Overview
Under the direct supervision of the Manager, Community Behavioral Health and Substance Use services will provide daily oversight of the Outpatient community mental health program and staff to ensure quality, compliance, and direct service benchmarks are met. Provides staff supervision to ensure that the care model requirements are met, and that best care is provided each and every encounter. Interacts with internal and external parties in a professional, timely manner.
Qualifications
Certifications: One of the following:
LCPC - within 2 years - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
LMFT - within 2 years - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
LCSW - within 2 years - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR),
Education: Master's Degree: Psychology; Counseling; Social Work, Related field.
Work Experience: Minimum of 3 years’ experience in behavioral health.
Other Requirements Must have interpersonal and communication skills necessary to deal with a wide variety of clients and professionals with the ability to negotiate and establish effective working relationships with a multidisciplinary healthcare and community service team. Must demonstrate ability to identify and act upon psychosocial needs and work independently in an outcome orientated environment. Strong leadership skills and ability to form professional working relationships with peers. Ability to document in, have knowledge of and use of the computer.
Responsibilities
Key Accountability-Program Level
- Role models professionalism for all disciplines; uses positive, proactive communication; is approachable; uses well-developed stress management skills; professional presentation reflects organization's mission, vision and values, creating an environment of trust and collaboration.
- Is visible and accessible to staff on a regular basis.
- Is available to staff by phone or arranges for such coverage during open program hours.
- Assures that scheduling and staffing is timely, proactive, cost-effective, and meets the needs of the clients served.
- Provides regularly scheduled supervision to program staff.
- Documents supervision in a compliant manner.
- Provides onboarding and initial and ongoing training to program staff.
- Monitors staff work regularly to ensure quality, compliance, and direct service benchmarks are met.
- Provides clinical guidance to staff.
- Reviews clinical documentation for medical necessity and appropriate treatment recommendations, assumes responsibility as the LPHA when credentialed.
- Recruits/retains high performing staff and ensures high staff performance by holding staff accountable.
- Conducts annual performance reviews.
- Provides direct care for a caseload of clients.
- Assumes a leadership role in a clinical crisis situation.
Key Accountability
- Meet quality, compliance, and financial targets.
- Participates in applicable trainings, teleconferences, and meetings.
- Prepares reports on activities and work group activities as needed.
- Ensures program meets compliance standards for all documentation and clinical charts.
- Informs manager and director of key components of the program.
- Ensures that individual and program direct service levels are met monthly.
- Holds staff accountable for individual productivity and compliance targets.
- Identifies and implements process improvement initiatives to ensure program is meeting quality, compliance, and productivity benchmarks.
- Participates in chart compliance reviews, analyzes results, and completes action plan for improvement.
- Acts as a liaison and program contact for referral sources, contracting entities, etc.
About Us
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Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.
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Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $32.42per hour - $55.76per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.
