Clinical lead

Job Duties:

• Provide individual, family and group sessions.
• Provide leadership and management in the clinical area in order to serve as a role model for staff and clients.
• Maintain healthy, therapeutic relationships and rapport with staff and clients.
• Conduct weekly case conferences with team.
• Coordinate the assignment, reassignment, and termination of cases.
• Assure that the quality of clinical services is maintained.
• Supervise and monitor the clinical work performance and conduct performance evaluations annually for the individual clinicians.
• Work with each team member to establish specific, individual professional development goals as appropriate.
• Provide consultation and support to staff as needed including being available for staff to debrief about difficult situations.
• Review all incident reports. Consider actions to be taken and implement changes to avoid similar incidents in the future.
• Facilitates coordination of care to include case review, therapeutic interventions, and client progress in treatment.

Job Specifications:

• Participate in the establishment or revision of policies, procedures, guidelines, goals and objectives.
• Maintain an understanding of state and federal regulations and facility licensing requirements.
• Understand the client, program development, and client relationships.
• Recognize and respond to a fire, disaster, hazard, and medical emergency.
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by the company from time to time.
• Monitor case load to ensure required documentation is completed timely; including, but not limited to, assessments, treatment plans, case reviews and discharge plans.
• Protect client rights in R9-10-1008.
• Provide treatment that promotes client dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy, and choice.
• Recognize obvious symptoms of a mental disorder, personality disorder, or substance abuse.
• Provide the behavioral health services that the agency is authorized to provide and that the staff member is qualified to provide.
• Meet the unique needs of the client populations served by the agency or the staff member, such as clients who are individuals that have substance abuse problems, and possible co-occurring disorders.
• Recognize and respect cultural differences.
• Recognize, prevent, and respond to a situation in which a client:
• a. May be a danger to self or a danger to others,
• b. Behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner,
• c. May be experiencing a crisis situation, or
• d. May be experiencing a medical emergency.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior, such as by respecting staff member and client boundaries and recognizing the inappropriateness of receiving gratuities from a client.
• Identify types of medications commonly prescribed for mental disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse and the common side effects and adverse reactions of the medications.
• Participate in on-call rotation.

Minimum Qualification:

• At least 3 years working with clients within a residential, outpatient mental health or private practice setting.
• Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Addictions, or related field of study from an accredited college or university.
• Registered with the AZBBHE.
• Licensed in the state of Arizona as LAC, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, LASAC, or LISAC.
• Must be 21 years of age (licensing requirement).
• Must have or be able to obtain an Arizona Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to walk, bend, stand, climb stairs, speak English, hear, use a telephone, drive an automobile, and operate standard office equipment, such as a computer, copier, and fax machine.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and top-tier benefits.
• Full-time, W-2 employee position with salary.
• Supportive clinical team with mentoring and supervision available as needed.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match.
• Medical, dental, vision, and voluntary life insurance.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

Required on call rotation once every 5 weeks

Job Type:

Full-time

Pay:

$80,000.00

Work Location:

In person Mesa, Arizona