Lead Clinician

Lead Clinician

The Lead Clinician is responsible for reporting to the Clinical Director to develop and maintain supportive oversight and coordination of clinical services across sites. Developing, implementing and supporting quality initiatives as well as providing supervision to associates including direct care associates and clinical associates. The Lead Clinician maintains a client caseload that may fluctuate depending on the needs of the department.

Job Duties:

1. Provides direct and group clinical supervision to clinicians, interns, direct care associates and other associates as needed.
2. Coordinates with the Clinical Director to explore, evaluate, implement and monitor department initiatives.
3. Monitors and evaluates client and family needs for personal caseload and the caseloads of supervisees.
4. Supports appropriate case load distribution among clinical providers including maintaining a reduced case load that may increase or decrease with the needs of the department.
5. Performs initial and ongoing assessments required by policy and regulation, including those identified based on client need. Utilize assessments as the basis for treatment plan development, implementation and maintenance.
6. Provides behavioral assessment, behavior management consultation, skills training, psychoeducation and other types of consultation within the scope of licensure.
7. Provides individual, group counseling and family counseling, and ensures appropriate discharge planning for each assigned client as indicated in policy and regulatory requirements.
8. Serves as liaison between clients, customers, parents, and other treatment team members to facilitate coordinated casework planning, therapy, and outcomes. Provide customers with any required clinical reviews or reports as necessary for each assigned client.
9. Performs all assigned administrative tasks relating to the intake, treatment and discharge of clients.
10. Collaborates and supports the collaboration of other clinicians with internal and external treatment team members to ensure strong communication related to client treatment needs including consultation with on-site nursing staff, psychiatry and other department directors.
11. Responsible for crisis evaluation, on-call rotations and emergency client safety evaluations as assigned.
12. Other duties as assigned by leadership.

Qualifications:

1. Masters or higher degree in Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, or other related Human Services field.
2. Maine licensed mental health practitioner (LCPC, LCPC Conditional, LCSW, LMSW Conditional (Clinical), Licensed Psychologist, or Licensed Psychological Examiner).
3. Five years of experience providing treatment, crisis intervention or mental health programming preferred with a strong preference for those supporting that work in environments with children, populations with trauma related diagnosis, special behavioral needs populations, cognitive/emotional disability populations, intellectually disabled populations and/or experience with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
4. Two years of experience providing supervision and/or leading teams preferred.
5. Valid state of Maine Driver License.