Mental Health Specialist

1 day ago

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States CorrHealth Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Mental Health Professional to join our team at CorrHealth. The successful candidate will provide mental health services to inmates or clients, ensuring an optimal level of care and significant achievements in therapeutic outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

✓ Conduct intakes, evaluations, and/or assessments for inmates referred by security, healthcare, or community staff, and make referrals to nursing services based on reported symptoms by patients.
✓ Identify mental health symptoms and treatment needs, including special housing or watch, and make recommendations to healthcare unit and security staff.
✓ Coordinate closely with MD, Prescriber, Psychiatrist, and other necessary staff to ensure evaluation/care of patients.
✓ Identify, recommend, and conduct non-pharmacological treatments when appropriate and/or applicable.
✓ Provide mental health crisis and suicide intervention and management for the facility.
✓ Provide clinical supervision and treatment plans for inmates on caseload.
✓ Monitor conditions and treatment needs of special inmate population.
✓ Provide staff training in relevant mental health issues.
✓ Attend regular treatment team multidisciplinary meetings, classification meetings, or other required administrative meetings, as well as participating in CQI and/or QA studies and group sessions.
✓ Provide treatment services in all areas of the facility.
✓ Provide consultation to security and healthcare staff regarding patient behavior, safety concerns, or other mental health concerns.
✓ Able to provide linkage and/or discharge planning services when necessary/appropriate.
✓ Document services and encounters appropriately and accurately, provide accessibility of notes for staff, and ensure transfer of information by maintaining organized and legible notes.
✓ When applicable, participate in treatment programming and planning discussions of problem cases, follow-up and monitoring of medication, and general psychiatric input.
✓ When applicable, initiate involuntary hospitalization for those inmates who need to be transferred to outside mental health facilities; generate appropriate paperwork relevant to the hospitalization.

Requirements

✓ Master's level education in a related field (MA Clinical Psych, MA Counseling, MA Social Work, etc.).
✓ Licensing in the field may be required dependent on position (LCPC, LPCC, LPC, LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LMFT, LAC, LSW).
✓ Correctional mental health experience is preferred.

Competencies

✓ Clear and effective verbal and written communication with all coworkers, supervisors, jail administration, and patients.
✓ Excellent verbal and written comprehension.
✓ Excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities.
✓ Excellent organizational skills.
✓ Ability to use a computer and use/learn a variety of software, including site-specific computer programs.
✓ Must demonstrate ability to appropriately and safely use standard medical equipment.
✓ Ability to respect the dignity and confidentiality of inmates.

Employment Requirements

✓ Must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc. for this position.
✓ Must have current CPR/BLS certification.
✓ Must have current TB test (taken within one year).
✓ Must adhere to all facility policies and procedures as well as the policies and procedures listed in the Employee Handbook.
✓ Willing to assist coworkers in the job duties and work overtime if required; may act as a resource to other coworkers.
✓ Maintains confidentiality, dignity, and security of health records and protected health information in compliance with HIPAA requirements.

Security Requirements

✓ Must be able to pass a background check and pre-employment drug test (as applicable).
✓ Must obtain and maintain security clearance with the client/facility as a requisite for initial and/or continued employment.
✓ Must undergo security training and orientation on facility safety policies and procedures.

Physical/Mental Requirements

This position routinely requires (but is not limited to) the following:
✓ Ability to both remain stationary and move/traverse throughout the facility, including up and down flights of stairs.
✓ Ability to position oneself in different spaces.
✓ Ability to convey and discern information in a conversation, frequently communicate with patients; must be able to exchange accurate information.
✓ Ability to identify and detect objects and assess situations from a variety of distances.
✓ Ability to stay calm in stressful and demanding situations.
✓ Frequently transports objects up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

Work is performed inside a correctional facility. Employees are exposed to some level of risk and/or harm by inmates including exposure to blood borne pathogens. Employee is expected to work in accordance with all security rules and regulations to minimize the risk of danger and/or harm to themselves or other employees.

Other

Employee must comply with all current and future State, Federal, and Local laws and regulations, court orders, Administrative Directives and standards and policies and procedures of the site where assigned, including those of professional organizations such as ACA, NCCHC, etc. Employee must treat every other member of the CorrHealth team, all correctional personnel, all inmates and third parties in the facility with the proper dignity and respect. Actions or communications that are inappropriate or degrading will not be tolerated.

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