First Episode Psychosis (FEP) Team Lead

New Hires who are Benefit Eligible may qualify for Hiring Bonus if Licensed

Company Mission/ statement:

Our mission is to inspire and empower people to seek and maintain recovery and health. Daymark Recovery Services, Inc. is a mission driven, comprehensive community provider of culturally sensitive mental health and substance abuse services.


Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• 401(k)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Employee Assistant Program
• Referral Bonus Opportunities
• Extensive Internal Training Program

Pay Scale: 57k(provisional)-62k(full Licensure)
Location: Co-located in Forsyth and Stokes Counties.
Summary
FEP Team Lead is responsible for working with an interdisciplinary team, providing clinical and administrative supervision to the team members and services provided. Position requires experience working with persons who have severe and persistent mental illness, understanding of the importance of delivering service as a team and in accordance to program standards for FEP services, ensuring data collection requirements, effective communication skills, demonstrate excellent clinical judgment, adhere to a recovery philosophy of care, and possess excellent leadership skills and management abilities. Position will also complete screening, intake, and ensure clinical needs of clients are being met.

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  Provides clinical treatment to consumers receiving FEP services and complete documentation as needed within required timeframe. Participates in comprehensive clinical assessments, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and on-call coverage.
• Develop and maintain documentation for meetings and huddles.
• Works on interdisciplinary team, provides both administrative and clinical supervision, in conjunction with the team psychiatrist, to team members.
• Maintains supervisory notes on team members.
• Develops and monitors scheduled visits for consumers to ensure services are delivered meeting FEP standard of care.
• Assures all documentation is completed in a timely manner.
• Implements program evaluation to ensure team operates in accordance with FEP standards.
• Ensure data is gathered accurately for reporting requirements.
• Ensures strict compliance with all professional standards, Medicaid and Medicare regulations, agency policies and procedures.
• Ensures team members have the appropriate training to maintain fidelity to FEP standard of care.
• Evaluate the ongoing quality of services provided, as well as the individual performance of team members.
• Facilitates interviews and hiring of team members, ensures quality onboarding of new hires, completes performance evaluations timely, addresses performance issues professionally and timely and in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Monitors expenses and ensures that expenditures are within proposed budget program. Provide input on budget needs.
• Represent Daymark and FEP program in community meetings, serve on committees, councils and various other meetings as needed.
• Other duties assigned by supervisor

Responsibilities of the FEP Team Lead include, but are not limited to, the following:
Units Billed Minimum Requirement: Accountable for ensuring team as a whole meets billing standards per number of persons being served per the FEP standards and needs of the persons served.

Special Attributes: Comprehensive clinical skill set for mental health and substance use populations. Strong time management skills and ability to prioritize responsibilities. Communicate effectively with clients, families, team members, and other professionals. Ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations.


Must have experience with working with persons who have severe and persistent mental disorders

Supervisory Responsibilities: Provide direct supervision to FEP team members.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Highly motivated and resilient professional

• Strong negotiation skills

• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience

• Strong presentation skills

• Proven relationship-building and management skills

• Strong clinical decision-making skills

• Preceptor and teaching experience helpful

• Strong critical-thinking/problem-solving skills

• Proven conflict management/resolution skills

• High professional ethics and standards

• Ability to positively lead change and gain results

• Ability to lead effectively

• Ability to balance economic, business and operational factors with clinical care responsibilities

• Strong team player and team building skills; ability to collaborate with all levels and areas

Education and/or Experience: Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or related field, from an accredited college or university. Three to five years of clinical practice experience preferred. Prefer 2 or more years of supervisory and management experience.

Certificates, License, Registration: Must be Licensed or Certified in Area of Practice: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Psychological Associate, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Practicing Psychologist, Registered Nurse and/or licensed or certified in a related human services field.