledge and skills.PROVISION OF CARE : Responsible daily for the coordination of patient care through the following duties : Facilitates group therapy, identify a healthy recovery environment, determine risk for relapse, facilitate recovery education, facilitate coping skills, and or develops programming and therapeutic treatment for identified patients. Supervises patients during program hours. (Monitors hallways, timeout, reflection areas, and monitors patients during meal times and break times). Establishes and maintains positive relationships with patients, physicians, allied health professionals, and all referral sources. Works cooperatively with Program Manager in program development. Assists in meal preparation and or service with patients. Supervises patients as they enter and leave PHP and get on off transportation vans. Assists in supervision with patients as needed and provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors. Performs therapeutic holds on patients as needed. Attends debriefings on patients as needed.STANDARDS POLICY AND PROCEDURE : Stays abreast of organization's programs and services. Supports organization's customer service philosophy. Responsible for completion of required facility and departmental education under the direction of the department manager. Complies with other applicable department and or organization standards and policies. Complies with facility safety, infection control, and security program. Supports facility internal and external customer service standards.MACHINES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT USED ON JOB : Computer, Calculator, Photocopier, Telephone, Fax MachineCompliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Three years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.
Licenses & Certifications
Healthcare Provider (CPR)Safe Crisis Intervention for Patients and ProfessionalsQualifications
Ability to interact with persons in a therapeutic community.Demonstrate a working knowledge of the CFR 42 laws.Employee will obtain initial CPR and SCIPP certification within 90 days of employment.Leadership, sound judgement, and ability to organize.Minimal experience in provision of services.Proven ability to effectively work with others at all levels within and outside Tanner.Definitions
Associated Clinical Therapist provides clinical and therapeutic interventions to primarily child and adolescent population, but also some adult patients, and the parent guardian of the child adolescent population.Contact With Others
Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect Of Error
Probable errors in information developed independently which may involve continuing adverse effect on the overall operation and major functions of the organization and a substantial loss of organization funds, organization effectiveness, and public image. Work is not generally subject to check. Full and complete access to highly restricted objectives, plans, and programs.
Supervisory Responsibility
Has limited supervision over a small section of employees (up to 15), i.e. assigns and directs their work; instructs new employees and corrects results, may discuss with supervisor, but has no authority over job content or personnel. Team governance where the Members evaluate, interview, and recommend personnel actions.
Mental Demands
Tasks are multiple and diverse with some interrelationship across processes. Handles some unrelated functions. Work requires the direct application of a variety of procedures, policies, and / or precedents. Some responsibility for budget and expenditure authority. Develops objectives and general policies and procedures for a specific program or functional area of responsibility within general scope of established operational goals and plans. Day-to-day work and decisions do not require direction or review by immediate supervisor. Frequently solves complex problems. End results are reviewed by supervisor. Strategic issues are referred to supervisor.
Physical Effort
Moderate physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for about half of the day. Very occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25- 60 lbs.). Office or laboratory work requires close visual effort and concentration more than half of day. Works in reaching or strained positions for less than half of day.
Working Conditions
Noticeable - (About 25% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature / weather extremes / occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical / bio-hazardous materials.
Physical Aspects
Continually (at least once per day)
HearingVisualSpeakingStandingWalkingFrequently (at least 3 times a week)
BendingTypingManual Dexterity picking, pinching with fingers etc.Reaching below shoulderBalancingHandling seizing, holding, graspingCarryingKneelingSquattingOccasionally (at least once a month)
Feeling (Touch) determining temperature, texture, by touchingReaching above shoulderCrawlingRunning - In response to an emergencyLifting up to 25 lbs.Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.Lifting over 60 lbs.ClimbingSmellingDriving Class C vehiclesN95 Respirator usage (PPE)Pushing / Pulling up to 25 lbs.Pushing / Pulling 25 to 60 lbs.
