CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN II - Mental Health Hospitals at Fort Logan
CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN II - Mental Health Hospitals at Fort Logan
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Department Information
- This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies within G-Wing.
About Fort LoganColorado Mental Health Hospital in Fort Logan (CMHHFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex serious and persistent mental health illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHHFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients generally between the ages of 18-49. The hospital has 94 adult inpatient beds over four treatment units and opened an additional 44 beds (two units) in December 2022 with one unit currently occupied the other unit awaiting occupancy. These two forensic units will be dedicated to providing psychiatric stabilization and restoration treatment to individuals opined incompetent to proceed as a result of their mental illness. Medical servicesoccupational therapy neuropsychological-rehabilitation services and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital.
Through our core values CMHHFL staff is committed to:
Individual dignity and respect
Person-centered evidence-based care
Trauma informed recovery
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Diversity and inclusion
Strong family and community partnerships
Each treatment unit provides psychiatric treatment services to adult clients through the use of a Milieu Treatment Program based on models of milieu therapy and group therapy. The focus of treatment is ongoing assessment and interventions designed to assist individual clients to resolve the specific problems that brought them to the hospital and to return them to the least restrictive environment in the community. Approaches are strength-based trauma-informed and recovery-oriented enabling patients to learn more effective coping and living skills in order to function more effectively in the community upon discharge from the hospital. The psychiatric care and treatment modalities include milieu management group therapy activity therapy health education and medication management with the goal of providing a consistent and safe environment for clients and to assist them with the amelioration of presenting problems and symptoms and improve problem-solving and coping skills.
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Description of Job
- About this Position:
The Clinical MHC II is an unlicensed staff member who operates under the supervision of a licensed clinician within Clinical Services. This position is generally responsible for utilizing knowledge evidence-based research and interpersonal skills to establish therapeutic rapport and assist in treatment provision. The MHC II is responsible for assisting with court hearings visitation individual competency restoration programming under supervision and the provision of psychoeducational treatment groups and assistance with clinical treatment groups. The Clinical MHC II will support the Clinical Services team in the maintenance of support and behavior plans across the hospital. In addition this position will be responsible for assisting with group assignments patient movement to and from treatment group locations documentation and safety checks throughout off-unit events. The Clinical MHC II may assist with off-campus clinical outings for those in our care and in partnership with other disciplines. To best support the patients across the hospital the Clinical MHC II may attend and contribute to various treatment team meetings including treatment planning and debriefings. The Clinical MHC II may also partner with members of the treatment team to carry out treatment plan interventions participate in treatment plan review meetings collaborate in discharge planning and carry out other duties as determined to be important in an individuals care at Fort Logan. Duties may include:
Individual Intervention- Responsible for assisting with patient visitation and court hearings.
- Provides general team support through the MHC referral process. Will help with providing individual competency interventions under the supervision of a licensed clinician.
- Assist in the maintenance of behavior plans which consist of research consultation drafting interventions and adding plan-related documents. These plans are the responsibility of the licensed clinician and the Clinical MHC II will work under that supervision and direction to support the process as opposed to leading the process.
- There may also be times when an individual intervention is approved by the licensed clinician to be facilitated by the Clinical MHC II after adequate training is received (i.e. cognitive remediation).
- Responsible for providing psychoeducation/didactic group intervention may assist in clinical group programming and assist with the facilitation of the assignment and treatment provision process.
- Under supervision they may assist in researching the best practices evolving interventions and creating group materials in partnership with the licensed clinician for a variety of group interventions and psychiatric needs.
- Assists in the creation and execution of a treatment group assignment process for each treatment unit and hospital-wide which will focus on patient-specific needs clinician skill set and safety. Treatment intervention may occur in the forensic units in the treatment mall and/or in the community.
- During the provision of group treatment the Clinical MHC II is responsible for assessing patient responsivity appropriateness of materials and real-time decision-making to ensure the intervention is optimally received by those in attendance.
- Shares responsibility for developing treatment schedules which evolve to meet patient needs. Lastly this position will assist in escorting patients throughout the hospital and possibly into the community for them to participate in group treatment.
- Responsible for documenting all patient contact interactions including individual and group interventions. Documentation is also required for other clinically relevant interactions collateral engagement team meetings and consultations.
- All documentation is completed in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and should adhere to HIPAA requirements and privacy laws. Documentation is expected to be neutral unbiased and based on FAIR charting principles.
- Requires support for hospital-wide clinical intervention and treatment needs including via consultation with individual team members teams and departments.
- Supports clinical staff for training specific to clinically driven individual and group treatment interventions. This position will collaborate with the licensed clinician overseeing the intervention.
- Other duties as assigned include hospital-wide ad hoc activities milieu support etc.
Minimum Qualifications Substitutions Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications
Experience Only:
Four (4) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position
OR
Education and Experience:
A combination of related education in Behavioral Health related degree and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position equal to four (4) years
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1 years of Knowledge and Experience as a Mental Health Care Clinician II at the State of Colorado Mental Health Institute.
- 1 years of professional inpatient mental health-care experience in a psychiatric locked/secure setting working with patients who may become verbally or physically abusive.
- Experience developing and running treatment groups
- Knowledge and experience with Trauma Informed Care and Recovery Principles and practices
- Outpatient mental health experience running groups case management
- Case management and/or social work experience forensic or inpatient experience or competency restoration experience preferred
Conditions of employment:- Full Background check and reference check required
- Shift Work may work days evenings or nights
- Essential Services Designation Required to report without delay or interruption to provide essential or emergencyservices to ensure health safety and welfare
- Must possess a valid unrestricted U.S. Drivers License
- Due to the juvenile population served at the MHI facilities incumbents of this position must be at least 21 years of age
- May be exposed to bodily fluids or caustic chemicals
- 2-step TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hires
- Annual influenza vaccination
Other vaccinations as required by the State of Colorado - Travel: May travel to attend training court hearings get patients to appointment (s) and other related activities
- Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must:
Disclose that information on the application.
Provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position.
Provide the employee number from the applicants prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
APPEALRIGHTS:If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email () postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street 4th Floor Denver CO 80203) or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the departments action.
For more information about the appeals process the official appeal form and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at ; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1 State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Directors Administrative Procedures Chapter 8 Resolution of Appeals and Disputes atunder Rules.
Supplemental Information
For additional recruiting questions please contact Jeru Marshall:
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference consider joining the dedicated people of theColorado Department of Human Services(CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high-quality human and health services that improve the safety independence and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work we offer:
Strong secure yet flexible retirement benefits including aPERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Planplus 401(k) and 457 plans
Employer supplementedHealth Savings Account
Paid life insurance
Short- and long-term disability coverage
11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
Excellent work-life programs such as flexible schedules training and more
Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
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We believe in a people-first approach:To serve the people of Colorado we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized inspired and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.
Balance creates quality of life:We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility health and wellness and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable:We take responsibility through our actions programs and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters:We are open and honest with employees our partners the Coloradans we serve and the public.
We are ethical:We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together:We work together with all partners employees and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment including completing the application process interviewing completing any pre-employment testing participating in the employee selection process and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator Nancy Schmelzer at or call 1-.
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