Licensed Clinical Therapist

GHI Gateway Healthcare, Inc.; Pawtucket (RI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health in Rhode Island seeks a licensed clinical practitioner to evaluate and document care for children, adolescents, and families. The role includes timely billing, treatment planning, and ensuring productivity targets are met while delivering services at outpatient offices.

You will participate in meetings, collaborate with school and community resources, and engage in ongoing trainings to stay current.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy.
• Rhode Island licensure as a clinical practitioner – LICSW required.
• Professional experience working with children and families (3+ years).
• Clinical/field experience in human service agency or mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide evaluation and document in the record per department policies.
• Complete required documentation (progress notes, treatment plans, discharge summaries) promptly.
• Submit all charges within 2 business days of the encounter.
• Complete billing paperwork and authorizations on time for reimbursement.
• Maintain assigned direct contact hours with clients; meet productivity targets.
• Work with clients at outpatient office locations.
• Attend and participate in required meetings (85% attendance).
• Participate in consultations, education, and committees as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by department and program management.

Skills

Mental health knowledge

Child development

Substance abuse knowledge

Crisis intervention

Family therapy

Interpersonal skills

Education

Master's degree in social work / mental health counseling / marriage and family therapy

Job description

SUMMARY:

To provide diagnostic and treatment services to an assigned caseload of children, adolescents, and families and to establish links with other community resources. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct an evaluation and document in the record as per departmental policies.
• Complete all documentation as required and in the required time frame (progress notes, treatment plans, discharge summaries, etc) as per departmental policies.
• All charges must be submitted within 2 business days of the encounter.
• Complete billing paperwork and authorizations on time to ensure reimbursement.
• Achieve assigned productivity at the end of each fiscal year. Must maintain minimum hours per week of direct contact with individual, client, family, group, or collateral contacts as determined by Department policy.
• Client contact will occur at outpatient office.
• Attends and actively participates in 85% of all required meetings including Children's Outpatient Services, group supervision meetings, general staff meetings, and clinical supervision as scheduled.
• Attends meetings deemed mandatory by department manager, supervisor or director.
• Completes required trainings necessary to keep current in job.
• Participates in consultation, education, and committees as required by department and program management. Includes, but is not limited to, residential staff, school professionals, and internal and external resources and providers.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned or needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree in social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy from an accredited school.
• Rhode Island licensure as a clinical practitioner – LICSW required.
• Professional experience working with children and families of 3 years.
• Clinical / field experience in Human Service Agency and / or mental health setting.

JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, child development and substance abuse.
• Knowledge and ability to use different evidence-based treatment modalities as needed such as crisis intervention, family therapy, and group skills.
• Knowledge of community agencies for successful referrals and treatment planning.
• Ability to organize time and schedule.
• Interpersonal skills developed to a level that will allow the smooth cooperation at all levels within the organization.
• Ability to successfully complete all required training and certifications
• Oral and written communication skills, including speech, grammar, spelling, and legibility are at sufficient level to ensure effective and appropriate communication.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all unites of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals either manually or by use of a calculator.

Pay Range: $67,724.80-$111,716.80

EEO Statement: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: GHI-Pawtucket-105 Bacon Street - 105 Bacon St. Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860

Work Type: 8:30 -5

Work Shift: Day

Daily Hours: 8 hours

Driving Required: No

As Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, Brown University Health is the state's premier provider of health services and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health and bring their unique skills, experiences, and compassion to their jobs every day. Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island.

Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives - we are actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community that we serve. We are invested in creating a respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of our employees and their families. Join us and help build a healthier future for our patients - and for yourself.