What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Clinician / Prenatal Clinic position at Windham Hospital?
Location Detail: Windham Community Memorial (10183)
Shift Detail: Monday through Friday. Regional role between Windham and Backus Hospitals
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Job Summary
Works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence based clinical services across the continuum of care. Maintains ethical principles and professional standards of practice in adherence to the discipline’s professional code of ethics.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Social Work, or Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy or Related Human Service Field
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting
- State of CT licensure as LMSW, or LPC-A, or LMFT-A, or CADC required
- Valid Driver's License with clean record
Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements
- Computer proficient
- Ability to assess problems, determine solutions and make decisions within a timely manner
- Utilize supervision and team approaches in the context of patient assessment and clinical interventions
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to establish relationships within and outside their entity
- Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age specific patient needs.
- Focused on personal, patient/client and unit/staff safety
- Assumes responsibility for self-improvement by identifying, communicating and seeking resources or instruction/validation to meet own learning needs, and is self-directed in maintaining currency of validations, certifications, licensure and training.
- Is cognizant of health-related social needs and cultural competence. Recognizes and addresses health disparities-inequalities and injustices directed toward clients, related to access to care and provision of health services.
- Develops and maintains cultural competence with an understanding of the history, traditions, values, and family systems of client groups as relates to health care and decision-making. Displays sensitivity to and awareness of the diversity in cultural groups and integrates this knowledge into their practice.
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