Mental Health Clinician II- Continuity of Treatment CMHHIP

• Engage with patients to establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship that supports the patients psychiatric recovery and mental health.

• Facilitates certain groups such as educational treatment/activity groups as assigned and scheduled by the Clinical Manager after competency determined

• co-facilitate other groups with appropriate training/education for example Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

• Leads/initiates scheduled alternate programming exercises.

• Assigned to and facilitates patient one to one sessions providing and documenting interventions which assist the patients toward meeting Plan of Care (POC) treatment goals.

• Address and resolve patient issues when possible and refer issues to the patients rights advocate as indicated.

• Escorts patients to activities within treatment areas (Treatment Malls)

• Utilizes therapeutic interventions to manage crises and manage assaultive and disruptive behaviors promptly responds to a patients psychiatric crisis

• Understands and practices knowledge of when to report changes in patient condition or complaints such as pain or other medical needs to the RN

• Maintains awareness of all 1:1 special precautions and medical and psych issues for each patient

• Responds to duress alarm

• Assures all assigned duties are complete and documented

• Demonstrates knowledge of own scope of practice

• Reports all incidents involving the MHC I to the immediate supervisor in the Continuity of Treatment Department

• Adheres to providing coverage in all units/groups/activities as assigned

• Provides milieu management in all treatment areas assigned to

• Develops protocols and curriculum for assigned groups and activities. Facilities/co-facilitates groups and activities on units as assigned and in the treatment malls as assigned.

• Assists in the development of treatment malls

• Recognizes signs and symptoms of patients and reports those that may need additional intervention with the treatment team

• Provides coaching and mentoring to MHC I in co-facilitating activities/groups

• Coaches MHC I on how to develop protocols and curriculum and mentors MCH I in clinical tasks such as observing signs and symptoms of patients who may require additional interventions from unit medical staff

  
  

Accountability:

• Knows utilizes and follows CMHIP standards and guidelines: Treatment Plans Infection Control Manual and Rainbow book and Emergency Guides. Follows and maintains infection control standards and regulations. Adheres to CMHIP Employee Code of Conduct and CMHHPs Organizational Ethics policies

• Follows and complies with all competencies related to the MHC II is aware of and utilizes the chain of command

• Provide safe/secure transport of patients to programming/treatment locations such as yard gym visits administrative conference room staffing/dispo reviews court/community reintegration sites

• Documents in BEHR and Group Tracker for groups/activities MHC II facilitates

• Knows how to access the departments drive on the computer and is expected to utilize it for protocols and curriculum department policies and processes

• Responsible for ensuring all required training is current and up to date per CMHHP policies and procedures

• Reports any claims of any type of harassment/workplace violence alerts public safety/charge RN/Lead Nurse/and nursing appointing authority

• Participate in the Continuity of Treatment Department meetings and assigned unit morning meetings as work schedule allows

• Arrives to work on time; prepared and arrives on time to begin assigned groups/activities clocks in and out for scheduled work hours to prevent any unnecessary unauthorized overtime and follows policies related to use of leave

Communication/Interpersonal Skills/Customer Service:

• Effectively communicates by actively listening and sharing relevant information with co-workers supervisor(s) and customers so as to anticipate problems and ensure the effectiveness of the department

• Adapts communication methods to respond to different audiences to promote a positive environment and Is appropriate in all communications with co-workers and patients

• Receives/seeks out reports regarding awareness of all 1:1 SP II medical and psychiatric issues for each patient assigned to scheduled groups

• Assists in addressing patient complaints at the unit level

• Reports abuse allegations immediately to the charge nurse immediate supervisor and refer to public safety

• Alerts the unit RN on assigned work unit to all exceptions changes in patient status to include suicidal/homicidal ideation need for team intervention. Completes and routes paperwork to appropriate area/person (to include incident reports and injury on the job)

• Corrects and reports any hazardous environmental findings to the Continuity of Treatment Clinical Manager/Director Charge RN and PSP

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Other duties as assigned

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.