Regional Assessment Center Clinician at Solvista Health in Salida, Colorado

Job Description:

General Purpose

The Regional Assessment Center Clinician works with a team to meet the needs of persons whose lives are disrupted or complicated by mental illness, behavioral disturbances, substance use issues, or the inability to function or maintain in the community.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Provides comprehensive emergency client evaluations.Makes arrangements with emergency personnel or resources to provide care for the client.Assesses clients behavioral health status, and provides evidence based intervention strategies.Provides risk assessment and intervention as part of the interdisciplinary team.Provides a care management approach around psychosocial/behavioral health needs.Collaborates with various medical providers and additional service providers to coordinate care.Works as part of a team of clinicians, specialists, aids, case managers and psychiatric providers.Responsible for On-Call Crisis intervention during set hours.Documents all patient contacts and other clinical information in the health record system.Provides community-based crisis assessment and intervention.Provides community outreach and education.Provides telephonic and in-person crisis assessment, triage and intervention.Provides flexibility and accommodation as needed.Serves as an information resource to clinical team.Participates in job-related training sessions and seminars.Attends required staff meetings.Maintains prompt and regular attendance.Transports or arranges for transportation as needed.Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties (if any)
None

Job Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:
Possesses excellent organizational skills.Possesses knowledge of specific medical/psychiatric illnesses, procedures and treatments.Possesses excellent interpersonal and team skills.Ability to provide rapid clinical psychosocial assessments and treatment/management.Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and competency in age specific behaviors.Knowledge of life span development.Knowledge of community resources.Ability to advocate/negotiate systems for patients.Ability to gather and analyze data, draw conclusions, and make recommendations.Ability to prioritize decisions based upon multiple criteria and identifiable standards.Ability to communicate clearly and effectively verbally and in writing.Ability to maintain objectivity and confidentiality.Ability to use reliable personal transportation and a clean driving record.Ability to carry out up to 8, 24-hour shifts per month.

Education or Formal Training:
Masters degree in social work, clinical psychology, or closely related field.Colorado license preferred (LPC, LCSW, LAC, LMFT).

Experience:
Experience working with those who have mental illness and substance use disorders.Experience completing psychiatric crisis assessments and formulating treatment plans; doing at-risk assessments, crisis intervention, and brief therapy.

Working Conditions and Other Conditions of Employment

Working Environment:
This job operates in a fast paced, professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers. The position may require travel to conferences, meetings and branch locations on a regular or intermittent basis. Work may involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises. In the health center environment, there is potential for contact with blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases, as well as potential for contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals. There could be interaction with persons who are mentally ill, disabled, elderly and emotionally upset.

Physical Activities:
These are representative of those which must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This is a largely sedentary role but can involve standing or sitting for extended periods of time, bending at the waist, and using hands and fingers to handle and file papers or operate assigned equipment. 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, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Employee may also have to lift 10 to 25 lbs. unassisted.

Conditions of Employment:
TB screening, federally required drug screening, and Influenza vaccination or compliance with policy and procedure.Required possession of a valid state driver's license.Successful candidate must submit to and pass, post-offer drug screen.