Therapist, Citronelle

AltaPointe Health Systems; Citronelle (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

AltaPointe Health Systems in Alabama seeks a licensed mental health professional with a Master’s degree to perform comprehensive clinical assessments, formulate DSM V diagnoses, and develop individualized treatment plans with consumers. The role provides individual, group, and family therapy and requires crisis de-escalation skills and community outreach.

The clinician collaborates with treatment teams, documents thoroughly, participates in discharge planning, and may provide supervision to case

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a mental health discipline.
• Within six months of employment, knowledge in adult specialty should be attained.
• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the adult population, addiction, elder issues, community resources, cultural diversity, crisis intervention, education for adults with psychiatric disorders, and involuntary commitment process in Mobile County.

Responsibilities

• Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer.
• Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM V diagnosis.
• Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer.
• Provides individual, group, and family therapy using basic therapeutic models depending on consumer needs.
• Recognizes crisis states and deescalates or resolves situations.
• Provides treatment and services in office and community settings.
• Collaborates with treatment team and outside sources for clinical services.
• Evaluates discharge planning and ensures resources for community maintenance.
• Interacts with the Court system as needed for forms, notification, and testimony.
• Provides clinical leadership to case managers and leads bi-weekly treatment team staffing.
• Applies adult-specific competencies and adheres to ethics.

Skills

Clinical assessment

DSM V diagnosis

Treatment planning

Therapy (adult)

Crisis intervention

Discharge planning

Team leadership

Documentation

Education

Master’s degree in mental health

Job description

• Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer
• Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM V diagnosis
• Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer
• Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
• Provides treatment and services both in the office and in the community
• Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
• Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning; completes thorough discharge planning to ensure consumers have the needed resources to maintain in the community
• Works with the Court system, as needed, to include filling out forms, providing notification and testimony as required
• Provides clinical leadership to case managers on treatment team
• Leads bi-weekly treatment team staffing
• Effectively demonstrates the application of adult specific competencies
• Adheres to professional code of ethics
  

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provides effective clinical assessment of the consumer
• Utilizes assessment data to support a DSM V diagnosis
• Formulates appropriate treatment plan along with consumer
• Provides individual, group, and family therapy, utilizing basic therapeutic models and theories according to consumer needs as stated in the treatment plan
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
• Provides treatment and services both in the office and in the community
• Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members and outside sources in the delivery of clinical services
• Evaluates the consumer for discharge planning; completes thorough discharge planning to ensure consumers have the needed resources to maintain in the community
• Works with the Court system, as needed, to include filling out forms, providing notification and testimony as required
• Provides clinical leadership to case managers on treatment team
• Leads bi-weekly treatment team staffing
• Effectively demonstrates the application of adult specific competencies
• Adheres to professional code of ethics
  

Supervision and Consultation

• Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed
• Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
• Actively works to enhance clinical skills
  

Clinical Record Keeping

• Documents in a timely fashion per AHS policy
• Documents appropriate, complete, and clinically comprehensive mental health assessments
• Documents measurable and specific goals in the treatment plan
• Documents in a clear and concise manner, types of consumer problems, treatment goals addressed, services, and techniques used
• Documents case disposition, case closings, follow-up and referrals
• Documents legibly
• Completes documentation with 24 hours of service provision
  

Case Load Management

• Effectively manages caseload based on consumer needs
• Meets AHS productivity standards
  

Master’s degree in a mental health discipline.

Knowledge in adult specialty, outlined below, to be attained within six (6) months of employment.

• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the adult population
• Basic knowledge of the nature of addiction for referral purposes
• Basic knowledge of Senior Adult issues for referral purposes
• Knowledge of community resources
• Knowledge of cultural diversity
• Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and interventions common to acute psychotic consumers, as well as, to non-violent crisis intervention practice
• Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to adults with psychiatric disorders
• Knowledge of the Involuntary Commitment process in Mobile County