Correctional Mental Health Clinician

Wexford Health Sources; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. in Memphis, TN, is seeking a Part-Time Mental Health Professional to join the Jail East facility.

You will provide clinically appropriate mental health services under supervision, including screenings, assessments, crisis intervention and group/individual therapy. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, participate in meetings, document progress, and help manage treatment plans while adhering to facility policies.

Qualifications

• Fully licensed, have temporary license or associate license in Tennessee in LMHC or LCSW.
• Current CPR certification.
• Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services, including screening, assessment, treatment planning and crisis intervention.
• Performs individual and group therapeutic counseling.
• Performs administrative consultations for specialized social services as determined by the specific needs of the Institution.
• Interviews inmates to obtain information concerning medical history, mental health history, or other pertinent information.
• Observes inmates to detect indications of abnormal behavior.
• Reviews results of tests, treatment plans and treatment cases with the behavioral health team to evaluate client needs and implement treatment.
• Coordinates psychiatry services, including tracking and triaging patients' requests for psychotropic meds; administrative duties for psychiatry visits; tracking psychiatry services provided including signed consents and refusals.
• Plans and administers therapeutic treatment such as counseling, behavior modification and psychosocial education to assist inmates in managing their mental disorders and other interpersonal or environmental problems.
• Discusses progress toward treatment goals with inmates and ensures that the treatment plan is completed in a timely manner, adhered to as the barometer for treatment and is reflected in the progress notes.
• Consults with behavioral health team concerning treatment plan and amends plan as described
• Assists in planning and implementing the goals and objectives of programs and projects. May direct special projects as requested.
• Experience working effectively with a multi-disciplinary treatment team, providing clinical supervision, performing consultation and teaching others
• Provides the necessary preparation of documentation, necessary records and reports.
• Participates in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings.
• Provides documentation in accordance with unit policies, procedures, and facility policies when recommended and/or indicated.
• Participates in mandatory as well as elective educational activities as well as orientation of new staff, and inmate orientation.
• Attends weekly staff meetings and follows all team/unit protocols.
• Adheres to safety and security policies, and participates in disaster drills.
• Follows security regulations and policies, with consideration of clinical factors.
• Completes case management responsibilities as required.
• Completes chart reviews as required.
• Engages in internal audit preparation and review process as directed by the Associate Director, Mental Health Programs.
• Appropriately recommends/offers input to multi-disciplinary team for transfers to alternate levels of care, and/or grade changes when requested.
• Participates in all mental health watches and log entries as directed
• Respects dignity and confidentiality of patients.

Skills

Clinical services

Counseling

Teamwork / multi-disciplinary team

Documentation

Education

Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Counseling

Job description

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. in Memphis, TN, is seeking a Part-Time Mental Health Professional to join the Jail East facility.

You will provide clinically appropriate mental health services under supervision, including screenings, assessments, crisis intervention and group/individual therapy. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, participate in meetings, document progress, and help manage treatment plans while adhering to facility policies.