<p style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Position Objective:</span></strong></p><p style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">The Licensed Clinician will work in tandem with the primary care team and is responsible for providing brief intervention and consultation to patients in an outpatient setting. Services to include: crisis intervention; monitoring mental health referrals to patients with higher behavioral health needs; coordinating care for complex patients with mental and physical health conditions; acting as a consultant and resource to members of the care team on effective interventions with patients with chronic illnesses and mental health diagnoses; assisting with staff training as needed; functioning as chronic care self-management support expert; meeting minimum documentation requirements for all services rendered in a timely manner; and ensuring data is collected as appropriate.</p><p style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Essential Job Duties:</span></strong></p><p style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p><p> 1. Patient Care Management/Documentation</p><ul style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><li>Work collaboratively with physician and/or mental health provider of record to provide comprehensive mental health services to patients across the age spectrum.</li><li>Develop and implement an integrated and comprehensive treatment plan based on clinical experience and knowledge.</li><li>Maintain a customer-oriented approach to meeting patient needs in an expedient manner, involving the family in the plan of care as appropriate.</li><li>Maintain confidentiality and patient privacy.</li><li>Document care provided; meeting standards for chart reviews.</li><li>Adhere to all practice standards, protocols and regulations set by COMAR/Joint Commission.</li></ul><p>2. Consultation and Referral</p><ul style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><li>Seek consultations as appropriate, act as a consultant as requested.</li><li>Perform comprehensive assessments and refer patients for further care and services within the health system and/or the community.</li><li>Patient Education</li><li>Utilize teaching learning theory with patients and their families to influence patient outcomes.</li><li>Identify learning needs of various populations and contribute to the development of educational programs to meet those needs.</li></ul><p>3. Clinical</p><ul style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><li>Diagnose and treat acute mental and emotional disorders.</li><li>Provide comprehensive, short-term care for patients with acute mental and emotional disorders, linking and coordinating treatment with other professionals, such as psychiatrists and social workers.</li><li>Refer, as appropriate, patients to other resources or services in the community, such as support groups and recovery groups.</li><li>Develop a comprehensive discharge plan that incorporates external supports and services when indicated.</li></ul><p>4. Evaluation</p><ul style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><li>Assess patients for risk of suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts or behaviors.</li><li>Interviews patients and family members to determine nature and degree of problems and arranges, as necessary, medical or psychiatric examinations to help identify problems pertinent to diagnosis and treatment.</li><li>Evaluate the effectiveness of the counseling program on patients progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives.</li><li>Evaluate case situations and presents information to other members of the health care team on patients, families, and social backgrounds pertinent to the diagnosis and treatment.</li></ul><p style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Educational/Experience Requirements:</span></strong></p><ul style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><li> Master’s degree in related field.</li><li> Five (5) years of related clinical counseling experience.</li></ul><p style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Required License/Certifications:</span></strong></p><ul style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: