Company:
QCHC
Location: Ashland City
Closing Date: 19/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Mental Health Professional Part-Time 20hrs/Wk -Cheatham County
EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Description
Position Summary: The Mental Health Professional is responsible for interviewing inmates who are on suicide watch, assessing suicide risk, referring to attending physician when appropriate and triaging other mental health requests from medical and correctional staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Utilize therapeutic interventions to assist identified inmates during their incarceration
• Coordinate with medical and correctional personnel to provide optimized care
• Render accurate diagnosis or diagnostic impression based on information obtained during initial mental health assessment and subsequent sessions (if license allows)
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and mental status exams
• Develop, with client's assistance, an individualized treatment plan and monitor client's progress utilizing the treatment plan
• Keep up-to-date, concise, and accurate documentation
• Assure prompt and appropriate response in emergency situations
• Incorporate discharge planning techniques into sessions, such as providing outside resources and referrals as needed
• Other duties as assigned by the Corporate Mental Health Director and the On-Site Health Services Administrator
Requirements:
Education, Skills and Competencies
• Master's degree or equivalent in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• Current, valid license in field
• Highly esteemed in moral and ethical character
• Maintains firm boundaries in therapeutic relationships
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients
• Maintains annual continuing education requirements
• Able to utilize a teamwork approach
#IND1
Position Requirements
Education, Skills and Competencies
• Master's degree or equivalent in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• Current, valid license in field
• Highly esteemed in moral and ethical character
• Maintains firm boundaries in therapeutic relationships
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients
• Maintains annual continuing education requirements
• Able to utilize a teamwork approach
Full-Time/Part-Time
Part-Time
Shift
Days
Hourly Rate
Position
Mental Health Professional
Exempt/Non-Exempt
Non-Exempt
Location
Cheatham County
About the Organization
Welcome to Quality Correctional Health Care. We are a physician-owned company exclusively devoted to providing inmate healthcare services in the correctional environment. We have a proven track record devoted exclusively to providing inmate healthcare services in corrections environments. We currently provide healthcare to approximately 12,000 inmates in over sixty jails in six states. We serve facilities that range in size from small 20-bed municipal jails to large, multi-site detention facilities with 1,000 inmates. Our mission is simple yet critical: 'To seamlessly integrate cost effective affordable and quality correctional health care into the corrections environment.' -Johnny Bates, MD, CEO and Founder.
This position is currently accepting applications.
EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Description
Position Summary: The Mental Health Professional is responsible for interviewing inmates who are on suicide watch, assessing suicide risk, referring to attending physician when appropriate and triaging other mental health requests from medical and correctional staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Utilize therapeutic interventions to assist identified inmates during their incarceration
• Coordinate with medical and correctional personnel to provide optimized care
• Render accurate diagnosis or diagnostic impression based on information obtained during initial mental health assessment and subsequent sessions (if license allows)
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and mental status exams
• Develop, with client's assistance, an individualized treatment plan and monitor client's progress utilizing the treatment plan
• Keep up-to-date, concise, and accurate documentation
• Assure prompt and appropriate response in emergency situations
• Incorporate discharge planning techniques into sessions, such as providing outside resources and referrals as needed
• Other duties as assigned by the Corporate Mental Health Director and the On-Site Health Services Administrator
Requirements:
Education, Skills and Competencies
• Master's degree or equivalent in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• Current, valid license in field
• Highly esteemed in moral and ethical character
• Maintains firm boundaries in therapeutic relationships
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients
• Maintains annual continuing education requirements
• Able to utilize a teamwork approach
#IND1
Position Requirements
Education, Skills and Competencies
• Master's degree or equivalent in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• Current, valid license in field
• Highly esteemed in moral and ethical character
• Maintains firm boundaries in therapeutic relationships
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients
• Maintains annual continuing education requirements
• Able to utilize a teamwork approach
Full-Time/Part-Time
Part-Time
Shift
Days
Hourly Rate
Position
Mental Health Professional
Exempt/Non-Exempt
Non-Exempt
Location
Cheatham County
About the Organization
Welcome to Quality Correctional Health Care. We are a physician-owned company exclusively devoted to providing inmate healthcare services in the correctional environment. We have a proven track record devoted exclusively to providing inmate healthcare services in corrections environments. We currently provide healthcare to approximately 12,000 inmates in over sixty jails in six states. We serve facilities that range in size from small 20-bed municipal jails to large, multi-site detention facilities with 1,000 inmates. Our mission is simple yet critical: 'To seamlessly integrate cost effective affordable and quality correctional health care into the corrections environment.' -Johnny Bates, MD, CEO and Founder.
This position is currently accepting applications.
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