Location: New York,NY, USA
About our client:
Our client, a nonprofit, provides a spectrum of treatments for opioids and other substance abuse disorders.
Job Summary:
Major Duties:
• Interviews clinical candidates for hire.
• Facilitates bi-weekly groups for clients in the Live-out phase, following completion of residential treatment until graduation.
• Documents and implements clinical supervision and weekly interdisciplinary staff meetings.
• Administrative Supervision of clinical discharges
• Reviews and signs off on all treatment plans, treatment plan reviews, and discharge planning documentation.
• Implements and ensures compliance with all clinical policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Oversees compliance with all referent communication and HRA STARS verification and reporting.
• Leads 820 utilization review process through coordination and collaboration with UR Specialists.
• Responsible for adjudicating client issues, including processing grievances and appeals of administrative discharges.
• Ensures that staff maintains accurate and confidential clinical records that comply with external monitoring agency standards and internal policy and procedures.
• Prepares all proposals and reports as needed.
• Assumes responsibility for program operations in the absence of the Divisional Director.
• Provides and implements formal orientation plans to newly hired direct subordinate staff.
• Conduct regular clinical and administrative meetings with staff.
• Prepares written annual evaluations on staff under their Supervision. Review evaluations of all clinical staff members.
• Represents the organization during OASAS, CARF, and other in-house audits.
• Balances weekly petty cash budget and manages Metrocards.
• Instruct clinical staff on writing group notes, treatment plans, summaries, and reviews.
• Selects and creates curriculum for substance use counseling.
• Audits clinical charts for compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Develops and supervises tracking system to monitor in-house counselor tasks for quality improvement.
• Supervises undergraduate and graduate students' fieldwork.
• Oversees client systems including client orientation, structure.
• Provides ongoing training for clinical staff and participates in agency trainings.
• Leads clinical quality improvement activities in collaboration with Divisional Director.
• Works with NIDA Clinical Trials Network, when applicable
• Assigns client cases to staff.
• Facilitates weekly staff meeting.
• Fills in for other staff who are on leave.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
• This position will require availability as needed including on call responsibilities.
Requirements:
Qualification – Educational and Professional Experience
Our client offers excellent benefits including: