Inpatient Clinician I/LCPC-C

at Northern Light Health in Bangor, Maine, United States

Northern Light Acadia Hospital

Department: Psychiatric Unit

Position is located: Acadia

Work Type: Full Time

Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Schedule: No Hours Assigned

Summary:

The Inpatient Psychiatric Clinician provides specialized evidence-based therapeutic care to adult and/or pediatric populations with mental health, substance use and co-occurring disorders. The Clinician conducts evaluations, risk assessment, psychosocial evaluations, creates recovery-oriented treatment plans with patients and their families and provides psychotherapy within individual, group and family modalities. As direct care providers they function as skilled advocates, brokers, educators and treatment specialists and are familiar with regional social service provider systems and adept at assisting patients in linking with step down treatment services during discharge planning. They rely on more than one theoretical framework in providing direct patient care and clinical formulations to acute-care populations, are proficient at articulating case reviews and creating documentation that reflects both active treatment provisions and patient responses to care.

Responsibilities:

+ Assist patients with crisis management, de-escalation and motivational enhancement therapy to increase treatment readiness and engagement in care.

+ Provide crisis management targeting acute symptoms. Work closely within the interdisciplinary team to develop specific strategies to decrease patient and unit acuity.

+ Train staff on crisis intervention techniques as needed.

+ Develop individualized care plans for patients that the interdisciplinary team works to implement.

+ Implement safety planning daily for moderate and high-risk patients and motivate patients to participate in utilizing this plan.

+ Completes comprehensive assessments by collecting data which enables the identification of potential therapeutic targets for active treatment.

+ Develops initial master treatment plan and updates in collaboration with the patient and within established timeframes that identify effective interventions to achieve outcomes, and accommodate the patients developmental level, motivation, health/spiritual beliefs, functional capabilities and strengths.

+ Implements individual, group and family therapy interventions that are evidence-based and are consistent with service plan and developmental level and needs of patient to elicit therapeutic change.

+ Modifies interventions based on continual assessm