Sr Clinical Therapist SOR Job Opening
Sr Clinical Therapist SOR
Lifespan
• Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Category: Physical Therapist
Summary:
Provides supportive counseling and intervention to client's potential crisis through telephone and face to face evaluation.
Responsibilities:
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Worker is directly accessed via an answering service and is to respond by phone within 15 minutes during the entirety of shift.
Provides face-to-face mental health and substance use evaluations in hospital emergency rooms police stations and at people's home as needed.
Provides consultation with other service providers regarding referrals and other resources.
Provides consultation with other clinical staff relevant to clinical issues with clients.
Consults with the administrator-on-call and psychiatrist-on-call to discuss concerns/difficult clinical situations issues with system/providers incident report level issues state contract bed
and children's admissions and exploration of options/alternatives and also for support.
Has knowledge base and can access all resources for hospitalization and crisis stabilization/hospital diversion.
Will complete documentation including incident reports of every contact that occurs as well as results from consult with the administrator or psychiatrist on-call.
Will be responsible for obtaining shifts or information about client's in crisis hour prior to the beginning of their shift.
Will provide report after every shift by 8 a.m. on Monday through Friday and by 8 a.m. on Monday from every weekend shift.
Will complete all documentation and forward to a regional mental health center 24 hours after the completion of their shift.
Refer clients to other community resources as needed.
Attend all necessary meetings as assigned.
Will provide supervision and consultation to assigned on-call clinicians who require training in emergency services protocol.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned or needed.
Other information:
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Masters degree (MA) MSW M.Ed. LCSW or LICSW preferred.
Must be eligible for "Qualified
Mental Health Professional" status.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
No professional license required.
Valid driver's license.
CPR and First Aid certification.
JOB KNOWLEDGE SKILL AND ABILITY:
Effectively present information and respond to questions from professionals managers clients family and the general public.
Read analyze and interpret professional journals policy and procedures and governmental regulations.
Write reports and general correspondence.
Analyze client and system information identify problems establish facts draw valid conclusions develop options and strategies for resolving problems monitor implementation and
evaluate the problem solving process for effectiveness.
Deal with several abstract and concrete variables concurrently.
Ability to successfully complete all required training and certifications
Oral and written communication skills including speech grammar spelling and legibility are at sufficient level to ensure effective and appropriate communication.
Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all unites of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals either manually or by use of a calculator.
ETHICS
Uses and accesses information in client's health information record or about a client only as
necessary to actual duties and then only in accordance with access levels assigned to this position by Gateway Healthcare Inc. from time-to-time and in accordance with Gateway Healthcare Inc.
policies rules and procedures as adopted by Gateway Healthcare Inc. from time-to-time.
Comply with agency ethics and codes of conduct in all contacts with clients co-workers and the
community
Observe all agency policies and procedures.
INTERPERSONAL FACTORS:
Must be able to appreciate the sensitive/private nature and legal status of information about individual clients obtained maintained or used by Gateway Healthcare Inc. and to not access use disclose or request such information about a client unless necessary to the performance of his/her job.
PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the main duties and responsibilities of this job. Other duties with different demands may also be assigned by the employee's supervisor. Gateway complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and analogous state statutes. Therefore to the extent required by law Gateway will make reasonable accommodations to allow qualified individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions duties and responsibilities of their positions. Employees and applicants should discuss requests for reasonable accommodations with Human Resources at any time.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger
handle or feel objects office equipment or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk sit reach with hands and arms and climb. The employee is occasionally required to stand; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and the abilities to adjust focus. The employee occasionally
works in outside weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Lifespan is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age ethnicity sexual orientation ancestry genetics gender identity or expression disability protected veteran or marital status. Lifespan is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Location: Gateway Healthcare Inc. USA: RI: Pawtucket
Work Type: Full Time
Shift: Shift 3
Union: Non-Union
Provides supportive counseling and intervention to client's potential crisis through telephone and face to face evaluation.
Responsibilities:
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Worker is directly accessed via an answering service and is to respond by phone within 15 minutes during the entirety of shift.
Provides face-to-face mental health and substance use evaluations in hospital emergency rooms police stations and at people's home as needed.
Provides consultation with other service providers regarding referrals and other resources.
Provides consultation with other clinical staff relevant to clinical issues with clients.
Consults with the administrator-on-call and psychiatrist-on-call to discuss concerns/difficult clinical situations issues with system/providers incident report level issues state contract bed
and children's admissions and exploration of options/alternatives and also for support.
Has knowledge base and can access all resources for hospitalization and crisis stabilization/hospital diversion.
Will complete documentation including incident reports of every contact that occurs as well as results from consult with the administrator or psychiatrist on-call.
Will be responsible for obtaining shifts or information about client's in crisis hour prior to the beginning of their shift.
Will provide report after every shift by 8 a.m. on Monday through Friday and by 8 a.m. on Monday from every weekend shift.
Will complete all documentation and forward to a regional mental health center 24 hours after the completion of their shift.
Refer clients to other community resources as needed.
Attend all necessary meetings as assigned.
Will provide supervision and consultation to assigned on-call clinicians who require training in emergency services protocol.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned or needed.
Other information:
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Masters degree (MA) MSW M.Ed. LCSW or LICSW preferred.
Must be eligible for "Qualified
Mental Health Professional" status.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
No professional license required.
Valid driver's license.
CPR and First Aid certification.
JOB KNOWLEDGE SKILL AND ABILITY:
Effectively present information and respond to questions from professionals managers clients family and the general public.
Read analyze and interpret professional journals policy and procedures and governmental regulations.
Write reports and general correspondence.
Analyze client and system information identify problems establish facts draw valid conclusions develop options and strategies for resolving problems monitor implementation and
evaluate the problem solving process for effectiveness.
Deal with several abstract and concrete variables concurrently.
Ability to successfully complete all required training and certifications
Oral and written communication skills including speech grammar spelling and legibility are at sufficient level to ensure effective and appropriate communication.
Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all unites of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals either manually or by use of a calculator.
ETHICS
Uses and accesses information in client's health information record or about a client only as
necessary to actual duties and then only in accordance with access levels assigned to this position by Gateway Healthcare Inc. from time-to-time and in accordance with Gateway Healthcare Inc.
policies rules and procedures as adopted by Gateway Healthcare Inc. from time-to-time.
Comply with agency ethics and codes of conduct in all contacts with clients co-workers and the
community
Observe all agency policies and procedures.
INTERPERSONAL FACTORS:
Must be able to appreciate the sensitive/private nature and legal status of information about individual clients obtained maintained or used by Gateway Healthcare Inc. and to not access use disclose or request such information about a client unless necessary to the performance of his/her job.
PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the main duties and responsibilities of this job. Other duties with different demands may also be assigned by the employee's supervisor. Gateway complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and analogous state statutes. Therefore to the extent required by law Gateway will make reasonable accommodations to allow qualified individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions duties and responsibilities of their positions. Employees and applicants should discuss requests for reasonable accommodations with Human Resources at any time.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger
handle or feel objects office equipment or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk sit reach with hands and arms and climb. The employee is occasionally required to stand; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and the abilities to adjust focus. The employee occasionally
works in outside weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Lifespan is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age ethnicity sexual orientation ancestry genetics gender identity or expression disability protected veteran or marital status. Lifespan is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Location: Gateway Healthcare Inc. USA: RI: Pawtucket
Work Type: Full Time
Shift: Shift 3
Union: Non-Union