Position Summary

The Clinical Counselor 1 is responsible for providing therapeutic behavioral health services to patients and their families as a part of the multidisciplinary team. The emphasis on individual therapy through history and summary, creation of a treatment plan, conducting treatment conferences, and assessing individual responses to treatments, including group therapy. The role includes areas such as intake, safety checks, and coordination with other departments, entities, and services.

This role is part of the team that creates and ensures a therapeutic environment for behavioral heal patients. Follow all federal, state, and local regulations, ARHS policies, and procedures and departmental policies and procedures. The Clinical Counselor 1-6 works within their role and scope and will enlist other health care providers, treatment team members, physicians, and leadership, as needed.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Daily Reviews of individual patient responses to events and interactions of previous day and evening.
• Psychosocial history & summary or update within 2 treatment days of admission.
• Treatment plans within three (3) treatment days of admission and participates as a team member in the Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning Conference.
• Patients’ group participation and individual interactions daily in the medical record.
• Evaluates data from all sources and recommend referrals as needed.
• Assesses patients and families for the possibility of family therapy. Group therapy, film discussions, and lectures to patients and family members.
• Patient charge sheets daily. Patient admissions, intakes, and assessments. Case Conferences for problematic cases.
• A safe treatment environment following all federal, state, and local regulations; ARHS policies and Procedures; and departmental policies and procedures.
• Implements and reviews Treatment Plans with patients. Treatment coordination with assigned patients.
• Receives telephone inquiries, provides follow-up on inquiries, and assists in assessments as needed.
• Age-appropriate developmental needs and abilities in the assessment, treatment, and education of patients and families. Assistance in formulating the Discharge Plan
• Other duties as assigned and within scope of practice.

Position Qualifications

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s in Human Services' field with 2 years of experience), OR
• Bachelor’s in a non-Human Services field with 4 years of experience

Experience

• Minimum of two years of relevant experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with the public, patients, family, staff, and physician and acts within the chain of command, utilizing positive verbal and non-verbal skills.
• Competent in delivering safe and effective patient care within legal limits of license and certifications within hospital policies and procedures; federal, state, and local regulations and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of the continuum of care provided in the therapeutic patient environment.
• Ability to demonstrate exceptional customer service to patients, family, staff, and physicians.
• Ability to effectively assess, plan, and implement therapeutic services in a multidisciplinary setting. Particular skills in therapy and assessment, knowledgeable about the needs of geriatric and adult populations; trained in a variety of treatment philosophies to respond to varying patient responses to treatment.

Physical Demands

• Lifts, positions, pushes, pulls, and/or transfers up to and greater than 50 pounds
• Manual dexterity and mobility
• Prolonged, extensive or considerable sitting/standing/walking
• Bending, squatting, twisting, turning
• Near acuity: ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less

Working Conditions

• Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases
• Frequently exposed to hazards from electrical/mechanical/power equipment; odorous chemicals and specimens; and, unpleasant elements (accident, injury, slippery surfaces uneven surfaces), etc.
• Subject to irregular hours (days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays); and emergencies.
• Continuous standing and walking long periods = to, or, greater than >8 hours per shift
• Sitting <1 hour per shift.
• Speaking, reading, and writing, expanded > 8 hours per day
• Exposed to vibration, and cramped spaces >1 hour day
• Frequently mobilizes patients >4 hours per day
• Frequently: lifts, carries; pushes; and/or, pulls >50 lbs.
• Frequently per hour: bends; squats; kneels; twists; turns; and reaches.
• Frequently per minute: hand, finger, and wrist repetition; and moderate dexterity.
• Frequently per hour, exposed to soft voices >3ft away.
• Frequently per hour, exposed to close eye work
• Frequently exposed to Ionizing/nonionizing radiation exposure including microwave