Mental Health Professional Part-Time Evening Shift Putnam County
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Job Location:
Cookeville, TN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Summary: The Mental Health Professional is responsible for interviewing inmates who are on suicide watch assessing suicide risk referring to the attending physician when appropriate and triaging other mental health requests from medical and correctional staff.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Utilize therapeutic interventions to assist identified inmates during their incarceration
- Coordinate with medical and correctional personnel to provide optimized care
- Render accurate diagnosis or diagnostic impression based on information obtained during initial mental health assessment and subsequent sessions (if license allows)
- Conduct psychosocial evaluations and mental status exams
- Develop with clients assistance an individualized treatment plan and monitor clients progress utilizing the treatment plan
- Keep up-to-date concise and accurate documentation
- Assure prompt and appropriate response in emergency situations
- Incorporate discharge planning techniques into sessions such as providing outside resources and referrals as needed
- Other duties as assigned by the Corporate Mental Health Director and the On-Site Health Services Administrator
Benefits:
- Malpractice Insurance provided by QCHC
- Matching 401K
- PayActiv for early access to pay
- Referral Program
- EAP Program
- FinFit for Financial Wellness
- Working Advantage Discount Program
- Holiday Pay
Requirements:
- Masters degree or equivalent in Counseling Social Work or related field
- Current valid license in field
- Highly esteemed in moral and ethical character
- Maintains firm boundaries in therapeutic relationships
- Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients
- Maintains annual continuing education requirements
- Able to utilize a teamwork approach
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
About Company
Welcome to Quality Correctional Health Care. We are a physician-owned company exclusively devoted to providing inmate healthcare services in the correctional environment. We have a proven track record devoted exclusively to providing inmate healthcare services in corrections environme ... View more
