Clinical Counselor Social Worker

Sign-On Bonus Available

Relocation Assistance Available

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials

Minimum Offer

$ 28.32/hr.

Maximum Offer

$ 42.48/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: SRMC 911 BH Mobile Crisis – SRMC

FTE: 1.00 | Full Time | Shift: Days

Provide, oversee, and/or administer a wide range of psychosocial evaluation/assessment, diagnostic, counseling therapy, crisis intervention, and/or case management services in a high‑intensity clinical environment which requires a high degree of independent decision‑making and program administration. Lead and train lower‑level counselors/social workers, students, and/or interns engaged in related therapeutic/patient care activities, as appropriate to the individual position. Ensure adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures.

Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

• Follow patient safety‑related policies, procedures and protocols.
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in‑services, meetings and workshops.
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning existing policies and processes.
• Provide counseling, therapy, and/or psychotherapy to clients and families as appropriate.
• Consult with other therapists and related professional and paraprofessional staff; refer clients to appropriate service agencies as required.
• Refer clients to appropriate social service agencies for financial assistance and other required services; may visit patients and families in their homes to provide counseling and outreach services.
• Perform various administrative functions such as monitoring expenditures and preparing reports and correspondence; may participate in a variety of research projects to develop service plans and propose changes to program policies and procedures.
• Provide formal teaching, consultation, and in‑service training to relevant professionals in immediate proper handling of and/or referral of a variety of matters.
• Provide clinical supervision to lower‑level therapists and/or graduate social work students/interns, as appropriate, and/or consulting services to other patient care professionals.
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner.
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand.
• Prepare treatment plans, discharge plans, and follow‑up care programs.
• Provide and/or arrange for therapeutic interventions to include but not limited to emergency services and crisis intervention for individuals with serious emotional or behavioral disturbances.
• Follow up to determine reliability of treatment used; change method and degree of therapy when appropriate.
• Promote and use best practices in treatment; may include specialized training.
• Meet published departmental expectations for client access and productivity.
• Consult with other legal and treatment agencies and individuals in relation to patient/client records, rights, and responsibilities.
• Prepare related timely documentation for civil commitment hearings or other legal proceedings.

• Essential: Master’s Degree;
  Specialization in a related discipline.

• Essential: 3 years directly related experience with documented experience in age‑appropriate environment.
• Non‑essential: Bilingual in any of the following languages:
  English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo.

• Essential: LPCC/CMHC or LCSW or LMFT in New Mexico.

Light Work:
Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or may require staying seated most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls;

and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of the materials is negligible.

• Essential: Chemical and bio‑hazardous materials requiring PPE;
  Credentialed by UNMH Credentialing Committee;
  Tuberculosis testing completed upon hire and as required.