Behavioral Health Clinician (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) - Adult Outpatient

About the role

Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 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 as a Behavioral Health Clinician. Join us at Windham Hospital as we live our values every day. As part of Hartford HealthCare we create a better future for healthcare in Connecticut and beyond. By embodying these values we have become nationally respected for patient care and most trusted for personalized coordinated care. Come be part of something special! For more than 75 years, Windham Hospital has treated patients with the latest high-tech equipment, operated by some of the most skilled and compassionate medical professionals available. We seek to meet the total healthcare needs of people from throughout Northeastern Connecticut. Our staff members are proud to live and work in this area and are committed to providing quality healthcare to our community. The Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician works in coordination with interdisciplinary teams to organize, prepare, and deliver evidence based clinical services across the continuum of care. The Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician also maintains ethical principles and professional standards of practice in adherence to the discipline’s professional code of ethics.

Responsibilities

• Conducts a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment and establishes a care plan, as appropriate.
• Provides direct patient care that may include: case management, care coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration for care transition needs, crisis intervention/safety planning, counseling, and emotional support to patients and families coping with illness, trauma, or end-of-life care, referral and discharge planning.
• Refers patient to appropriate levels of care and available resources that promote the individualized care plan.
• Maintains timely patient-centered documentation that reflect the patient and client systems’ pertinent information for assessment, interventions and outcomes in accordance with regulatory licensing requirements and third-party agencies.
• Works as a team member to contribute to improved patient experience.
• Provide social work field supervision to second year social work students.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or related Human Service field.
• Previous experience in a healthcare setting.
• Current Connecticut LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or LADC.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in a psychiatric setting required, preferably in an emergency department/crisis role.