Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead in Sachsen-Anhalt bei Boston Medical Center
Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead in Sachsen-Anhalt bei Boston Medical Center
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) at Boston Medical Center is seeking an Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead. The CWVP is nationally recognized for its innovative and comprehensive services for young children and families affected by violence. The Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead provides clinical leadership, training and consultation to clinical service staff and interns. This position will serve as a liaison for clinical staff and interns to support program service delivery. The Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead will conduct clinical assessments, make psychosocial diagnoses as appropriate and provide evidence-based, diversity-informed psychotherapeutic treatment for children and their caregivers impacted by violence and other kinds of trauma exposure. The Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead will be responsible for providing assessment and intervention using a racial justice and health equity lens. The position consults with, collaborates, and communicates with a wide range of disciplines within BMC and the community in the overall care of the patient. In addition to clinical responsibilities, the clinician will engage in training and teaching activities at the hospital as well as interface with a wide variety of community agencies. This position is hybrid: will provide in-person therapy as well as remote telehealth as clinically appropriate. This work schedule is subject to change.
Position: Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinical Lead
Department: Child Witness to Violence
Schedule: Full Time
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
Clinical Services
- Provides clinical leadership and consultation to clinical service staff and interns.
- Provides supervision to clinical interns.
- Provides clinical supervisory coverage for unlicensed/license eligible staff as needed.
- Collaborates with program leadership to implement clinical services policies and protocols.
- Serves as a resource and liaison to clinical staff and interns to support clinical service delivery and adherence to program mission, policies and procedures.
- Provides comprehensive clinical assessment and evaluation of young children and their families referred to CWVP in coordination with patient, family and interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Develops treatment plans based on patient needs/goals.
- Provides direct clinical assessment and psychotherapeutic treatment to a regular case load of weekly cases.
- Provides individual, dyadic and group psychotherapy to children and caregiver support to reduce the impact of trauma exposure and achieve improved functioning and emotional state.
- Consults and collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare team members to ensure that the overall health needs of patients are addressed.
- Provides risk assessment and intervention as necessary.
- When indicated, refers to and coordinates with appropriate emergency services.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to a culturally diverse patient population.
- Engages in training related to evidence-based interventions and implements treatments consistent with training.
- Documents each patient encounter in the medical record and complies with departmental, regulatory and professional requirements for documentation recording and data collection, as well as any additional documentation required for grant-management purposes.
- Participates in weekly staff meetings, clinical meetings and weekly supervision sessions.
- Maintains patient confidentiality according to hospital policy.
Training and Outreach
- Provides onboarding training to clinical staff and interns.
- Collaborates with Clinical Manager to coordinate and implement clinical intern/new staff training curriculum
- Provides outreach, collaboration and training with relevant community and medical providers.
- Provides trauma-related trainings and represents CWVP at state and national conferences and proceedings
- Oversee non-clinical training support personnel and interns.
- Assist with the development of the program newsletter.
General Duties
- Meets hospital-wide standards in the following areas:
- Conforms to hospital standards of performance and conduct, including those pertaining to patient rights, so that the best possible customer service and patient care may be provided.
- Utilize hospital’s RESPECT values as the basis for decision-making and to facilitate the department and the hospital’s goals and mission.
- Follows established infection control and safety procedures.
- Completes annual mandatory hospital and department education activities.