• Outpatient Clinician

    Sweetser (Lewiston, ME)


    Outpatient Clinician

     

    Job Code:12704

     

    Department:Therapy Clinic Based

     

    FT/PT Status:Full Time

    Summary:

    Therapist will utilize Trauma Informed Therapy practices, and other Best-Practice modalities, in the clinic-setting, to create and provide Mental Health and co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Recovery treatment interventions to produce positive outcomes in client functioning as a result of treatment. Join Sweetser's existing team of clinicians providing services to our clients!

     

    $10,000 Sign-on Bonus!

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

    + Provide customer service within established deadlines, consistent with organizational values, standards, and policies.

    + Demonstrate leadership in Case-Coordination.

    + Complete timely, professionally written, documentation.

    + Manage insurance authorizations in a fiscally responsible manner.

    + Use quality Collaborative Documentation to maintain insurance required documentation.

    + Coordinate clinical appointments.

    + Use the Organization’s established tools and procedures, to formulate a Comprehensive Assessment. This includes, but is not limited to, the Level of Care and Risk, Assessment, involving family members, providers and natural supports.

    + Create clinical interventions in an Individualized Service Treatment Plan, reflective of industry standards of best-practice and Evidenced-Based Treatment, which accurately demonstrates that the client’s presenting symptoms. Clinician will demonstrate that the prescribed intervention, forms measurable functioning outcomes.

    + Demonstrate Trauma-Informed Treatment.

    + Provide Integrated Care by including the client’s Natural Supports and Providers.

    + Provide a clinical experience for student interns and conditionally licensed therapists, as appropriate.

    KNOWLEDGE** **AND** **SKILLS** **:

    + Demonstrates professionalism and collaboration with others

    + Receive and understand professional feedback from supervisors and colleagues and implement supervisory suggestions for performance improvement.

    + Recognize signs of increasing clinical or situational risk and of escalating behavior and utilize de-escalation and safety implementation techniques effectively.

    + Recognize variables underlying stressful situations, discern methods to diffuse or contain them and quickly implement the most effective intervention.

    + Manage multi-task situations and conflicting demands, cope with stressful situations, prioritize projects and responsibilities, and meet critical deadlines.

    + Maintains current knowledge in present practice area, i.e., attendance at required hours of organization educational programs and utilizes clinical supervision as a learning experience.

    + Use listening skills, flexible collaboration and a consistent problem-solving focus in working to resolve differences with colleagues, peers and clients.

    + Communicate ideas and opinions in a clear and constructive manner, both verbally and in writing.

    + Intermediate computer skills required.

    EDUCATION** **:

    + Master's Degree in a related field (Psychology, Human Development, Social Work, etc.)

    CERTIFICATES** **,** **LICENSES** **,** **REGISTRATIONS** **REQUIRED** **:

    + Independently or conditionally licensed. (LMSW-CC, LCSW, LCPC, LCPC-C, or LMFT).

    + Valid state driver's license.

    + MHRT-CSP eligible.

    + Must be able to speak, read, and write English fluently.