Psychiatric Crisis Dept. Contingent Clinician

Job description

Overview: Looking for flexibility while making a meaningful impact? Join our collaborative Psychiatric Crisis Department team as a Contingent Clinician . This position requires a minimum commitment of 16 hours per month (or more if you want) and offers the flexibility to pick up available day, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts based on your availability. Enjoy a supportive team environment, opportunities to maintain and expand crisis assessment skills, and shift differentials for eligible evening and overnight hours. Make a difference on a schedule that works for you. Job Description Summary: Provides mental health therapy services to clients in a behavioral health agency setting, utilizing evidence-based practices to promote recovery and improve overall well-being. Job Description: Essential Functions: Assists in developing specific, realistic, and measurable treatment goals and objectives. Accurately assesses and documents client presenting problems, history, symptomology, mental status, and diagnosis. Prescribes initial interventions in a timely manner. Employs strategies of intervention that are consistent with empirically supported treatments and consistent with program expectations. Remains current in general knowledge of psychopharmacology in pediatric behavioral healthcare and collaborates consistently with team psychiatrist. Coordinates client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care. Completes clinical charting and other related administrative paperwork in accordance with policy standards. Education Requirement: Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work or Marriage and FamilyTherapy, required. Doctorate, preferred. Licensure Requirement: Appropriate Independent Ohio License, preferred. Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to establish and maintain positive relationships with clients, families, peers and community representatives. Experience: Experienceproviding and managing behavioral healthcare to children, adolescent and families, required. Physical Requirements: OCCASIONALLY: Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Loud Noises, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Working Outdoors FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Flexing/extending of neck, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near "The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"