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

The Community Healthlink Adult Outpatient Counseling Centersare 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 inservice education clinical supervision and professional meetings as required

• If Clinician IV may provide clinical supervision of staff

As aSubstance Addiction Services Clinician

• Attend all trainings required consistent with Bureau of Substance Addiction Services regulations

Open Access Clinician

• Participate as a member of the Open Access team

• Provide urgent care initial assessments routine followup care and work with individuals to engage them in their treatment

• Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism tolerance civility and acceptance toward all employees patients and visitors.

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