Clinician Team Lead
Company: Citizen Advocates
Location: Watertown
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE:
The Clinician- Team Lead is responsible for maintaining a client
caseload in which they identify goals and objectives to help
improve emotional, social and daily functioning. This position is
also responsible for identifying the treatment needs of their
supervisee's(the clinic's team leads) clients and making sure they
are being met in accordance with agency policies, procedures, and
state and federal guidelines and regulations. They are responsible
for managing the successful execution of the Agency's policies,
procedures, practices, standards and program-based systems within
their clinical team.
Essential Functions (Job Duties)
- Complete a comprehensive biopsychosocial history assessment
that includes the resident's problems and strengths and
preferences, including cultural, religious, and ethnic
background.
- Responsible for the provision of admit notes that clearly
articulates medical necessity for outpatient mental health,
substance abuse, or co-occurring treatment. This occurs by the
third face to face visit, 30th day from 1st contact, or when
prescribed medication- whichever comes first.
- Responsible for the initiation of a comprehensive treatment
plan by the 4th face to face visit or by 30 days from admission-
whichever is first.
- Responsible for assisting clients in creating and maintaining
treatment plans every 90 days.
- Orients residents and families to the facility, its services,
its service limitations and residents' rights.
- Involves residents and families in care planning, encouraging
their attendance at care conferences.
- Completes mandatory documentation on EHR within timelines
established by applicable regulations.
- Empowers clients and encourages client's choice in matters
affecting them, demonstrating receptive attitudes and sensitivity
to choices based on racial, cultural, and ethnic heritage, and
sexual orientation.
- Provides linkage with appropriate community resources by
maintaining knowledge of other systems, making referrals and
identifying unmet needs (e.g., recreational transportation,
adaptive phone equipment, etc.)
- Provides clients and families with crisis management
services.
- Develops a comprehensive discharge plan in collaboration with
clients, clients' families, multidisciplinary staff, and referral
agencies.
- Provide individual, group and/or family counseling for mental
health and/or substance use.
- Ability to collaborate with other local agencies (DSS,
Probation, Drug Court).
- Complete urine drug screens on clients.
- Accommodate any walk-in assessments and/or crisis's during
business hours, if schedule allows.
- Monitoring supervisee's adherence to OMH/OASAS regulations and
procedures; and ensuring compliance with HIPAA policies and
procedures.
- Train clinical staff as needed in EMR, required
paperwork/documentation, etc.
- Provide clinical supervision to supervisees on a
weekly/bi-weekly basis (based on licensure requirements, needs, and
experience), when licensed. Clinical supervision should include
activities such as case review and discussion of treatment plans.
There should be one-hour group meetings weekly to perform these
duties.
- Provide coverage for cases when supervisees are on vacation or
otherwise unavailable on short notice
- Create and implement goals for each supervisee.
- Performs all other duties as necessary for the good of the
clinic/agency, as instructed by the Clinic Manager.
Keywords: Citizen Advocates, Syracuse , Clinician Team Lead, Other , Watertown, New York
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