Outpatient Clinician, Outpatient Services

TITLE: Licensed Outpatient Clinician            CLASSIFICATION:    Licensed Clinician

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The role of the Outpatient Clinician includes assisting clients and families with establishing a continuum of health and behavioral healthcare, ensuring open access to services and community resources, providing counseling services via individual and group work, while identifying and linking clients and families with the appropriate level of care to best support their needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES: 

1. Collaborate with team members, clients, and families to implement person-centered and family-centered, recovery-oriented, evidence-based, and trauma-informed care.
2. Provide therapeutic services to clients of all ages; adolescent, teen, adult and geriatric. 
3. Provide initial screenings to identify any urgent or routine needs, assess basic need concerns, assess safety concerns by completing necessary risk assessments, and collaborate with case manager to schedule follow up appointments as appropriate.
4. Provide crisis management services and coordinate with Emergency Services as appropriate
5. Initiate initial treatment plan with clients and generate individualized, evidenced based treatment goals.
6. Provide individual, family and group therapy sessions for identified clients and family utilizing an evidenced based treatment modality such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, etc. 
7. Collect and gather pertinent information & data from clients and families to better understand their symptoms, behaviors, history, identified strengths and needs, overall functioning, treatment goals and identify preferences to determine appropriate level of care and services.
8. Assist in completing necessary intake paperwork including releases and consent forms with the clients and families permission.
9. Provide psycho-education to clients and families regarding their rights and responsibilities
10. Utilize evidence-based interventions, including motivational interviewing skills, to empower clients and families with improving their overall health and wellness.
11. Engage in effective coordination of care across health and behavioral health services to facilitate wellness and recovery of the whole person.
12. Serve as a community educator by providing mental health information to relevant individuals, organizations, and groups.
13. Monitor and track outcome measures for caseload.
14. Maintain case record and production expectations as required by the agency, funding sources, and accreditation authorities.
15. Participates in treatment team, providing clinical updates on case load.
16. Performs other duties as assigned. 

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

1. Working knowledge of community resources.
2. Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
3. Strong interpersonal and customer relations skills.
4. Organizational, time management and problem-solving skills.
5. Knowledge regarding psychiatric rehabilitation and understanding of recovery model.
6. Understanding of and competence in serving culturally diverse populations and age group
7. Ability to set limits, confront behaviors and redirect.
8. Ability to assess, teach and model skill development techniques.
9. Knowledge of evidence based modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
10. Prior experience working with families, children and adolescents.
11. Participate in required trainings focused on Motivational Interviewing, EMDR, Medication Assisted Treatment and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
12. Ideal candidates will have a general knowledge of therapy services, community resources, insurance billing, and previous experience with mental health documentation
13. Proficient in the use of typical office technology (computers, e-mail, etc.) and Electronic Health Record systems (Avatar experience a plus!)

Posting Date: ___________                                       Posting Number: _________

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be a Masters (Preferred) or Bachelors Licensed LSW, LPC, LISW, or LPCC. Experience working within an integrated behavioral health setting preferred. Experience working with clients and patients of all age groups, cultural and economic backgrounds. Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to provide home and community-based services to clients and families.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Posting Approvals: 

Director of Human Resources___________________________________            Date____________

President/CEO     ___________________________________________                 Date____________

Approvals: 

Immediate Supervisor_________________________________________             Date____________

Manager/Dept. Director________________________________________             Date____________

Acknowledgement of Receipt:

The duties and responsibilities of this position have been explained to me and I certify that I have received a copy of this job description.

Employee Name:    ____________________________________________________________

Employee Signature:  ________________________________________               Date___________

Posting Date: ___________                                                             Posting Number: _________

09.05.02.00-A     Rev. 5/26/2023