PT Mental Health Professional / in Roswell

CorrHealth; Portales (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

CorrHealth in Portales, NM seeks a Mental Health Clinician to provide services to inmates, conducting intakes, assessments, crisis intervention, and care planning on-site 24 hours per week. The role requires a master's degree in a related field and licensure in LCPC/LCSW/LPC/LMSW or equivalent.

Collaboration with medical and security staff is essential and documentation must be precise and timely. Experience in correctional mental health is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master's level education in a related field is required.
• Current licensure includes LCPC, LPCC, LPC, LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LMFT, LAC, or LSW.
• Correctional mental health experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intakes, evaluations, and assessments for inmates referred by security or healthcare staff or inmates requesting services.
• Identify mental health symptoms and treatment needs and advise healthcare and security staff.
• Coordinate with MD/Prescriber/Psychiatrist and other staff for patient evaluation and care.
• Identify, recommend, and conduct non-pharmacological treatments when appropriate.
• Provide mental health crisis and suicide intervention within the facility.
• Provide clinical supervision and treatment plans for inmates on caseload.
• Monitor conditions and treatment needs of special inmate populations.
• Provide staff training on relevant mental health issues.
• Attend treatment team meetings, CQI/QA studies, and group sessions.
• Provide treatment services across facility and offer discharge planning as needed.
• Document services accurately and ensure notes are accessible.
• Participate in treatment planning discussions for difficult cases and medication follow-up as applicable.
• Initiate involuntary hospitalization paperwork when needed.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Confidentiality

Education

Master's degree in Clinical Psychology / Counseling / Social Work

Job description

Schedule: 24hrs/weekly on-site

Position Overview

Effectively applies mental health expertise and clinical skills in providing Mental Health Services to inmates or clients resulting in an optimal level of care and significant achievements in therapeutic outcomes.

Essential Job Duties

• Conducts intakes, evaluations, and/or assessments for (i) inmates referred by the appropriate security, healthcare, or community staff and (ii) inmates who request mental health services; makes referrals to nursing services based on reported symptoms by patient
• Identifies mental health symptoms and treatment needs, including (if necessary) special housing or watch, and makes recommendations to healthcare unit and security staff
• Coordinates closely with MD, Prescriber, Psychiatrist, and any other necessary staff to ensure evaluation/care of patient
• Identifies, recommends, and conducts non-pharmacological treatments when appropriate and/or applicable
• Provides mental health crisis and suicide intervention and management for facility
• Provides clinical supervision and treatment plans for inmates on caseload
• Monitors conditions and treatment needs of special inmate population
• Provides staff training in relevant mental health issues
• Attends regular treatment team multidisciplinary meetings, classification meetings, or other required administrative meetings, as well as participating in CQI and/or QA studies and group sessions
• Provides treatment services in all areas of the facility
• Provides consultation to security and healthcare staff regarding patient behavior, safety concerns, or other mental health concerns
• Able to provide linkage and/or discharge planning services when necessary/appropriate
• Documents services and encounters appropriately and accurately, provides accessibility of notes for staff, and ensures transfer of information by maintaining organized and legible notes
• When applicable participates in treatment programming and planning discussions of problem cases, follow-up and monitoring of medication, and general psychiatric input
• When applicable, initiates involuntary hospitalization for those inmates who need to be transferred to outside mental health facilities; generates appropriate paperwork relevant to the hospitalization

Minimum Education/Experience Requirements

• Master's level education: MA Clinical Psych, MA Counseling, MA Social Work, or related field
• Required applicable licensure include one of the following: LCPC, LPCC, LPC, LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LMFT, LAC, LSW
• Correctional mental health experience is preferred

Additional Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Competencies

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication with all coworkers, supervisors, jail administration, and patients
• Excellent verbal and written comprehension
• Excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to use a computer and use/learn a variety of software, including site-specific computer programs
• Must demonstrate ability to appropriately and safely use standard medical equipment
• Ability to respect the dignity and confidentiality of inmates

Employment Requirements

• Must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc. for this position
• Must have current CPR/BLS certification