Location: Pearl/Lakewood
Job Summary: The Clinician will coordinate and provide treatment for patients in accordance with the philosophy,
mission, standards, policies, and procedures of the agency. Serve as a licensed clinical treatment provider who identifies
client service needs and delivers care as specified in their treatment plan. Treatment plans may include any/all of the
following: group and individual addiction treatment services, behavioral health therapy, and assessment.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
• May supervise interns.
Measurements of Success and Key Targets:
• Client improves overall level of Functioning.
• Consistently meets service delivery expectations and Agency productivity requirements.
• Productive and collaborative working relationships with clients, parents, guardians, and community partners are
maintained to successfully deliver services.
• Clinical and administrative records are timely and accurate, and documentation is completed concurrently.
• Meets Agency core competencies, skills, knowledge, and abilities
Essential Functions:
• Conducts diagnostic assessment for dual disorders, urine drug screening, and diagnostic evaluation to assess client
need and make recommendation.
• Develops, with client, a mutually acceptable treatment plan based on identified needs. Provides brief interventions
for behavioral health care and crisis intervention.
• Implements a collaborative process that facilitates the client’s progress toward mutually determined treatment goals
and objectives. Appropriately uses evidence base practices as they apply to modalities of care for individuals.
• Facilitates the client’s utilization of available support systems and community resources to meet needs of client with
focus on improving social determinants of health as stated in treatment plan.
• Offers case management and client advocacy to establish a framework of action for the client to achieve specified
objectives and goals, including:
o Coordinating referral services for treatment and financial assistance.
o Coordinating client activities with community resources and managed care system.
o Advocating for client needs.
• Protects client rights to privacy and confidentiality in the preparation and handling of records, especially regarding
the communication of client information with third parties.
• Prepares accurate and concise assessments reports and treatment review and discharge summaries consistent
with Agency standards and applicable administrative rules.
• Records progress of client in relation to treatment objectives and goals and continuing care plans that are consistent
with Agency standards and applicable administrative rules.
• Completes all case documentation within 48 hours.
• Consults with billing department as needed on financial and/or insurance verifications.
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• Adheres to established professional codes of ethics to maintain professional standards and safeguards
confidentiality and proper treatment of the client.
• Adheres to Federal and State laws and Agency regulations regarding the treatment of behavioral health disorders.
• Obtains appropriate continuing professional education and maintains state licensure.
• Provides positive customer relations in dealing with patients, families, prescribers, fellow department employees,
other Agency departments, referral resources, service agencies, and others.
• Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in related field and the eligible license (LSW, LISW, LISW-S, LPCC-S, LPCC, LPC or LICDCCS, LICDC or LCDC II-III)
Required Education/Skills/Abilities:
• Physical, sensory, and cognitive abilities sufficient to perform essential functions.
• Good interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer and standing, bending and moving.
• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or body fluids.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.
Travel: Periodic travel within community and between locations
Work Environment:
Business hours are generally Monday through Friday; however, some evening & weekend hours may be necessary to
meet all client services/programs. Position may also be required to respond to emergencies (on-call) depending on
program/level of care.
Note: While this position description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not prescribe or
restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
DEI Mission Statement: Establishing a culture that values and embeds diversity, equity, and inclusion into the
organization to advocate for the needs and concerns of staff and those we serve.
Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits, in accordance with the law, discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, military status, national origin, disability, age, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.
*You can earn a referral bonus if the person you refer gets hired and successfully completes 90 days of employment
