Clinical Coordinator
Taos, New Mexico
Clinical Services – Counseling & Therapy /
Full-Time / Part-Time /
Hybrid
TeamBuilders is a community-based behavioral health organization with a vision to provide unconditional care to adults, children and families. TeamBuilders’ commitment also translates to its employees and their families. TeamBuilders truly promotes work-life balance and creativity. TeamBuilders encourages employees to pursue their passions, participate in educational opportunities, and enjoy the work they do. TeamBuilders offers supervision and training opportunities to all its staff. TeamBuilders also sets high expectations for achieving excellence in service to the community. The pursuit of excellence is fundamental to employee success and growth within the organization.
Under the direct supervision of the Clinical Supervisor or Clinical Director, and in close coordination with program directors, managers and coordinators, the Clinical Coordinator provides clinical support and related administration and coordination duties for assigned programs/catchment area. Additionally, the Clinical Coordinator conducts psychosocial assessments, treatment/service planning, crisis response intervention and stabilization, individual, group and family therapy, and staff training/support as assigned.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Know and respond to Agency philosophy, policies, and Standards of
Conduct.
2. Understand and comply with all Agency contracts and State regulations
including, but not limited to, diagnostic, functional, and treatment criteria
(EPSDT)for specialty behavioral health services.
3. Works closely with program managers, coordinators, staff, therapists, and collateral professionals to ensure clinical needs of clients are being met. Supports program staff in crisis response and clinical decision making in close consultation with Clinical Supervisor.
4. Provides clinical activities including psychosocial assessments,
treatment/service plan development, safety plan development, crisis
assessments, therapy services, treatment reviews, staff training/support,
and clinical program development as assigned. Completes
documentation of activities in accordance with agency policy.
5. Responsible for providing clinical support to intake, triage, and pre-
admission procedures for all referrals in assigned catchment
area/programs. Ensures new clients are linked in a timely manner to
proper resources and agency services.
6. Provides and documents clinical oversight to ongoing assessment,
treatment planning, monthly/quarterly review, and service delivery
process. Reviews case documentation regularly to ensure quality of care
and compliance with program model and all applicable regulations.
7. Ensures proper discharge and after care planning for all clients in
assigned catchment area/programs. Completes documentation of
activities in accordance with agency policy.
8. Responsible for staff recruitment, interviewing, and training as directed.
9. Ensures that all staff in assigned catchment area/programs meets
program and agency training requirements. Identifies ongoing training
needs for staff. Develops/conducts training as indicated and/or assigned.
10. Completes logs and training sign-in sheets for all clinical support
conducted.
11. Meets with staff and Program Manager/Coordinator to monitor client
outcomes and CQI initiatives as they pertain to program operations and
clinical care of clients.
12. Responds to critical incidents immediately, provides clinical support and follow-up, and ensures timely, accurate reporting of incidents in
accordance with agency policy.
13. Participates in community outreach on behalf of the program, customer
service to referring entities, management meetings/retreats, clinical
seminars, and trainings as assigned.
14. Maintains a commitment to evidenced based practice and participates in meetings/consultation groups as assigned.
15. Maintains knowledge of and compliance with all policies impacting service delivery (ii.e., CYFD, BHSD, DOH, COA, managed care guidelines,
Medicaid regulations, etc.).
16. Upholds applicable Code of Ethics (e.g. NASW, ACA, APA).
17. Is on-call 24 hours per day, seven (7) days per week with other
professionals as designated by the Agency for clients and program staff.
18. Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Masters, Doctorate, or Medical Degree from an accredited college or
university in Social Work, Guidance and Counseling, Psychology, Psychiatry,
Psychiatric Nursing, or related health field, plus any combination or graduate studies in the above areas.
2. New Mexico Licensure in one or more of the following: LMSW, LMHC, LAMFT.
3. Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a licensed clinician working with SED/NBD children or SMI/SUD adults.
4. Ability to develop, organize, plan, and document clinical services; and ability to supervise clinical personnel.
5. Ability to maintain professional standards of conduct and effective working relationships with clients, parents, regulatory agencies, and other
professionals.
6. Must be computer literate in order to effectively maintain compliance with BHSD Standards and requirements for use of computerized client
assessments, data systems, etc.
7. Must have and maintain current, valid NM Driver’s License. Must also have and maintain clean driving record, as well as auto insurance.
8. Bi-lingual/Bi-cultural preferred (English/Spanish).
$32 - $36 an hour
Pay-for-performance (P4P) with Program Support allocation for clinical coordination duties. Pay rate is Depending on Experience (DOE).
TeamBuilders is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.