LEAD CLINICIAN - ALBANY COUNTY

Summary/Objective

The Lead Clinician provides counseling and education-based treatment for patients in residential treatment, recovery homes, and/or outpatient facilities based on specific knowledge of substance addiction and related mental health issues. This position also supervises clinicians, ensuring the quality and compliance of all clinical services and processes.

Essential Functions

• Provide daily oversight of clinical facility operations, utilization reviews, and quality assurance of patient services to include monitoring collaborative documentation, productivity, incomplete documentation, MIS/DLA, etc.
• Work with the Sr. Director of Clinical Services for program development and implementation and general management of organizational care services
• Provide daily Clinician supervision and monitor all written documentation
• Support with daytime on call and afterhours on call support as needed including taking days and supervising staff who sign up for on call days
• Complete social histories, assessments, treatment plans, admission and discharge summaries, and other chart-related documents and correspondence for assigned residential patients promptly
• Complete social history, assessments, treatment plans, admission and discharge summaries, and other chart-related documents and correspondence for satellite VOA program patients promptly, as needed
• Provide individual counseling and facilitate educational and counseling groups as assigned; properly and promptly chart these activities in patient records
• Develop an educational and/or therapeutic curriculum to be utilized in group settings with patients and family members
• Assist patients in understanding and completing therapeutic change objective-driven treatment plans
• Work cooperatively with the multi-disciplinary team and other community resources and referral sources to coordinate services to patients.
• Manage and maintain the ongoing schedule of training for the clinical team
• Manage timecards, leave, disciplinary actions and other administrative duties as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies

• Effective communicator; assertive when necessary
• Ethical practice
• Highly confidential
• Calm under pressure and during the crisis
• Empathetic/able to relate to individuals with drug/alcohol addictions
• Continuous demonstration of behaviors aligned with a posture of servant leadership and our cultural values

Work Environment

This job operates in a residential treatment facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops, photocopiers, telehealth technology, and smartphones.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those an employee must meet to successfully perform this job's essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. This position would require lifting files, opening filing cabinets, bending or standing or stooping as necessary, and performing work at a computer for extended periods.

Travel

Little to no travel is expected for this position.

Required Education, Experience, or Eligibility Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Counseling or Clinical Social Work from a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. (CACREP), Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) or Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited program in counseling
• Fully licensed as an LCSW, LPC, LAT, or LMFT through the Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board, or eligible for licensure if current licensure is out-of-state
• Meet qualifications required for a substance abuse professional, clinician, or assistant by the State of Wyoming's Division of Behavioral Health Standards for the Operation of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs
• Proficient in the use of computer software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Suite and desktop publishing
• Exceptional and demonstrated time management skills to stay organized and meet tight deadlines

Preferred Education and Experience

• Five years of post-licensure clinical experience, with some of this experience directly related to serving persons with addiction disorders: alcohol, drugs, gambling
• One year of supervisory experience

EEO Statement

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