Behavioral Health Program Intern - OPTS

OPTS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM INTERN

Bachelors-Level Psychology Position

Employment Type: Part-Time
Department: Behavioral Health / Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Position Summary

The OPTS Behavioral Health Program Intern is a bachelors-level behavioral health professional who works as part of the multidisciplinary treatment team within the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).

The position provides supportive educational rehabilitative case-management and care-coordination services to adult and geriatric psychiatric patients under the supervision of licensed clinical staff. Responsibilities may include assisting with psychoeducational and skills-based groups patient engagement standardized screenings resource coordination documentation and established treatment interventions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Facilitate or co-facilitate approved psychoeducational coping-skills wellness and rehabilitative groups.
• Provide supportive patient contact and monitor participation and behavior.
• Observe and communicate changes in patient behavior mood functioning or participation to licensed clinical staff.
• Assist with standardized screenings assessments case management and care coordination.
• Connect patients with appropriate community social vocational educational housing transportation and behavioral-health resources.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment-team meetings.
• Assist with discharge planning and continuity of care.
• Complete accurate timely and objective documentation.
• Assist licensed staff with crisis support and de-escalation when appropriate.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Scope of Practice

This position works under the direction of the Program Director and licensed clinical staff. The Behavioral Health Program Intern does not independently diagnose provide psychotherapy conduct psychological testing or diagnostic evaluations establish or substantially modify treatment plans determine level of care or make independent clinical risk or disposition decisions. Clinical concerns must be immediately referred to the appropriate licensed clinician.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Psychology Behavioral Science Social Science Human Services or a closely related behavioral-health field .
• Previous experience working with adult or geriatric behavioral-health psychiatric social-service or vulnerable populations preferred.
• Strong communication organization and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively under the supervision of licensed behavioral-health professionals.
• Ability to recognize and communicate changes in patient behavior or functioning.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Current CPR/BLS and MAB PART CPI or other required crisis-management certification or ability to complete within the required probationary period.
• Must complete all required hospital orientation safety confidentiality infection-control and behavioral-health training.
• No professional mental-health license or BBS associate registration is required for this bachelors-level position.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office and behavioral-health patient-care environment. The position requires adherence to hospital safety behavioral-health infection-control and crisis-management procedures.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mission Community Hospital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or genetics. All personal characteristics will be an important component of our employment practices. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all personnel practices including recruitment and selection training promotion transfer corrective action demotion disciplinary action layoff compensation benefits leaves of absence and other conditions of employment.

Required Experience:

Intern