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Form of workPosition: Staff Accountant
Primary Location: Harwich Port
Employment Status: Exempt
Reports To: Controller
Summary/Objective
At Outer Cape Health Services, it is our very basic belief that it is people who have made Outer Cape Health Services growth and success possible and that we have been fortunate in employing people who take pride in the services we provide. Our goal at OCHS is to employ those who (1) always meet or exceed standards; and (2) care enough to ensure that whatever they do, they do well.
Essential Functions
- Provides direct services to youth and families, including information and referral, assessments, coordination of treatment, and ongoing therapeutic interventions through individual, family and/or group modalities.
- Works and collaborates with assigned team to implement joint care plans, as applicable, and balance a mix of short term, maintenance, group, individual and extended therapeutic modalities to ensure ongoing access and best possible outcomes
- Insures that OCHC patients are screened using the appropriate screening tool (CANS, PHQ-2,9) and is properly scored and that patient care is directed accordingly.
- Collaborates daily with healthcare team and other OCHS staff to assure that OCHS clients with behavioral health issues are treated in a coordinated and integrated fashion, moving towards the overall goal offull integration between primary care and behavioral health at the OCHS.
- Maintains case records in accordance with OCHS policies and procedures.
- Interacts with referral sources and other internal and external sources as necessary to insure the coordination and access to services for patients with behavioral health needs.
- Participates in staff supervision, in-service trainings and other OCHS meetings as directed by the Director of Behavioral Health.
Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience
Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work or related fields. PsyD PhD, LICSW, LCSW, or LMHC required. Strong clinical, organizational, and case management skill, computer literate including database and internet-savvy. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment within a team.
Preferred Qualifications, Education, and Experience
- Three to five years experience in behavioral health services
- Two years experience providing behavioral health services in Community Health Center
- Bi- lingual and bi-cultural capabilities
- Experience in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Work Environment
- The functions of this role are conducted in a clinical environment
- Clinician may be expected to complete work from home (telebehavioral health appointments). During these hours, clinician will be provided with all necessary equipment, but is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of HIPAA-protected information.
- This role is paid on salaried basis.
- Salaried clinicians will have an established and consistent work schedule. However, this is a salaried position. Therefore, the individual is expected to work as required to complete the duties of the position.
Physical and Mental Job Requirements
- Exposure to:
- Radiation
- Chemicals
- Hazardous waste
- Acidic or harsh substances
- Infectious bacteria/viruses
- Infectious diseases
- Blood-borne pathogens
- Bodily fluids
- Use of and/or subject to:
- Vehicle
- Light equipment
- Heavy equipment
- Moving mechanical parts
- Computers/monitors
- Confined spaces
- Vibration
- Physical requirements:
- Occasional lifting/carrying up to 25 lbs
- Occasional motor control
- Frequent bending
- Occasional squatting
- Occasional kneeling
- Occasional reaching
- Frequent standing
- Frequent sitting
- Frequent walking
- Frequent fine motor control
- Frequent repetitive motion
- Occasional finger dexterity
- Occasional grasping/holding
- Frequent handwriting and typing
- Frequent visual perception
- Frequent visual inspection
- Frequent hand/eye coordination
- Frequent color distinction
- Frequent hearing
- Frequent speaking
- Frequent smelling
- Mental requirements:
- Understand and apply routine verbal and/or written instructions
- Understand and apply non-routine verbal and/or written instructions
- Understand complex problems and collaborate to explore alternative solutions
- Organize actions to complete sequential and/or routine tasks
- Organize and prioritize individual work schedule to manage multiple patients, tasks, and/or projects
- Organize and prioritize the work schedules of others to manage multiple patients, tasks and/or projects
- Make decisions that have an impact on the individuals work
- Make decisions that have an impact on the immediate work units operations and/or services
- Make decisions that have significant impact on a departments credibility, operations, and/or services
- Make decisions that have an impact on the health and wellbeing of patients
- Communicate and exchange routine/basic information
- Communicate and explain a variety of information
- Communicate in-depth information for the purpose of interpreting, and/or negotiating
- Communicate complex medical information to patients and patient families
- Memorization/concentration
- Learning/knowledge retention
- Preparing/analyzing numerical figures
- Analyzing/examining/testing data
- Emotional/behavioral self-regulation
- Interacting with others
Work Environment
The functions of this role are conducted in a clinical environment.
AAP/EEO Statement
Outer Cape Health Services is committed to a firm policy in favor of equal employment opportunity and will abide by all applicable state and federal regulations by not discriminating against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability or veteran status. Our commitment to equal employment opportunities shall include employment, upgrading, promotion, demotion, transfer, leaves or other absences from work, layoff, compensation and benefits, selection for training or other education, professional opportunities and conflict resolution.
It is also the policy of OCHS to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of their status as woman, minority or individuals with disabilities or protected veterans, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.
Please inform us of any necessary accommodations required during the application process and/or at any time during employment.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
