CLINICIAN - PROVISIONAL ALBANY COUNTY CLINIC

About the role

The Clinician provides clinical and education-based treatment services throughout an individual's treatment per practice standards, are appropriate to client needs, and comply with agency standards.

Work Environment: This job operates in a residential treatment facility and Outpatient Clinic setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops, photocopiers, and smartphones.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. This position would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets, bend or stoop as necessary, and perform work at a computer for extended periods.

Travel: Little travel is required for this position.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the organization.

Responsibilities

• Complete social histories, assessments, treatment plans, admission and discharge summaries, and other chart-related documents and correspondence for assigned patients promptly
• Provide individual counseling and facilitate educational and counseling groups as assigned; accurately and promptly chart these activities in patient records
• Develop educational and therapeutic curriculum to be utilized in group settings with patients and family members, as well as prevention education
• Assist patients in understanding and completing therapeutic change objective-driven treatment plans
• Work cooperatively with necessary staff members, other community resources, and referral sources to coordinate