Mental Health Clinician III (Staffing Office) - Colorado Mental Health Hospital Fort Logan (Denver)

Clinical Mental Health Clinician III

This position is open to current Colorado residents only. This is on-site only. Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! The Colorado Mental Health Institute in Fort Logan (CMHHFL) is one of two state hospitals serving our community. The vision of CMHHFL is to provide the highest quality mental health services to persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness within the resources available. Our mission is to support those individuals in achieving their recovery goals and reaching their full potential. CMHHIFL provides inpatient treatment to adult patients, generally between the ages of 18-59. The hospital currently has 138 adult inpatient beds and over six treatment milieus serving civil and forensic individuals. Medical services, occupational therapy, neuropsychological-rehabilitation services, and trauma-informed care services are available for all patients throughout the hospital. Through our core values listed below, CMHHFL staff is committed to: Individual dignity and respect, person-centered, evidence-based care, trauma-informed recovery, multidisciplinary collaboration, diversity and inclusion, strong family and community partnerships.

Description of Job

This Position is for the Staffing Office Position. Purpose of this position: The Clinical MHC III is an unlicensed staff member who operates under the supervision of a licensed nurse within Nursing Services. This position is generally responsible for utilizing knowledge, evidence-based research, and interpersonal skills to establish therapeutic rapport and assist in treatment provision. The MHC III is responsible for the provision of psychoeducational treatment groups and assistance with clinical treatment groups. This position will contribute to the creation of group materials, evidence-based treatment interventions, and the establishment of treatment schedules across the hospital. The Clinical MHC III will support the psychology team in the creation, training, and maintenance of support and behavior plans across the hospital. In addition, this position will be responsible for assisting with group assignments, patient movement to and from treatment group locations, documentation, and safety checks throughout off-unit events. The Clinical MHC III may assist with off-campus clinical outings for those in our care and in partnership with other disciplines. This position will work under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist and/or other licensed clinical professional. In order to best support the patients across the hospital, the Clinical MHC III may attend and contribute to various treatment team meetings, including treatment planning and debriefings.

Primary Job Duties:

• Group Intervention: Assess staffing requests from all treatment units, coordinates and assigns internal and external pool staff based on staffing plan and acuity levels. Maintains external pool agency files, including routine auditing to ensure compliance with competencies. Utilizes analytical data to ensure adequate staffing throughout the Hospital by tracking of staffing call-off's and utilization of agency staff. Assists in the creation of supervisory files for Nurse Managers and Nursing Department Leadership. Assists in the procurement of Staffing Office and Treatment Team supplies as needed for daily operations (utilizing a first in/first out system to ensure quality). Ensures equipment and supplies dispensed from department office are charged to appropriate coding string(s). The Clinical MHC III will be responsible for the provision of psychoeducation/didactic group intervention, may assist in clinical group programming, and assist with the facilitation of the assignment and treatment provision process. This requires the position to research best practices, evolving interventions, and create group materials in partnership with the licensed clinician for a variety of group interventions and psychiatric needs. The Clinical MHC III will assist in the creation and execution of a treatment group assignment process for each treatment unit and hospital wide, which will focus on patient specific needs, clinician skill-set, and safety. Treatment intervention may occur in the treatment unit, in the treatment mall, and/or in the community. During the provision of group treatment, the Clinical MHC III is responsible for assessing patient responsivity, appropriateness of materials, and real-time decision making to ensure the intervention is optimally received by those in attendance. This position also shares responsibility in development of treatment schedules, which evolve over time to meet patient needs. Lastly, this position will assist in escorting patients throughout the hospital and possibly into the community in order for them to participate in group treatment.
• Individual Intervention: The Clinical MHC III will be responsible for assisting with the creation of support and behavior plans, which consists of research, consultation, drafting interventions, plan-related documents, assist with training staff members, and assist with refresher training and data collection for plan maintenance. These plans are the responsibility of the licensed psychologist and the Clinical MHC III will work under that supervision to support the process, as opposed to lead the process. There may also be times when an individual intervention is approved by the licensed psychologist to be facilitated by the Clinical MHC III after adequate training is received (i.e., cognitive remediation).
• Documentation: The Clinical MHC III is responsible for documenting all patient contact interactions, including group and individual intervention. Documentation is also required for other clinically relevant interactions, collateral engagement, team meetings, and training or consultations. All documentation is completed in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and should adhere to HIPAA requirements and privacy laws. Documentation is expected to be neutral, unbiased, and based on FAIR charting principles.
• Consultation and Training: The Clinical MHC III is required to support hospital-wide clinical intervention and treatment needs, including via consultation with individual team members, teams, and departments. Similarly, the Clinical MHC III will support training specific to clinically driven individual and group treatment interventions. This position may accompany the licensed clinician overseeing the intervention or may independently lead consultation or training for an aspect of it.
• Other Duties as Assigned Provide specific examples of regular, ongoing decisions made by this position related to this duty: Evaluates what assignments and duties are appropriate for team nursing staff, newly hired employees, and supplemental nursing staff assigned during shifts.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Minimum Qualifications Experience Only: Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position OR Education and Experience: A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position equal to six (6) years. This experience must be clearly documented on your application. Part-time experience will be pro-rated. Substitutions: Additional appropriate experience will substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis. Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree
• 1+ years Knowledge and Experience as Mental Health Care Clinician II at a State of Colorado Mental Health Institute.
• Experience providing therapeutic and related services to mental health patients in a mental health setting
• 1+ years professional inpatient mental health-care experience in a psychiatric locked/secure setting,
• Experience developing and running treatment groups
• Knowledge and experience with Trauma Informed Care and Recovery Principles and practices
• Outpatient mental health experience running groups, case management etc., and
• College or university education in nursing, psychology, sociology, human services, or education.

Highly Desirable Competencies:

• Knowledge of oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge and professional inpatient mental health-care experience
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting departmental and institutional policies and procedures,
• Ability to work with and communicate with internal and external clients and customers to meet their needs in a polite, courteous, and cooperative manner and committed to quality service,
• Ability to perform with a high level of initiative, effort and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently,
• Ability to encourage and facilitate cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity,
• Ability to foster commitment and team spirit.
• Ability to express information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information,
• Ability to listen to others and respond appropriately,
• Ability to problem solve,
• Ability to execute decisions, Integrity, and Accountability
• Medical Staffing experience.

Conditions of employment:

• Standard/full background check and reference check required
• This position requires State of Colorado residency at the time of application (unless otherwise identified in the posting), and residency within the state throughout the duration of employment in this position.
• Motor Vehicle Check, if the employee will drive a state-owned vehicle, either in an on-going capacity while performing their normal day-to-day job duties OR on occasion for training/meetings/client visits/etc.
• Must possess a valid, non-restricted Colorado Driver's License or an non-restricted U.S. Driver's License for positions within 30 miles of the CO state border
• Out-of-State Driver's License holders must obtain a valid, non-restricted Colorado Driver's License within

Colorado Department of Transportation