Human Services Clinician

Dedicated Nursing Associates, a medical staffing firm, has current openings for Human Services Clinicians. If you are experienced in providing quality care to those who need assistance, we want you on our team! With DNA, you choose where you want to work, when you want to work, and how often you want to work.

Occupational Summary:

Under indirect supervision, provides, oversees, and/or administers a wide range of psychosocial evaluation/assessment, diagnostic, counseling therapy, crisis intervention services in a clinical environment which requires a high degree of independent decision making. Most aspects of this job require clinical assessment, evaluation, and intervention skills to Mental Health consumers that are treated with individual, family, and/or group therapy in an outpatient setting. Case management/supportive services for disposition of cases is also a core function of this job.

Reports To: Director

Supervises: None

Qualifications:

1. Doctorate in Psychology, or Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, counseling, or marriage and family therapy from an accredited college or university and licensed eligible or provisionally licensed in their perspective field.
2. Strong evaluative and clinical assessment skills needed. Must be able to gain information, make assessments and build rapport with consumers and families, make sound decisions in emergency situations, and provide evidenced-based
   clinical interventions.
3. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret human service periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Must be able to review medical records and understand them. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, effective treatment notes and related documents.
4. Must be Licensed, licensed eligible, or Certified in Area of Practice: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychological Associate, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist. Persons fully licensed preferred.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

1. Provides clinical psychosocial assessment and treatment services to consumers with mental health problems. Face to face clinical assessments are scheduled within 7 days of request of an assessment and provided using necessary clinical
   skills while meeting all regulatory requirements to ensure reimbursement for services. Provides evidence based clinically effective treatment services.
2. Service delivery may also involve consultation with various community stakeholder agency staff, law enforcement, family members or support network as deemed necessary or clinically appropriate. Provides indirect services with various stakeholders from whom services are received or needed by consumers to ensure appropriate coordination for transition of services to or from another provider or agency.
3. Provides indirect services (e.g., case management and supportive services) with a variety of stakeholders from whom services are received or needed by consumers to insure appropriate coordination for transition of services to or from another provider or agency.
4. Consults with other local providers and referral sources by telephone as needed to ensure coordination and transition of services when necessary.
5. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Dedicated Nursing Associates offers employees the following benefits:

• Weekly pay
• Paid time off
• Referral bonus plan
• Medical and dental benefits
• 401k with match
• Flexible opportunities range from 40+ Hours per week, As Needed (PRN), Contract and Travel Assignment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays and drive an automobile back and forth to or between workstations.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by the supervisors or managers to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.

The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract and you or the employer may terminate employment at any time for any reason.