Clinician

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary : Under general supervision this position Performs assessments, treatment planning / monitoring and discharge planning. Provides counseling / therapy to clients requiring complex intervention. Performs, coordinates and monitors the assessment, treatment planning process and follow up for each consumer. Provides social support needed to cope with chronic, acute mental illness and physical and / or developmental disabilities. May supervise or act as team lead.

Essential Functions : Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Conduct intake, screening, assessment, and referral of clients as appropriate.
• Provide appropriate & effective clinical assessments by gathering all relevant information to identify problems & determine if consumer meets core-customer eligibility criteria & assign service priority.
• Develop person-centered plans for service users.
• Based on the assessment, work with the client to establish an individual treatment plan outlining the goals of treatment.
• Provide individual, family or group counseling / training in the appropriate setting to facilitate recovery..
• Evaluates, facilitates and monitors services and client’s progress in relationship to established goals and objectives
• Maintain strict confidentiality of information at all times according to established departmental policies & procedures.
• Adjust techniques & interventions as needed to ensure barriers to progress are addressed and movement toward recovery / independence is facilitated.
• Ensure that all treatment plans are current and services are authorized before being provided.
• Deliver services that are clinically appropriate to consumer's needs as specified in the treatment plan and meet responsibilities to consumer and third party payor by providing only services that meet best practice guidelines.
• Oversee the discharge planning process.
• In all activities, coordinate closely with the interdisciplinary team to best help service users, including behavioral health specialists, Staff Psychiatrist, registered nurses, quality assurance specialists, paraprofessionals, Medical Director and the Clinical Director.
• Records services accurately that relate directly to the treatment outcomes, within approved timeframes. Completes required clinical documentation according to agency standards.
• Maintain all documentation in accordance with applicable policies, laws and instructions.
• Ensure that all services provided are within the guidelines and document care in compliance with agency requirements and standards.
• Ensure that all notes will be in CareLogic and signed no later than 10 : 00 A.M. the day after the service was provided.
• Maintain a minimum chart audit score of 93% or better for all consumers on case-load.
• Ensure all weekly reports have been addressed and cleaned up (if necessary) within 48 hours of receiving reports.
• Meet the minimum direct time requirements of 1,200 individual billed hours a year.

Required Knowledge & Skills :

Competencies : Communication

Accountability / Responsibility

Cooperation / Teamwork

Creative Thinking

Customer Service

Dependability

Flexibility

Initiative

Analytical Data Gathering

Job Knowledge

Judgement

Professionalism

Quality / Quantity of Work

Required Education & Experience : Master’s degree from an accredited program and Two years of related experience Or Master’s degree from an accredited program and pursuing licensure in the area of assignment. Valid GA driver’s license.

Supervisory Responsibilities : None

Work Environment :

This job operates in a variable business settings with trips into the community. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This role provides basic employment support which requires employee to perform in loud / quiet environments, outdoors / indoors, etc. Some minor travel between Gateway sites and in the community is required.

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Employee is frequently required to walk, sit, stand or kneel and occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop. Employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 15 pounds. Must have the ability to sit for long periods of time at a computer. Employee frequently uses fine hand / eye coordination, hearing and visual acuity. Lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are not hazardous or unpleasant condition caused by noise, dust, etc. Employee must be able to travel between Gateway sites. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Gateway CSB promotes a drug / alcohol free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug testing.

Monday - Thursday 8 : 00am - 6 : 00pm, Friday 8 : 00am - 12 : 00pm;