Behavioral Health Clinician - Weekend Program

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC is seeking a licensed mental health professional to support patient care across inpatient and community settings. You will collaborate with guardians and agencies, assess problems, and develop treatment plans tailored to diagnosis, age, and presentation.

The role emphasizes using varied therapeutic modalities, discharge planning, crisis management, and accurate documentation in the medical record.

Qualifikationen

• Master’s degree in a relevant human services field and license-eligibility to practice counseling.
• Clinical experience preferred.
• CPI and BLS HCP certification from AHA required within 90 days if working in specific inpatient settings.

Aufgaben

• Collaborates with guardians and community agencies to meet patient care needs.
• Assesses patients' problems, needs, and functioning level.
• Writes treatment plans based on diagnosis, age and clinical presentation.
• Applies various treatment modalities and theoretical approaches per current clinical standards.
• Provides therapy to individuals, groups, and families and documents progress in medical records.
• Coordinates discharge planning and ensures follow-up care with the next provider.

Kenntnisse

Therapeutic communication

Crisis management

Discharge planning

Collaboration with guardians

Clinical documentation

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or related field

Jobbeschreibung

• Utilizes resources to meet patient care needs by collaborating with appropriate guardians and community agencies.


• Assesses patients' problems, needs, and level of functioning.


• Writes appropriate treatment plans according to patient diagnosis, age, and clinical presentation.


• Provides various treatment modalities and theoretical applications based on current clinical standards.


• Assists individual, groups, and families through the therapeutic relationship; evaluates and treats mental disorders and other conditions through the use of a combination of psychotherapeutic techniques and human development principles.


• Establishes and conducts appropriate interventions/treatment. Writes appropriate discharge plans based on individual needs of client and follows through with termination process.


• Provides patient care according to established policies/procedures and professional standards of care.


• Designs, plans, and implements effective patient education.


• Develops, implements, and evaluates patient care according to identified needs and managers clients in crisis.


• Provides accurate and consistent documentation of patient care/response in the medical record.


• Presents cases in clinical team members meetings in a clear, concise, and clinically relevant manner.


• Completes all assessments within facility-established timeframes. Coordinates discharge planning and of care for next provider.

Essential Functions

• Utilizes resources to meet patient care needs by collaborating with appropriate guardians and community agencies.


• Assesses patients' problems, needs, and level of functioning.


• Writes appropriate treatment plans according to patient diagnosis, age, and clinical presentation.


• Provides various treatment modalities and theoretical applications based on current clinical standards.


• Assists individual, groups, and families through the therapeutic relationship; evaluates and treats mental disorders and other conditions through the use of a combination of psychotherapeutic techniques and human development principles.


• Establishes and conducts appropriate interventions/treatment. Writes appropriate discharge plans based on individual needs of client and follows through with termination process.


• Provides patient care according to established policies/procedures and professional standards of care.


• Designs, plans, and implements effective patient education.


• Develops, implements, and evaluates patient care according to identified needs and managers clients in crisis.


• Provides accurate and consistent documentation of patient care/response in the medical record.


• Presents cases in clinical team members meetings in a clear, concise, and clinically relevant manner.


• Completes all assessments within facility-established timeframes. Coordinates discharge planning and of care for next provider.

Physical Requirements

Works in patient care areas including hospital units, emergency room, individual offices and conference areas with exposure to potentially combative and hostile patients. Work requires frequent moving from one area to another and coordinating and communicating with other team members in various disciplines and agencies.

Education, Experience And Certifications

Master's degree in a relevant human services field such as Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy from an accredited school of graduate education required. Dependent on program must be license-eligible and actively seeking appropriate licensure to practice counseling in the state of which one performs work. Clinical experience preferred. CPI and BLS HCP certification from AHA required within 90 days of hire if working in an inpatient psychiatric setting, Psychiatric Emergency Department or the Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program. Must have good therapeutic communication skills.