Supervisor of Clinical Therapy BHWC Inpatient Weekends

Schedule: Sat & Sun 12:00pm-8:30pm (average 16 hours per week)

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A Brief Overview
Performs a variety of clinical supervisory functions including leading and coordinating the daily clinical operational activities of the unit and personnel functions. Ensures the delivery of quality patient care by holding staff accountable to established patient care and regulatory standards. Interprets policies and procedure to clinical and paraprofessional staff and patients/families. Builds maintains and supports a culture that fosters effective working relationships within a safe working environment. Supports the unit by providing quality psychotherapy and education to children and families and conducts clinical assessments when needed. Diagnose and treat patients independently. Establishes and maintains professional working relationships with hospital staff physicians community agencies and professionals. Provides professional presentations interviews and services that enhance the organizations visibility and reputation in the community.

Essential Functions

• CLINICAL OPERATIONS- Leads and supervises the daily clinical operational activities of the unit to ensure that quality care is delivered efficiently to include:
  • Managing patient flow in coordination with other supervisors and team members
  • Overseeing the delivery of patient care and coordinating admissions discharges transfers and responding to unforeseen events adjusting patient assignments as needed.
  • Effectively problem solves to maximize resources to maintain patient flow quality patient care and open communication between healthcare team members/departments
  • Ensures clinical documentation is completed in a timely manner
  • Follows up with own staff floating to other areas at least once during the shift. Ensures staff floating into unit are supported clinically introduced/welcomed as part of the team and assigned a buddy.
  • Works collaboratively with Manager and other unit leaders in meeting staffing challenges taking accountability for impact of staffing decisions in own unit.
  • Ensures that staff has the supplies equipment information and resources needed to provide quality patient care in a safe work environment.
  • Provides effective training on skills and changes within the industry to new and current employees
  • Remains current on skills and training. Serve as a clinical expert.
  • Plays integral role in planning for current and future clinical needs and resources
• PEOPLE LEADERSHIP- Supervises clinical and paraprofessional staff including but not limited to recruitment hiring merit recommendations promotions transfers schedules disciplinary action performance evaluation (introductory and annual) orientation and development. This includes day to day performance through ongoing assessment and coaching to achieve goals.
  • Supports retention of staff using professional techniques consistent with Childrens philosophy. Evaluates candidates for selection and provide feedback to manager using targeted selection processes. Oversees the on-boarding process for new employees.
  • Meets with new staff and preceptors bi-weekly to assess and coach for progress and to manage variables influencing progress (patient assignments didactic access etc). Responsible for gathering and delivering feedback on a regular basis. Ensures educational and competency requirements are met.
  • Supports leadership team in development of staff members by providing substantive feedback. Collaborates with leadership team when performance issues require formal performance improvement counseling. Delivers performance feedback. Knows strengths and capabilities of each staff member and the implications for training needs scheduling.
  • Recognizes and rewards staff with public and private recognition. Provides in the moment coaching direction and leadership for staff as necessary.
  • Role models clinical practices to meet identified standards. Escalates issues beyond own decision-making authority to department manager for guidance and/or resolution.
  • Works collaboratively with the leadership team and staff members in assuring a patient/family focused environment. Evaluates care provides clinical problem solving and ensures customer satisfaction. Ensures department activities and records are in adherence to Childrens Hospital & Medical Center and other regulatory agency standards.
• COMMUNICATION- Maintains an environment of trust fairness consistency and confidentiality with team members and with internal and external customers.
  • Listens and seeks clarification through the rounding process. Completes rounding and uses findings to develop solutions to identified issues within scope of accountability.
  • Represents needs and interests of direct reports to all levels of the leadership structure. Communicates effectively orally and in writing.
  • Takes the imitative to communicate proactively and follows up on issues.
• QUALITY COMPLIANCE and SAFETY- Supports the delivery of quality patient care by holding staff accountable to established patient care and regulatory standards. Interprets policies and procedure to nursing staff and patients/families.
  • Makes changes in clinical assignments based on patient care needs and demonstrated staff competencies.
  • Promotes a safe therapeutic customer-friendly environment. Responds promptly to patient family and staff concerns seeking to bring issues to resolution. Provides feedback to patient care team regarding issues.
  • Demonstrates clinical knowledge needed to coach staff on day-to-day activities. Pursues continuous learning to gain additional knowledge in area of clinical specialty.
  • Interacts effectively with members of the health care team to monitor and achieve quality patient outcomes.
  • Exercises problem solving skills to optimize patient flow while maintaining quality patient care. Collaborates with healthcare team regarding bed management to ensure appropriate patient placement based on clinical needs. Outpatient/procedural: Measures and contributes to improvement in patient access cycle times and patient wait times.
  • Implements area specific policies and practice guidelines in accordance with Childrens policy and regulatory standards using standardized tools and instruments.
  • Holds self and others accountable for behaviors that are drivers of quality improvement. Completes audits of practice as defined by unit/organizational quality plan.
  • Identifies facilitates and participates in Quality Improvement projects that enhance patient care organizational outcomes and/or patient satisfaction.
  • Supports development and implementation of protocols for practice based on evidence
  • Educates staff and monitors compliance of staff in cohort; elevates non-compliance issues.
  • Collects data on trials for new products and provides in the moment education on new product implementation.
• BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS and SERVICE- Builds maintains and supports a culture that fosters effective working relationships within a safe working environment.
  • Manages conflict within scope of responsibility. Identify service recovery strategies that preserve individual dignity. Knows and is articulate about area performance against service standards. Holds others accountable for behaviors that drive service improvement and excellence.
  • Utilizes the problem solving model to independently and innovatively resolve patient problems and follows through to implement solutions.
  • Monitors service behaviors of cohort coaching for consistency amongst all staff. Responds to and manages customer service issues that arise in day to day work. Rounds on patients and families daily. Proactively intervenes to address and/or prevent customer service issues. Brings to leadership identification of policy issues that impact customer service.
  • Assists to complete investigation of variance reports or other customer service issues at the direction of the manager. Identifies customer service issues other departments may have that affect safe accurate timely provision of patient care and efficient use of human and other resources.
  • Supports unit Area Action Council by attending team meeting regularly. Supports other Clinical Supervisors in work they are trying to accomplish

Education Qualifications

• Masters Degree from an accredited college or university in social work counseling or related field Required

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in behavioral health settings Required and
• Experience with children and adolescents in a behavioral health setting Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure and be able to perform under stressful conditions when confronted with multiple requests demonstrating prioritizing skills.
• Knowledge of psychological principles child and adolescent development inter-relational dynamics individual and group behavior and behavior modification techniques.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively with patients and families physicians and other clinical professionals to gather and exchange patient information.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in providing age-appropriate care to children adolescents adults and families.

Licenses and Certifications

• Current and valid Independent Mental Health Practitioner Nebraska license or state of Nebraska eligible Upon Hire Required
• Current and valid licensure as a psychologist in the state of Nebraska or state of Nebraska eligible Upon Hire Required
• Non-Violent Intervention training Upon Hire Required
• BLS - Basic Life Support Current and valid Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (Behavioral Health & Wellness Center only) Upon Hire Required

Childrens is an equal opportunity employer embracing and valuing the unique strengths and differences of people. We cultivate an inclusive environment of respect and trust where we all belong. We do not discriminate based on race ethnicity age gender identity religion disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

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