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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours:

9am, 5pm

Shift:

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

Hours:

37.5

Cost Center:

71000 - 0646 North Village

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 16,000 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.

Responsibilities:

1. Maintains standards of service consistent with DPH (Department of Public Health), Health Care Quality Administration and Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services licensing regulations, contractual obligations, payer requirements, and Council on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities standards.

2. Works closely with a multidisciplinary staff to provide integrated primary and behavioral health services to adults with acute and chronic behavioral health conditions.

3. Works closely with administrative staff to provide excellent customer service.

4. Provides direct supervision to staff and interns.

5. Liaisons with the Department of Mental Health area office, area hospitals, and Community Healthlink programs.

Standard Management Level Responsibilities:

1. Directs and supervises assigned personnel including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training. Makes recommendations on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities.

2. Develops and recommends the budgets for the areas managed. Manages activities to assure financial goals are met.

3. Coordinates the assignment of tasks and helps resolve technical and operational problems. Evaluates the impact of solutions to ensure goals are achieved.

4. Provides effective direction, guidance, and leadership over the staff for effective teamwork and motivation and fosters the effective integration of efforts with system-wide initiatives.

5. Encourages and supports diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, respect, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1. Master’s degree in clinical social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy or a doctoral degree in psychology..

2. Independent licensure in behavioral health in Massachusetts: Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Work, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Preferred:

N/A

Experience/Skills:

Required:

1. Five years’ post-graduate degree experience providing direct clinical services, supervision, and management.

2. Excellent written and oral communication skills.

3. Ability to…

a. write in a variety of formats.

b. write reports and correspondence.

c. speak effectively before groups.

d. multitask.

e. use office equipment, including copy machines, computers, printers, telephones, and four drawer vertical filing cabinets.

f. organize complex tasks and meet deadlines.

4. Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Publisher.

Preferred:

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be main