GILEAD - Senior Clinician-19SC1-Farrell

 Established in 1968, Gilead has over 50 years of experience providing the highest quality services that support each person’s recovery from mental health or substance use challenges in their lives. Gilead empowers personal growth, independence and recovery through improved mental health, physical well-being, and community integration. Gilead’s supportive and collaborative services are marked by excellence, compassion, innovation, and integrity.

GILEAD - Senior Clinician

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides clinical leadership, direction and oversight to an array of residential and community-based programs serving adults referred by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. 
• Supports the processes for all contractual agreements, certifications or licensing regulations including but not limited to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), the Department of Public Health (DPH), and CARF. Ensures program compliance through the timely and accurate reporting of data both internally and externally as needed.  
• Organizes and runs weekly outpatient clinical meeting and hybrid meeting while documenting minutes of the meetings. Available to run specialty and psycho-educational groups for residential and outpatient programs.
• Runs weekly reports to ensure contract obligations are being met and to monitor compliance and timeliness standards are being met for the Residential program.
• Coordinates residential and RCM schedules for groups and coverage when needed.
• Maintains and organizes group and other therapeutic scheduling.
• Provides training for staff for overall navigation and functional use skills for Evolve, Provider Connect and Cordant as well as other various policies and procedures.
• Monitors, evaluates and records patient progress against the objectives of treatment.
• Collaborates with physicians, nurses and other counselors for effective treatment.
• Works with residential staff to maintain a trauma informed treatment facility.
• Maintains the quality and timeliness of residential documentation.
• Works with Clinical Director to provide weekly supervision to staff (including interns).
• Maintains an individual client caseload.
• Maintains and implements the Recovery philosophies with direct implications to staff, clients, family, and community development.
• Participates and facilitates program meetings, clinical meetings and ad hoc work groups in effort to carry out the mission of the program within and outside of the organization.
• Responds to after-hours calls, for evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed on a rotating on-call basis.
• Supervise and oversee Recovery Care Managers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Oversees the hiring, training, supervision, evaluation and, if needed, discipline of subordinate employees of the program in accordance with agency personnel policies. 
• Develops and maintains sound employee relationships and an effective work environment conducive to job satisfaction within the program.
• Provides guidance and direction to supervisory and non-supervisory employees to assist in their professional development.
• Position currently supervises non-management staff members including Recovery Care Managers and Administrative Support Staff.

Skills

Oral Communication Skills                     Negotiations                  Professionalism

Written Communication Skills                 Diplomacy                     Technical Communication Skills         Client-Customer Relational Skills            Organization                 Time Management

Education and Years of Experience

• Degree:  Masters Degree in Related Field Required.  

• Must have a minimum of one of the following licenses: LMFT, LPC, LADC, LCSW

Requirements

• Prior administrative and clinical experience in the field of mental health and addictions.

• Must maintain and provide proof of valid driver’s license and automobile insurance in good standing.
• Ability to provide leadership under stressful or crisis situations.  Ability to problem-solve.  Ability to meet deadlines and establish and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Demonstration of ethical behavior and sound judgment that supports the NASW standards of care.
• Medication Self-Administration training (if applicable).
• Ability to travel to various agencies, businesses, and meet with clients in their homes, if needed. Use of personal vehicle.
• Able to work flexible hours and weekends when necessary.
• Must meet and maintain all required trainings, certifications etc. as needed.
• Uphold confidentiality by following the HIPAA regulations

Working Conditions

• Working conditions are based in office settings with limited time in community settings. 
• Local travel.
• Possibility of exposure to outdoor weather conditions, unsanitary environments.
• Possibility of exposure to use of substances, vulgar statements, or hostile/dangerous situations.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, stand, sit and walk.  The employee frequently is required to use hands and fingers; climb or balance and stoop or kneel.  The employee is required to be able to safely operate a motor vehicle.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.