Outpatient Clinician

Job Description

Title: Outpatient Clinician
Company: CareLink Community Support Services
Location: Norristown, PA/ Media, PA
Pay Rate: Commensurate with experience and education
Job Type: Full-time
Available Shifts: Day Shift

The Outpatient Clinician (OC) is a post-masters experienced mental health professional responsible for providing culturally responsive, evidenced-based individual, group, and/or family-based clinical interventions in an evolving outpatient clinic. The OC must be well-versed in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and other evidenced-based clinical interventions to provide trauma-informed and culturally sensitive treatment. The OC must demonstrate the ability in the design, implementation, measurement, and tracking of evidenced-based interventions and protocols through documentation and chart maintenance. The OC will further demonstrate clinical competency based on the ability to manage time effectively, engage and maintain a culturally diverse member population, and maintain treatment satisfaction scores.

Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related field
• A minimum of 1-2 years of clinical experience
• Experience in providing behavioral health services preferred
• Experience with problematic sexual behaviors would be beneficial
• Knowledge of Evidenced-based treatments and interventions
• Excellent writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Thorough understanding of clinical best practices for a broad range of DSM V diagnoses
• Ability to multitask and be flexible with regard to workload and assignments
• Ability to problem solve and exercise judgment
• Knowledge of MS Office suite
• Able to work independently and within a multiple disciplinary team

Essential Functions

• Produces the minimally required billing objectives weekly
• Complete annual courses and trainings as assigned/required
• Conducts intake assessments and comprehensive bio-psychosocial evaluations based on DSM V criteria
• Submits completed intake packets with initial recovery/goal plan and bio-psychosocial assessment and formulation within the assigned time frame
• Provides individual, group, and/or family-based interventions therapy for all assigned cases in accordance with the treatment plan
• Maintains complete and accurate records on all members on his/her caseload and ensures the completeness of case files
• Develops comprehensive treatment/recovery plans for the assigned caseload to include clear goals and interventions that are measured, monitored, and tracked during each member session
• Develops and maintains Recovery/Treatment Plans as directed by healthcare plan requirements to be completed within the session during which the member actively participates in its development
• Provides comprehensive progress notes after each member encounter that tracks interventions according to agency protocol, clinical best practice, and recovery/treatment plan goals
• Completes and submits encounter forms as directed
• Attends supervision sessions as scheduled by the Director of Outpatient Services