Under the direction of the Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA), the Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) has an eight-hour responsibility, authority, and accountability for the supervision of the coordination of care for residents, as well acts as a liaison between residents, family, service professionals and other related parties. This includes but is not limited to coordination of services to whomever the resident primarily relates for the coordination of services, programs, and review of resident performance.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
1. Provide person served with a stable therapeutic relationship.
2. Assess person served needs through a comprehensive psychosocial assessment and create discharge plan.
3. Utilize evidence-based interventions.
4. Establish measurable goals in collaboration with person served.
5. Provide and coordinate with the Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) in the delivery of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service Programs.
6. Inform appropriate Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) members of any significant change in the condition of person served.
7. Monitor the person served in areas of self-directed care and overall compliance with the individualized care plan.
8. In coordination with the Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT), the (Q)MHP will provide support and input regarding any person served involved in the self-medication administration program.
9. Ongoing charting is reflective of responses to treatment, new treatment and attendances to treatment programing of person served.
10. Ensure that a complete comprehensive assessment update is conducted annually and incidentally.
11. Participate in quarterly Care Plan Annual Meetings for person served.
12. Provide a tour of the facility and answers for admissions phone inquiries for interested parties when the Admissions Coordinator is not available.
13. Assess needs of person served regarding outside counseling, i.e. AA, counselor, IOP, and connect with appropriate providers.
14. Conduct discharge interview and assessment with appropriate community linkage.
15. Assist person served with job application and interviewing skills.
16. Conduct occasional room searches of person served and assist person served with decluttering/ organization of belongings and appropriate seasonal clothing.
17. Create appropriate behavioral contracts for assistance with safety and rule compliance for person served, including treatment plan goals.
18. Create behavior modification contracts for person served interested in management of things such as money and cigarettes.
19. Lead and create modules for therapeutic groups.
20. Communication is to be conducted through face to face meetings, the Communication Log, email and phone calls.
21. Documentation must be completed in a timely manner according to each specific policy of Abbott House, HIPPA, SMHRF, CARF and any other overseeing regulatory organizations.
22. Connect person served with transportation resources as appropriate (i.e. apply for free/reduced ride cards, educate about obtaining cab coupons, utilizing senior connector bus, assist with use of public transportation, including how to read schedules where to find schedules/stops/stations, etc.)
23. Partner with person served to provide individualized, strengths-based treatment (e.g. assess readiness for change, assess skills and abilities of person served and determine how to utilize these strengths in treatment).
24. Collaborate with outside providers to ensure high-quality continuity of care during stay at AH and upon discharge, if applicable.
25. Provide resources/education to families/other support systems to promote recovery in all relevant systems and obtain and maintain necessary ROIs
26. Facilitate conflict resolution meetings as appropriate to minimize negative impacts of unhealthy relationships, and promote healthy boundaries suitable for recovery practices
27. Empower residents to be active members of their treatment teams and utilize available resources as needed
28. Report and properly document all ideation, expression and instance of aggression, self-harm, SI, HI, etc. to appropriate IDT members to ensure safety of those served, staff, etc.
29. Provide one on one support as needed (model appropriate behavior and communication skills, partner to problem solve, encourage participation in treatment planning and interventions, discuss and develop coping skills, and help person served learn to recognize triggers, etc.).
30. Maintain and update the resident and family email list located on the Google drive.
Benefit Conditions:
- Only full-time employees eligible
This Company Describes Its Culture as:
- Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
- Innovative -- innovative and risk-taking
- Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
- Stable -- traditional, stable, strong processes
- People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
- Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative
Work Remotely
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work setting:
Experience:
- mental health: 1 year (Preferred)
Education:
Work authorization:
Work Location: In person