What are the responsibilities and job description for the Child/Adolescent Presriber position at Mental Health Association, Inc.?
The Mental Health Association is seeking a Child / Adolescent Prescriber for our outpatient clinic. The role will be up to 8 hours per week, evenings / weekends are necessary with flexible hours to meet the needs of the program.
The Prescriber will be responsible for the provision of medication management services for individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, who are enrolled in MHA's Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic, BestLife. Responsibilities include the provision of psychiatric evaluation and ongoing treatment of those referred. Will participate in case review as indicated and case consultation as necessary, as well as participation in the program’s quality assurance program.
Essential Functions / Position Responsibilities :
- Collaborate to implement program-related psychiatric and operational practices, policies, and procedures. Ensure and establish priorities for effective implementation to achieve positive service outcomes.
- Ensuring the thorough completion of all required psychiatric evaluations and medication management plans.
- Providing guidance, support, and consultation to clinical staff. Actively participate in all licensing and accreditation processes.
- Serve as a liaison to relevant service systems, state agencies, and community partners as needed. Create and maintain open and effective lines of communication in an effort to meet contract standards and promote the mission of MHA within the community. Establish and maintain relationships with local, state, federal, and private agencies and organizations to promote programs and to identify and secure potential new alliances, partnerships, and funding sources.
- Pursue activities to enhance personal and professional growth. Attend conferences, and classes, address groups, and represent the agency. Attend / participate in statewide meetings, task forces, committees, etc. relating to area of expertise.
- Promote and integrate agency mission, values, philosophy, and principles.
- Perform other similar duties as assigned by the Medical Director.
Requirements :
Physical Demands and Work Environment :
While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee is required to speak and hear. They may sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, and bend over. Occasionally may reach overhead. The employee must grasp, push, pull, and move objects not exceeding 20 lbs. Vision abilities required by this job include visual inspection, visual perception, eye / hand coordination, ability to see and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids. Hear and understand speech at normal indoor and outdoor levels, and on the telephone.
Work is normally performed in a typical interior / office work environment with typical office noise and other disruptions or in a participant’s residence. The job requires occasional driving to programs to work with participants and staff.
About Mental Health Association, Inc. :
What We DoMHA (Mental Health Association) helps people live their best life. We provide access to therapies for emotional health and wellness; services for substance use recovery, developmental disabilities and acquired brain injury; services for housing and residential programming, and more. With respect, integrity and compassion, MHA provides each individual served through person-driven programming to foster independence, community engagement, wellness and recovery. Why It Matters The youth, adults, seniors and families we serve want the same things in life as anyone : to have friends, work, go to school, have meaningful relationships, express themselves (and be heard), and be accepted in their community for who they are. With our help and resources from a caring community, people can live their potential, in their community, every day. How We ThinkStarting in the 1960s, MHA’s groundbreaking efforts and advocacy helped to transition people away from institutional living to a life in our community. This became a model for the deinstitutionalization movement. Today, our leadership continues to advance awareness of mental health conditions and needs at local, regional and national levels. We drive compassionate care for those challenged by mental health, developmental disabilities, substance use, homelessness, acquired brain injury and more.
