Job Title: Behavioral Healthcare Provider 2
Profession: Behavioral Healthcare Provider
Specialty: Staff Augmentation
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Day
Hours per Shift: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Experience: Minimum years of experience required
License: Must have LISW or LPCC
Certifications: Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor (LICDC) or Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) or Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist (IMFT) or Licensed Registered Nurse with certificate of authority as a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Certified Nurse Practitioner with specialty certification in Mental Health or Psychiatry

Description:
The Behavioral Healthcare Provider develops, coordinates, implements, and provides interdisciplinary services concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical science.
Knowledge and techniques relevant to health and illness are applied to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
This role independently provides behavioral healthcare services within the credentialed scope of practice.
The provider serves as a lead worker or liaison to other support agencies.
Responsibilities include acting as a lead worker over lower-level behavioral healthcare providers.
The provider independently develops and implements treatment plans for clients.
Coordination of admission, assessment, evaluation, and treatment plans of client care cycles is essential.
The provider must handle cases containing numerous factors and problems.
Crisis intervention is a critical function of this role.
Participation in establishing, implementing, and directing behavioral healthcare programs is required.
Developing and designing treatment intervention techniques and procedures is part of the job.
Evaluating and modifying treatment systems to be responsive to client progress is necessary.
Performance evaluation of lower-level behavioral healthcare providers in administering prescribed treatment plans is conducted.
Maintaining necessary data documents to satisfy the requirements of federal, state, and local agencies is important.
The provider serves as an active member of treatment teams, training sessions, and meetings related to procedures and policy reviews.
Establishing and maintaining working relationships with other facilities and agencies is essential for coordinating referrals and conducting follow-up services.
Unusual working conditions may require alternative work schedules.
Exposure to potentially violent clients, unusual noise, odors, or contagious diseases may occur.
Travel to community sites under contract may be necessary.