LEAD CLINICIAN - CHEYENNE

About the Role

The Lead Clinician provides counseling and education-based treatment for patients in residential treatment, recovery homes, and/or outpatient facilities based on specific knowledge of substance addiction and related mental health issues. This position also supervises clinicians, ensuring the quality and compliance of all clinical services and processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily oversight of clinical facility operations, utilization reviews, and quality assurance of patient services, including monitoring collaborative documentation, productivity, incomplete documentation, MIS/DLA, etc.
• Work with the Sr. Director of Clinical Services for program development, implementation, and general management of organizational care services.
• Provide daily clinician supervision and monitor all written documentation.
• Support daytime on-call and after-hours on-call duties, including supervising staff who sign up for on-call days.
• Complete social histories, assessments, treatment plans, admission and discharge summaries, and other chart-related documents for assigned residential and satellite VOA program patients promptly.
• Provide individual counseling and facilitate educational and counseling groups as assigned; properly and promptly chart these activities in patient records.
• Develop an educational and/or therapeutic curriculum for group settings with patients and family members.
• Assist patients in understanding and completing therapeutic change objective-driven treatment plans.
• Work cooperatively with the multi-disciplinary team and other community resources to coordinate services to patients.
• Manage and maintain the ongoing schedule of training for the clinical team.
• Handle timecards, leave, disciplinary actions, and other administrative duties as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Environment

This job operates in a residential treatment facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops, photocopiers, telehealth technology, and smartphones.

Physical Demands

The employee must regularly talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. This position requires lifting files, opening filing cabinets, bending, standing, or stooping as necessary, and performing work at a computer for extended periods.

Travel

Little to no travel is expected for this position.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Counseling or Clinical Social Work from a CACREP, CORE, or CSWE accredited program.
• Fully licensed as an LCSW, LPC, LAT, or LMFT through the Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board, or eligible for licensure if current licensure is out-of-state.
• Meet qualifications required for a substance abuse professional, clinician, or assistant by the State of Wyoming's Division of Behavioral Health Standards for the Operation of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs.
• Proficient in the use of computer software programs, including Microsoft Suite and desktop publishing.
• Exceptional and demonstrated time management skills to stay organized and meet tight deadlines.

Preferred Experience

• Five years of post-licensure clinical experience, with some directly related to serving persons with addiction disorders (alcohol, drugs, gambling).
• One year of supervisory experience.

Competencies

• Effective communicator; assertive when necessary.
• Ethical practice.
• Highly confidential.
• Calm under pressure and during crises.
• Empathetic and able to relate to individuals with drug/alcohol addictions.
• Continuous demonstration of behaviors aligned with servant leadership and organizational cultural values.