Psychiatric Clinician (LMSW, LPCA, LMFTA) - IOP Adolescent Dual Diagnosis - Simsbury Connecticut

Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Simsbury, Connecticut
Posted On: 04/17/2024

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details:
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Every day, over 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. - We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network. -
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is a 122-bed, general acute care community hospital located in Torrington, Connecticut, that serves as a regional health care resource for the 100,000 residents of Litchfield County and Northwest Connecticut. - -CHH offers personalized attention from an expert team of caregivers and physicians that utilize advanced technology and clinical partnerships in a convenient, safe and comfortable patient environment.
Job Summary
The Masters Level Psychiatric Clinician is a Masters prepared Social Worker (MSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), or Professional Counselor (M.S. Counseling). - - - The Psychiatric Clinician is responsible for the assessment, treatment planning and delivery of outpatient behavioral health therapy services under the clinical direction of the Department of Psychiatry Medical Director as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for completing individual patient comprehensive assessments that include diagnosis of patients utilizing the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders. - - Identifies and communicates appropriate information gathered from patient, family, community, prior medical history and colleagues to other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team. - Formulates understanding of each case and develops initial and recurring treatment plans with each patient. Performs suicide risk assessments, violence risk assessments, and mental status examinations. - Facilitates referrals to higher levels of care. - Completes all clinical documentation following Joint Commission and CMS regulatory requirements. -
  
• Performs responsibilities of a mandatory reporter under state statute by making child abuse reports, elder abuse reports, and reports on behalf of individuals with disabilities. - Provides testimony in courts of law as an expert witness as required by the State of Connecticut or the hospital.
  
• Provides individual, group, family therapy and crisis intervention services to assigned case load utilizing the highest quality current standards for psychotherapy within the mental health field.
  
• Engagement of individuals or families in the development of individualized written person centered treatment plans at admission and at required intervals during patients' course of treatment.
  
• Provision of individual, family, and group therapy utilizing established clinical best practices for each modality.
  
• Conduct suicide, homicide, and mental status assessments for patients presenting with high risk behaviors and symptoms.
  
• Dictated/written documentation of comprehensive assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and case management collateral contacts that meet established Joint Commission, state regulatory and corporate compliance criteria.
  Qualifications
  
  
  • Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or M.S. in Counseling required
    
  • Current State of Connecticut licensure as an LMSW, LPCA, or LMFTA
    
  • Minimum of three years of clinical experience in a psychiatric setting
    
    As a Hartford HealthCare entity, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital provides eligible employees with an extensive benefits package consisting of:
    
    
    
    • Medical and dental benefits
      
    • 401(k) plan with employer match
      
    • Generous paid time off with accrual starting on the date of hire, including six paid holidays
      
    • Additional voluntary benefits as well as employee discount programs - - -
      
      With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is -your moment. More...

          

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