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Ongoing Education Supervisor - Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center/HCPC at UTHealth Houston
Ongoing Education Supervisor - Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center/HCPC at UTHealth HoustonTexas Medical Center • Houston, TX, US
Ongoing Education Supervisor - Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center / HCPC at UTHealth Houston

Ongoing Education Supervisor - Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center / HCPC at UTHealth Houston

Texas Medical Center • Houston, TX, US
2 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Position

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in. Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus :

  • 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
  • Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
  • The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
  • Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
  • Build your future with our awesome retirement / pension plan!
  • We take care of our employees!
  • As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work / life services such as...
  • Free financial and legal counseling
  • Free mental health counseling services
  • Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
  • Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
  • Resources for child and elder care
  • Plus many more!

Join a growing team! With the opening of Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center / HCPC at UTHealth Houston, we will soon have the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, serving the region with a 500+ bed facility. Our dedicated health care employees will have the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of mental health specialties and cutting-edge research. With exposure to a variety of specialties such as Acute, Subacute, and Intensive Outpatient, Continuum of Care, Mood Disorders, ECT, Early Onset Treatment, Adult General Psychiatry, Competency Restoration, Child and Adolescent, Juvenile Justice, Geriatric Psychiatry, Treatment Mall and Unit-Based Programming.

This dedicated team will work in an integrated campus to bring world class resources to the community. Apply today to be a part of this committed team serving the mental health needs of the area.

Position Summary

Manages and oversees education, ongoing training, in-services, monthly chart auditing, as well as LMSW clinicians seeking LCSW supervision.

Position Details

Location : Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center / HCPC at UTHealth Houston

Dept. : BSC Programming

Status : Full-Time

FLSA : Exempt

Position Key Accountabilities

Essential Functions :

  • Directs clinical supervision of all LMSW clinicians seeking clinical supervision.
  • Supervises the Lead Recreation Therapist and Chaplains.
  • Conducts chart audits in order to identify deficient documentation and provides performance training that will help the staff avoid deficiencies in future.
  • Participates in peer reviews to troubleshoot complex cases.
  • Monitors timeliness of assigned staff members required assessments, treatment plans, discharge plans, and any other required services in order to meet the standards of Joint Commission and other regulatory agencies.
  • Manages staffing and ensures coverage for assigned areas.
  • Tracks time and attendance for assigned staff. Provides indirect services to patients by acting as an advocate for the patient / family with the treatment team development through consultations with assigned staff or as needed for coverage.
  • Provides consultation and coverage for direct services to patients including : psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, and treatment that includes : group and family therapy, crisis intervention and treatment planning development.
  • Provides consultation and coverage for oversight of patients care, progress in treatment, and progress toward discharge in order to prevent both the over-utilization and the under-utilization of inpatient treatment services.
  • Works with a multidisciplinary treatment team to develop an individual treatment plan, and a safe and appropriate discharge plan that will support patients ongoing outpatient treatment.
  • Consults with assigned staff as needed to assess the psychosocial functioning of patients at admission and throughout the treatment program; conducts interviews with patients and significant others to determine assets as well as challenges to optimal patient functioning both while in the program and upon discharge to a lesser restrictive level of care.
  • Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to : recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Certification / Skills

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) by State of Texas required or Supervisor (LCSW-S) required

    Minimum Education

    Master's Degree in Social Work required

    Minimum Experience

    5 years of experience in a mental health setting with two (2) years of experience providing clinical supervision required

    Physical Requirements

    Security Sensitive : This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. 791.4.

    Residency Requirement

    Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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