Clinical Therapist II

Overview

Harbor is seeking a clinician who assumes clinical responsibility for ongoing treatment of clients of all ages. Must be willing to work until close one night a week. Full‑time role.

• Maintains clinical responsibility for individual, family and/or group counseling of clients.
• In compliance with Harbor’s telehealth policies and procedures, provides telehealth services for assigned clients utilizing Harbor authorized or provided telehealth equipment.
• Completes discharge or linkage to other additional services as needed.
• Provides diagnostic assessments, treatment planning and completes necessary updates as required.
• Completes clinical documentation in the format appropriate and acceptable to Harbor and submits all documentation according to Harbor policy.
• In providing billable services, meets or exceeds unit expectations established by Harbor.
• Provides crisis intervention services and is available for consultation.
• Facilitates referrals to appropriate internal and/or external resources where indicated.
• Provides effective and efficient management of caseload and transfers/discharges clients in a timely manner. The number of open inactive cases must not exceed 10% of the total caseload.
• Provide crisis assessments, stabilization, and service coordination in order to de‑escalate crisis and potential crisis situations in an effort to maintain lowest level of care that promotes safety.
• May provide AOD Case Management, Individual, Group and Family Counseling, Urinalysis and Crisis intervention services at a Harbor site or other community setting if clinically indicated based on department/program needs and individual’s licensure standards. May provide IOP services at a Harbor certified AOD site.
• May provide diagnostic and therapy services under the clinical supervision of a licensed psychologist and/or physician.
• Accepts clinical responsibility for providing counseling services to a greater proportion of clients with multiple diagnoses, multiple external providers and/or multiple hospital admissions.
• Provides clinical supervision of staff upon expectations of supervisor.
• As preferred by the Clinical Manager, obtains/maintains Health Officer certification and provides pre‑screening services.
• Timely and accurate completion of Peer/Clinical Records Reviews for other staff and demonstrates satisfactory performance on Peer/Clinical Record Reviews.
• Participates in peer consultations, staff meetings and continuing education.
• Reviews "Authorizations to Disclose / Obtain Confidential Information" (ROIs/PHIs).
• Demonstrates satisfactory performance on identified outcome measures and client satisfaction reports.
• Participates in agency‑wide and departmental clinical research as needed.
• Participates in program development as requested and where possible.
• Keeps current with trends and developments related to essential job competencies, and demonstrates continued growth.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours which may include evenings and/or weekends.
• May be required to work at multiple sites, or provide services in the home or other community setting.
• Provides Community Psychiatric Supportive services, including, but not limited to, the following:
  Assesses client needs and formulates a strength‑based ISP in conjunction with the client, family and/or significant others, evaluates and revises the ISP according to the client’s responses and needs, crisis prevention / intervention, provides support, education and consultation to clients, families, and/or significant others, provides therapeutic interventions as noted in the ISP to maintain the client in the least‑restrictive environment and to enhance client and family functioning, monitors clients to identify and minimize effects of psychiatric symptoms, provides education on self‑management of symptoms to clients, families and/or significant others, assists the client and family in increasing social support skills and networks, coordinates indicated evaluations and assessments by internal and/or external providers, coordinates and monitors all services identified in the ISP, and provides assistance in gaining access to essential community resources.

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