What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Behavioral Health Professional position at FSL Programs?
Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary
The Lead Behavioral Health Professional is an independently licensed mental health professional with responsibility for providing clinical supervision for the Assisted Group Living Department and the Adult Behavioral Health Therapeutic (ABHTH) program. The Lead Behavioral Health Professional also provides clinical services within the Department to the behavioral health and co-occurring clients including treatment planning, clinical behavioral health interventions, individual and group counseling, client screenings and intake assessments as well as discharge planning to a caseload of 10 to 20 clients.
Under the direct supervision of the AGL Administrator, this position is responsible for supervision of the Clinical Program Managers, Clinical Support Specialist, and ABHTH Program Manager monitoring quality of service provision and advocacy for needed services. This is a professional position which provides clinical supervision to associate level behavioral health professionals including clinical behavioral health interventions, documentation, and training to ensure compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements. This position is classified as Safety Sensitive.
This position has supervisory direct reports who oversees 3-5 direct reports.
Essential Functions :
of Time
Supervision
Working in partnership with senior leadership, develops strategic alignment plan for facilities and providers in support of FSL’s strategic plan. With a focus on supervision, mission, culture, best practices and continuous improvement, performs the following :
- Manages and provides supervision to licensed Clinical Program Managers.
- Provides Clinical Supervision to clinical staff in obtaining independent licensure that meets the requirements of the AZBBHE.
- Oversees the provision of clinical services and regulatory standards of the Outpatient Treatment Center license as the Collaborating Healthcare Institution for the ABHTH program.
- Provides oversight of clinical services to the ABHTFC program participants and AGL participants as needed and clinically indicated.
- Responsible for the provision of quality counseling services in the programs.
- Oversees the provision of clinical oversight for BHT’s by the Clinical Program Managers within licensing guidelines.
- Provides leadership for the training and education of staff.
- Oversees and participates in the admission, discharge planning and placement processes of clients in AGL and ABHTH programs.
- Participates in external meetings as necessary to represent the department, including funder-facilitated meetings.
- Represent FSL in stakeholder and funder relationships, with the goal of being a Provider of Choice.
- Provides training, consultation and support to families and other caregivers as needed.
- Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
- Oversees the development and growth of department staff.
- Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.
- Ensures compliance with all federal, state, local, and other applicable regulatory and / or program requirements to include audit readiness.
Care Delivery
Delivers high-quality patient care and serves as a role model in maintaining standards of client care by carrying out the following duties :
Quality, Compliance & Continuous Improvement
Miscellaneous
Requirements
Education / Experience / Credentials / Knowledge / Understanding
Skills
Abilities
Have passion for our mission
Working Conditions and Physical Demands :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
