Adult Outpatient Clinician - COMCARE

About the role

Provide goal-directed, client-centered, medically necessary individual therapy to adults with mental health and/or addictions in an Outpatient Services therapy clinic in order to improve the quality of life and ability to function more successfully in the community.

Responsibilities

• Computer documentation of all services in a timely manner is required.
• Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.
• Employee must be able to complete complex tasks by applying CCBHC practices, standard office policies, authorized instructions, and past precedents to achieve a desired outcome.
• Employee must quickly recognize emergency or sensitive situations and take appropriate action.
• Critical decision making and the ability to think through the consequences of a decision are essential in this position.
• Service Provision:
• Therapy and Evaluation Services
• Individual and group therapy using identified and accepted methods to remediate symptoms of mental illness and/or substance use treatment to improve emotional and functional well-being
• Intake/assessment to include history, presenting problems and diagnoses using DSM-V criteria
• Conduct risk assessments as needed to address safety of clients
• Initiates outreach to increase engagement
• Treatment Planning:
• Prepare quality treatment plans in collaboration with client and/or guardian, additional treatment team and community partners
• Facilitate treatment plan review, addressing updates and progress on goals with client, treatment plan coordinator or other members of the treatment team
• Complete DLA-20 at initial therapy appointment and quarterly thereafter
• Documentation:
• Complete progress notes in accordance with COMCARE and CCBHC guidelines which meet requirements for medical necessity, goal-directed therapy and client response to treatment within prescribed timelines
• Complete Notes for Record, precautions, authorization for release of records, releases of information, safety documents and other documentation as required and/or recommended within established deadlines
• Enters no show and cancellations for accuracy and completeness of medical record
• Responds to Utilization Review staff feedback forms and makes corrections as needed.
• Enters AIMS data as needed
• Completes discharge summary when closing to therapy services
• Completes court reports or treatment summaries within required timelines as set by the entity requesting these documents

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
• Must be licensed by the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as an LMSW, LMFT, LMLP, LPC, or LP.

Qualifications

• Must have access to personal passenger vehicle to complete the driving duties of the position.
• Meet the specifications as outlined in the CMHC/CCBHC licensing standards and pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, DCF adult abuse registry, KDADS Nurse Aide and Criminal Record check, National Sex Offender Registry check, and motor vehicle screens.
• Must complete orientations provided by Sedgwick County and COMCARE.

Skills

• Goal-directed, client-centered, medically necessary individual therapy
• Therapy and Evaluation Services
• Individual and group therapy
• Intake/assessment
• Risk assessments
• Treatment planning
• Documentation
• Complex task completion
• Emergency/sensitive situation recognition
• Critical decision making
• Communication skills
• Collaboration with clients and treatment teams
• Use of technology for documentation
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Professionalism and collegiality

Benefits

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.

Pay

$74,203.00 annually

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, 40 hours per week.