Behavioral Health Clinician Lead

CommonSpirit Health; Frisco (CO); Vor Ort; USD 49.000 - 81.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Clinician Lead at St. Anthony Summit Hospital in Frisco, CO. You will provide direct clinical services and offer leadership and mentorship to improve departmental operations and patient care.

You will coordinate follow-up care, liaise with families, therapists and external agencies, and lead family therapy and education initiatives while coordinating with social workers and case managers.

Qualifikationen

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Counseling.
• Licensed Social Worker or Counselor. Requires current state licensure as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Professional Counselor (LPC), or LMFT.
• Two (2) years of psychiatric or mental health experience.
• Demonstrates clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills.
• Current Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.

Aufgaben

• Orient, training, and mentoring Behavioral Health Counselor and Social Worker positions, nonlicensed staff, and students (as applicable).
• Provides leadership, support, and coordination of Counseling and Consultative functions in integration and collaboration with nursing and case management.
• Provides feedback and recommendations regarding staff performance.
• Responds to potentially dangerous situations and ensures safety of patients in the least restrictive manner.
• Effectively works with patients who are uncooperative and at times verbally and physically abusive.
• Assists leadership in identifying, developing, and implementing process improvement initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Clinical professionalism

Conflict resolution

Critical thinking

Leadership

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Counseling

Jobbeschreibung

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Behavioral Health Clinician Lead, you will provide direct clinical services while also offering crucial leadership and mentorship to enhance departmental operations. You will support the holistic care of medical inpatients by assessing their psycho-social history and collaborating with the clinical team on treatment and discharge planning.

Every day, you will coordinate follow-up care for patients and act as a vital liaison for families, friends, therapists, and outside agencies. You will actively engage in providing family therapy and education, and oversee the coordination of care with social workers and case managers. This role will involve training and mentoring hospital staff, continuously applying your expertise to foster an environment of high-quality, integrated behavioral health support. Furthermore, you will assist leadership in identifying, developing, and implementing process improvement initiatives within the department.

To be successful in your role, you will strategically lead and elevate the behavioral health support for medical inpatients, ensuring comprehensive assessments and integrated treatment plans. You will demonstrate exceptional clinical expertise by providing family therapy and education, meticulously coordinating follow-up care, and effectively liaising with diverse stakeholders. Your leadership will be pivotal in mentoring hospital staff, driving process improvement initiatives, and continuously enhancing the delivery of patient-centered care.

• Responsible for orienting, training, and mentoring Behavioral Health Counselor and Social Worker positions, nonlicensed staff, and students (as applicable).

• Provides leadership, support, and coordination of Counseling and Consultative functions in integration and collaboration with nursing and case management.

• Provides feedback and recommendations regarding staff performance.

• Responds to potentially dangerous situations and ensures safety of patients in the least restrictive manner.

• Effectively works with patients who are uncooperative and unrealistic about their abilities and who are at times, verbally and physically abusive.

• Assists leadership in identifying, developing, and implementing process improvement initiatives.

Job Requirements

Required

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Counseling

• Licensed Social Worker or Counselor. Requires current state of employment License as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Professional Counselor (LPC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

• Two (2) years of psychiatric or mental health experience

• Demonstrates clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills

• Current Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Preferred

• Previous leadership experience

Where You'll Work

St. Anthony Summit Hospital is a Level III trauma center serviced by Flight For Life Colorado. We are nationally recognized as a multiple-time recipient of the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Experience, and we were named a Top 100 Hospital in the U.S. by IBM Watson Health in 2018. We also are a Pathway to Excellence-designated hospital, recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as being one of the best hospitals for nurses to work. We provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Summit County and the surrounding region, including surgical, emergency/trauma, critical care, birth center, orthopedics, breast care, digital mammography, breast MRI, radiology and imaging, infusion therapy, nuclear medicine, cardiology, oncology, Summit Sleep Disorders Center, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), gastroenterology and Total Joint Replacement. We proudly provide convenient care where you live, work and play - that's why visitors and residents alike can count on us for emergent and urgent medical services. In addition to 24/7, Level III emergency care at St. Anthony-Summit Hospital in Frisco, we have three emergency mountain clinics at the base of the Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone resorts, as well as urgent care and primary care available from CMG High Country Healthcare clinics in Frisco, Breckenridge and Silverthorne.

Pay Range

$35.62 - $58.77 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.