Ndee Bah Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor/Clinician

WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION: NDEE BAH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL SUPERVISOR/CLINICIAN

CLASSIFICATION CODE: EXEMPT FULL TIME

DEPARTMENT: NDEE BAH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

REPORTS TO: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED HEALTH

STATEMENT OF JOB: The Ndee Bah Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor provides direct clinical supervision to behavioral health professionals, technicians, and paraprofessionals in the areas of assessment, appropriate level of care recommendations and treatment interventions. The Ndee Bah Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor, in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Integrated Health, implements direct care services and provides oversight across different service settings, ensuring appropriate care is being provided in accordance with program contracts and requirements. Responsibilities include analyzing outpatient service needs, establishing clinical practice policy, managing, coordinating, and facilitating agency adult outpatient programs in the White Mountain Apache Tribe under the authority of Apache Behavioral Health Services. This position will provide behavioral health care primarily to clients undergoing dialysis treatment at the Ndee Bah Dialysis center and will work closely with the client’s care team to integrate their physical and behavioral health services. Provides direct counseling services.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provide ongoing clinical and technical supervision; review application of clinical skills, provide coaching where necessary, identify areas of improvement, and make recommendations for remediation in consultation with the Clinical Director.
2. Ensure staff compliance with clinical training and supervision requirements.
3. Assess professional capabilities of behavioral health provider staff to provide behavioral/mental health and assessment services to clients as directed and provide performance evaluations in compliance with Apache Behavioral Health Services standards.
4. Review and sign off on all clinical documents required and in compliance with applicable licensure, legal and funding requirements.
5. Collaborate with behavioral health provider staff in de-escalation of client contacts that warrant supervisory intervention (through coaching of behavioral health provider staff and/or contact with client).
6. Provides direct clinical services as necessary to maintain service levels during high volume surges, staffing shortages, and/or when otherwise needed to maintain service levels. 
7. Work with program leadership to ensure efficient dissemination of all policy and program changes and assist with implementation of new programs.
8. Coordinate and manage regular communications with internal and external partners relevant to program if applicable.
9. Recommend program design modifications as needed to ensure program supports innovations in mental health. 
10. Work in collaboration with Billing and Quality Management Departments under the direction of the Clinical Director to implement behavioral/mental health Quality Assurance processes as required for providing behavioral health services, and in compliance with applicable licensure, legal and funding requirements.
11. Ability to address a variety of diverse spiritual, emotional, and social needs in multiple environments of an often-high-risk population, using a trauma-informed care approach while maintaining a high degree of professionalism and cultural awareness.
12. Abide by all applicable policies, procedur