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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Hiring Range:

$64,646.40 - $99,652.80

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours:

9a- 5p

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 7.5 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

37.5

Cost Center:

71000 - 0553 Outpatient Mental Health

Union:

SEIU Local 509 Community Health Link

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Outpatient Substance Use Treatment is a growing specialty service within the Adult Outpatient services at Community Healthlink. Services include outpatient treatment, medication-assisted treatment, the MISSION medication-assisted treatment program, and second offender aftercare. Staff include clinicians, recovery coaches, nurses, advanced practice nurses, and psychiatrists.

The Community Healthlink Adult Outpatient Counseling Centers are integrated primary and behavioral health care clinics that provide services to a diverse adult client population. Our priority population is individuals with severe and/or persistent mental health and/or substance use conditions. The provider team consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, social workers, mental health counselors, recovery coaches, registered nurses, primary care clinicians, and medical assistants. The Centers work closely with referral sources such as the Department of Mental Health, local hospitals with inpatient psychiatric programs, Community Healthlink programs, MassHealth/managed care companies, and health centers.

Responsibilities:

Provides outpatient diagnostic evaluations and psychotherapeutic treatment services to adults in individual, family, couple, and group therapy; provides consultation and educational services to community groups and agencies in a manner which respects diversity.

 

Provides direct clinical treatment to adults as represented in the caseload through:

• Diagnostic evaluations, reassessments , progress notes, screenings, and outcome measures

• Crisis/emergency assessment and intervention

• Treatment planning and reviews

• Individual, group, couple, and family therapy

• Discharge planning

Additional Duties:

• Participates as a member of the treatment team

• Participates in interdisciplinary diagnostic treatment and planning conferences

• Consults with area schools, doctors, individuals, and other social service agencies, insurance providers and hospital networks regarding clients, client services, and case management

• Maintains client records and administrative records consistent with CHL policy and applicable standards

• Maintains unit productivity standard consistent with collective bargaining agreement

• Participates in supervision as scheduled

• Attends administrative staff meetings as required

• Participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives

• Attends in-service education, clinical supervision, and professional meetings as required

• If Clinician IV may provide clinical supervision of staff

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