Pediatric Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor

COMMUNITY HEALTH:

Community Health is a primary care network that provides nationally-recognized programs, a focus on wellness, dental, behavioral health and pediatric specialties, walk-in Express Care, a culture of community and quality health care that almost everyone, insured or uninsured, has come to depend on. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer a team-oriented, collaborative work environment for close to 400 employees at eight different locations in Rutland and southern Addison counties. 

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for providing clinical services to Community Health patients and providing clinical oversight to a team of approximately  4 (and growing) licensed and unlicensed pediatric providers and interns in the Behavioral Health Department. 

Patient services include psychosocial assessments; individual psychological assessments; individual, group and family therapy; participation on interdisciplinary treatment teams; understands relevant community resources, insurance, regulatory, and legal system issues relevant to the care of patients in an outpatient setting.   

Supervisor services include providing clinical oversight and case reviews; supervise staff hours for licensure; ensure compliance with Federal, State and Agency regulation compliance; facilitate agency trainings; participate in the establishment / revision of agency policies, assist the Manager of the Behavioral Health with program planning, implementation and evaluation activities; participates in community outreach activities and other duties as assigned.

FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION: 

•    Diagnostic evaluations.

•    Individual and group psychotherapy.

•    Written diagnostic and evaluation reports

•    Consultation with primary care physicians and other providers

•    Maintain established productivity standards.

•    Communicate with referral sources

•    Ensure appropriate referrals.

•    Other duties as necessary to support the operation of an outpatient psychology clinic.

•    Make collateral contact with the primary care physician of all outpatients.

•    Facilitate referral to alternative or additional providers as clinically appropriate.

•    Provide 16 hours of direct, billable services per week, per full time, billable service hours will depend on other leader duties.

•    Provide clear, accurate and through assessments, treatment plans/progress notes.

•    Process timely mandated abuse/neglect reports.

•    Prepare patient profiles for alternative care placements, as well as documentation required for swing bed programs.

•    Assist patients/families with referral forms/applications for community services and resources.

•    Complete all required meeting logs and statistics.

3. Collaborate with interdisciplinary team
   • Clearly communicates the social work role with healthcare team and actively participates in team planning for patient care.
   • Participates in development of care maps or other programs/projects that maximize continuing care efficiencies and effective outcomes.
   • Provides social work consultation on request and coordinates closely with other area social and health agencies on patients’ behalf
   • Provide employee assistance on request.
   • Be an advocate for patients the needs of the organization.
4. Professional behavior and development
   • Maintains principles of the organization’s values.
   • Identifies personal and professional goals.
   • Pursues continuing education relevant to career goals.
   • Abides by the profession's code of ethics and conduct.
   • Provides education on patient rights and responsibilities.
   • Participates in hospital-wide committees, initiatives, and projects. 
   • Provides community services and education.
   • Conducts self in a professional manner with patients, families, RRMC and community colleagues.

5. Provide Information/Referral Services for Community Resources

   • Maintain constant awareness of area resources, eligibility criteria, and updates on changes in these services.
   • Participate in community-based initiatives relevant to work assignment.
   • Keeps updated on out-of-area resource information relevant to patient need.
   • Liaisons to legal, licensing and protection agencies
   • Advocates for system change to improve continuing care outcome.

6. Participates in Required Departmental Activity

   • Regularly attends required staff meetings, supervision and related projects or committee meetings.
   • Completes work as assigned
   • Completes daily statistics in timely and accurate way.
   • Participates in coverage of peers and on-call system.
   • Demonstrates collegiality and commitment relevant to the department’s mission.
   •  Provide Behavioral Health case consultation to all locations as needed

7. Pediatric Clinical Supervisor role and responsibilities

   • Weekly supervision for all rostered pediatric psychotherapists, monthly for licensed and interns
   • All submissions of hours for master program & internships
   • OPR submissions for licensure
   • Completing Bi Annual reviews/ 90-day reviews for the pediatric psychotherapists
   • Onboarding/ training new pediatric staff who come on
   • Spearheading the internship program with CHCRR
   • Holding a caseload of 16 patients and productivity standards of 16 scheduled/ 14 billed weekly
   • Completing quarterly chart audits for pediatric psychotherapists
   • Reviewing and monitoring productivity standards and panel reports for all pediatric psychotherapists
   • Attending internal and external meetings to represent BH programs
   • Monitoring competencies/ training requirements 
   • Conducting interviews and hiring of Pediatric Psychotherapists 

 OTHER DUTIES:

Clinical and Administrative Duties

• Attend leader and other relevant agency meetings.

•    Coordination of behavioral health processes, liaison between behavioral health and CHCRR administration.

•    Coordinate referral process at all sites to improve process and productivity.

•    Work with billing department to ensure services are being billed correctly.

•    Implement behavioral health services into the EMR.

•    Provide supervisory support and back-up to behavioral health crisis team.

•    Monitoring the quality of behavioral health services.

•    Develop ways to create new behavioral health services

•    Develop standardized behavioral health policies and procedures.

•    Oversee staff training and training allowance.

• Other duties as assigned

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