Qualified Mental Health Professional

Position Summary:

Full-time QMHPs are primarily responsible for the delivery of behavioral health client services to people struggling namely with substance use or mental health disorders. This position also requires completion of timely quality documentation including, but not limited to; development of the Individual Service Plan (ISP), psychosocial assessment, screening, daily notes, and weekly reviews, etc., and a portion of said services will be delivered via telehealth technology. QMHP will assist in delivering Outpatient services (Level 1) and Intensive Outpatient services (Level 2). QMHP's will attend interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, monitor treatment throughout the client's care, and establish parameters for discharge planning. QMHP's are responsible for crisis intervention and de-escalation of situations to ensure safety to all. This includes assessment of crisis situations to determine severity and making recommendations to both inter-agency and external direct care staff to insure consistency and appropriateness of staff responses to issues.

Essential Job Functions:

• Utilize counseling and psychotherapy to evaluate, diagnose and treat substance use disorders, emotional & mental problems, and conditions, whether cognitive, behavioral, or affective.
• Assess need and make decisions regarding the delivery of the appropriate individual, group and/or family counseling.
• Conduct interviews and make assessments of potential clients to determine need and appropriateness for program participation and referrals.
• Awareness of Medicaid and other insurance stipulations to gain approvals to provide billable services.
• Respond in a timely fashion to the sometime unpredictable and urgent schedule of clients' or community partners presenting needs for QMHP services.
• Analyze situations and take necessary actions to provide crisis intervention. Interpreting and implementing WestCare procedures regarding crisis intervention as appropriate.
• Provide direct counseling services to clients.
• Monitor and assess client behavior.
• Create Individual Treatment/Service Plans.
• Responsibilities include building up programming and referral sources with the Intensive Outpatient program,
• Report to immediate supervisor any unusual incidents that should be brought to the attention of the Program Director(s), Director of Operations, or regulatory agencies.
• Participate in decision to refer clients for ancillary services, i.e., family support groups, continuing care groups, etc.
• Complete documentation required in the WestCare Client Data System Electronic Health Care Record for clinical records and other reports as assigned.
• Utilize and become proficient in telehealth equipment, respectively, for telehealth service delivery.
• Attend all interdisciplinary treatment team meetings and establish parameters for discharge planning when requested.
• Follow all WestCare policies and procedures.
• This position will be stationed daily at the WestCare office in Pahrump Nevada. A travel stipend is available for candidates who are required commute over seventy miles roundtrip to Pahrump for work.
• Requires regular and consistent attendance to ensure continuity of counseling services to clients.
• Embrace and embody the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision, and goals of WestCare Foundation.
• All other duties as assigned.

Certifications/Licenses:

• Current, active & in good standing clinical license in the State of Nevada
• Preference: Holds a current certification as a counselor for alcohol, drug, family or related services from the State of Nevada Board of Examiners for Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Counselors
• Ability to pass first level and NABS background clearance.

During your tenure with WestCare there may be new requirements, including, but not limited to vaccinations that are issued by local, State, Federal, and/or Funders that WestCare may have to comply with. Should this occur Human Resources or appropriate personnel will inform you.

Education:

• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, childhood education, education counseling and/or similar course of study.

Experience and Competencies:

• Maintain the highest ethical and professional standard as to clients and employees.
• Ability to avoid all dual relationships with clients (any personal, financial, business, social, social media, sexual relationship, or other activity outside the context of the traditional therapist-patient relationship).
• Meet all state and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines in provision of client services.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• High level of initiative.
• Ability to lead and be part of the team.

Working Conditions:

• Indoor and outdoor settings.
• Group and/or individual counseling sessions.
• Direct contact with clients of all ages and levels of functioning.
• Fast paced environment.
• Potential for high noise level at times.
• Completion of job duties may require working before and after normal working hours.

Essential Physical and Mental Demands of the Job

The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or

without accommodation:

Physical Demands:

• Requires mobility and physical activity: Having an adequate range of body motion and mobility to work in an office, residential, or outdoor environment including standing and walking (even and uneven surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to thirty pounds. Use of computer and telephone systems is required which includes coordination of eye and hand, and fine manipulation by the hands (typing, writing, and working with files).
• Requires the ability to defend oneself and clients in physically abusive situations using approved physical de-escalation techniques.
• Requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Talking is required to impart oral information to other employees, clients, patients, and the public, and in those activities in which the employee is required to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Requires hearing: Hearing is required to receive and communicate detailed information through oral communication.
• Requires seeing: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and at distance. This factor is required to complete paperwork for many of the employee's essential job functions and to observe client behavior and activities in and out of the facility.

• The normal work routine involves no exposure to human blood, body fluids or tissues. However, exposure or potential exposure may be required as a condition of employment. Appropriate personal protective equipment will be readily available to every employee.

Mental Demands:

• Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions.
• Requires the ability to work and cooperate with clients, co-workers, managers, the public and employees at all levels to exchange ideas, information, instructions, and opinions.
• Requires the ability to work under stress and in emotionally charged settings.
• The ability to defend oneself and clients in mentally/verbally abusive situations using approved mental/verbal de-escalation techniques.