Clinician - Bachelors Degree - Sign-On Bonus Eligible!

About the role

High Point & Affiliated Organizations is a health and human service agency dedicated to treating and preventing substance use disorders and mental illness. Programs are located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts, offering a full continuum of care including inpatient, outpatient, residential, and community-based services. We support survivors of abuse, violence, and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to help individuals and families achieve personal change and improve their quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Crisis intervention
• Maintain assigned caseload
• Provide direct care to patients/residents – including assessments, individual counseling, discharge and aftercare planning, treatment plans and updates, weekly progress notes, daily groups facilitation, group note completion, and bio-psychosocial assessments
• Make referrals when appropriate
• Responsible for each assigned patients/residents' medical records
• Connect patients/residents with aftercare services prior to discharge and aid the resident and his/her family access services when appropriate
• Communicate/involving family in treatment at patients/residents’ request
• Attend and participate in all unit, facility meetings, case conferences, Treatment Team meetings, and mandatory trainings, as directed by the Clinical Supervisor /Director
• Continued education in the field of substance use and related courses
• Utilize standard precautions
• Demonstrate behaviors that recognize the rights of patients as defined by the patient's rights
• Adhere to insurance regulations, including requesting extensions after 90 days of treatment if needed
• Support patients in crisis through verbal de-escalation, 1:1 monitoring, or crisis/safety planning, as requested
• Facilitate identified groups and milieu activities as assigned
• Coordinate aftercare services, appointments and referrals
• Assist with monitoring patient observation checks, as needed
• Completion of required documentation, including: consents/releases, Group Notes, Progress Notes, Contacts Logs, Transition/Discharge Summaries
• Support patients in crisis through verbal de-escalation, 1:1 monitoring, or crisis/safety planning, as requested
• Attend supervision, staff trainings, and MDT meetings
• Assistance with monitoring patient safety while in the program including waiting rooms, restrooms, boarding room (MCI Only), hallways
• Screening of patient walk-ins or phone calls for services to the Masters Clinician
• Completion of all CBHI New Hire Trainings upon hire (TM)
• Engage in training opportunities to enhance knowledge of mental health and SUD services
• Engage and attend at community events with stakeholders, agencies and service providers
• Completion of all required documentation at the start of services and updates as required by performance specifications
• Accurately document time spent with clients, guardians, and collaterals including interventions utilized and responses to these interventions
• Ongoing monitoring and compliance with required documentation for services
• Tracking service authorizations dates/units and providing updated information for continued stay reviews, as necessary for the service provided
• Comply with all necessary medical necessity criteria and performance specifications, dependent on service provided

Qualifications

• Must always present as courteous and professional
• Maintains and submits any current Licensure or Certificate necessary for the performance of the position
• Demonstrated flexibility and ability to perform multiple tasks
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to organize ideas in logical and clear fashion
• Knowledge of basic computer skills and software programs including the ability to learn, use and train HPAO Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• The ability to work with others in a cooperative and collaborative manner
• An understanding of the relationship between substance use and mental health issues and/or self-help programs
• Understand and maintain therapeutic boundaries
• Reinforce rules in a respectful manner
• Comply with Federal Regulations, 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder and HIPAA Regulations
• TB/Flu and Covid19 Assessment
• Annual Completion of the HPAO crisis de-escalation program
• CPR Certification
• Successful completion of all trainings upon hire and annually as required

Skills

• Basic computer skills
• Communication skills
• Therapeutic boundaries
• Confidentiality
• De-escalation techniques
• Insurance regulations
• Therapeutic relationships
• Medical documentation
• Group facilitation
• Community engagement
• Training and development

Benefits

Our benefits plan comprises medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, 403b, paid vacation/time off, and other benefits.

Pay

Salary Range: $58,500 to $67,000 (commensurate with experience)

Schedule

N/A