OP El Dorado 1099 Therapist

Primary Responsibilities: 

Provide direct clinical services that include, but are not limited to diagnostic assessment, individual, family, and group therapies, crisis intervention and collateral intervention.  These services will primarily be provided in a school setting, but may also include community-based settings as needed and appropriate, including meeting HIPAA standards (i.e., client’s home, courts, Boys & Girls Club, etc.)   

Develop treatment plans in cooperation with clients, families and treatment team members and perform reviews/updates specific to organization policies and procedures, state, and federal regulations.   

Participate in departmental and program treatment team meetings, staff meetings, training, and supervision. 

Participates in school-based family service or referral meetings, IEP & 504 conferences, parent-teacher conferences, open houses, in-service trainings, school, and district committees, etc. 

Work with administrative support and utilization review staff to facilitate scheduling, prior and continuing authorizations for services, and transfers/discharges. 

Complete all clinical and administrative processes, including documentation, in compliance with organization, department and program policies and procedures, and applicable state and federal regulations (Medicaid, Joint Commission, insurance, etc.) as it relates to content and timeframes for assessments, treatment plans and review, progress notes, services provided, billing, meeting direct care expectations, etc. 

Provide timely communication verbally and in writing with supervisor, colleagues, clients, families, schools, courts, other professionals within and outside the organization, etc. This includes returning phone calls, writing letters, emails, etc. 

Work with other professionals and programs within the MFH continuum of care and/or other outside organizations and agencies to coordinate the best and most appropriate treatment for MFH clients including transfers and referrals to other programs or agencies as needed. 

Assist in preparation for, and help maintain compliance with state and federal licensing and accreditation regulations (i.e., Medicaid, Joint Commission, Dept. of Human Services, Dept. of Health, etc.) as appropriate and needed.  

Maintain professional licensure by completing required continuing education and providing copies of updated license and CEU certificates to Human Resources. 

Qualifications:   

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field 

Licensed, in good standing, by Arkansas Professional Board as an LMSW, LCSW, LAC, LPC, LPE, LPE-I, PhD 

Desired Qualifications: 

Experience working in a school-based or community based behavioral health setting 

Experience working with at-risk youth 

Trauma Focused CBT certified or in progress 

Other specialized training/certification or in progress (i.e., play therapy, EMDR, etc.) 

Ability to be flexible with schedule 

Experience working in an Electronic Medical Record 

Additional Mandatory Requirements: 

Ability to document accurately and professionally 

Must be physically capable of receiving verbal and written directions 

Remains current in Crisis Prevention Intervention Training, CPR & First Aid 

Must be willing and able to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health, regardless of gender 

Must have good auditory, visual, and olfactory ability 

Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls 

Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading, and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment. 

Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart, or other treatment items 

Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time and intermittently walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach with hands and arms. 

Flu vaccination is mandatory and required for all positions (subject only to qualified exemptions). 

Job descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be all-inclusive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties, as necessary. 

When an employee performs two or more different jobs, for which different straight time hourly rates are established, the employee will be paid during overtime hours at a rate not less than one and one-half time the hourly rate established for the type of work he or she is performing during the overtime hours. 

Pursuant to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act 593, this position is a designated safety-sensitive position according to MFH/MCH/MBH standards and processes 

Level One - Full Access: 

Ongoing regular access to PHI of all forms while the employee is on duty and performing within the scope of his or her job as defined by the employee's job description, and Policy and Procedure.  "Such access must be for cause, consistent with job responsibilities and related to patients, claims, audits, reviews and other legitimate business purposes." (e.g., Physicians, nurses, and other clinicians).