At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.
You Belong at MonarchYou deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find at Monarch. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.
Job Highlights:Knowledge of DSM 5/ICD10 nomenclature, psychotherapy, psychodynamics, therapeutic techniques, interviewing skills, addictions, family and group theories.
Experience working with children and adults in a behavioral health capacity.
Experience treating substance use disorder or a dually diagnosed population preferred.
Senior Therapist, Outpatient must have one of the following qualifications:
LCSW
LCMHC
LMFT
This Opportunity:The Senior Therapist for Behavioral Health is primarily responsible for supervising, planning, coordinating, providing leadership, and directing the administrative and clinical activities for assign outpatient therapists. This position is responsible for the clinical oversight, structure and supervision of programs, which include but are not limited to individual and group psychotherapy services. They work collaboratively with the Practice Administrator to optimize overall clinic operations.What You'll Do:• Provide effective oversight, direction, and clinical and administrative supervision to outpatient therapist team, associate level licensed professionals.
• Responsible for hiring, discipline, firing, and performance appraisals where appropriate.
• Responsible for implementing systems and monitoring those system to ensure clinical and administrative duties for assigned therapists are completed effectively, accurately, at a high quality, and within agency-specified timeliness. Duties include, but are not limited to overseeing processes such as timesheets, payables, billing, clinical supervision, staff education, Human Resources (HR) processes, triage, emergency services delivery and clinical documentation;
• Reviews productivity targets with all clinicians and assists clinician to achieve productivity targets.
• Coordinates with the Director of Psychotherapy to identify training, continuing education opportunities, implementation and use of evidence-based practices, and quality assurance activities for the clinical team.
• Coordinates with the Director of Psychotherapy to ensure clinical competency of therapists including documentation standards, audits of charts and peer review process.
• Conducts clinical team meetings with clinical staff to present new cases for assignment and treatment planning, and ongoing cases for additional input.
• Supports people (and clinicians) in crisis management, facilitates safety planning while working closely with psychiatrists, supervises client transitions to hospitals where needed.
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy to individuals of all ages using person-centered philosophies and best practices in all service delivery.
• Maintain necessary medical records in compliance with state, federal, and agency guidelines.
• Assist individuals and families in meeting other psychosocial needs by referring them to appropriate outside agencies (such as doctors, social services, and Christian Ministries) and providing information needed within the guidelines of confidentiality standards.
• Provide coverage or back-up for Emergency Services during clinical hours and on-call coverage after hours and on weekends as needed.
• Maintain positive working relationships within the communities served, including with individuals, families, staff, monitoring and licensing agencies, organizations, funding resources, and other human service agencies.
• Prepare and submit required or requested reports, documents, assessments, evaluations and paperwork.
• Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.
• Maintain licensure as required by licensing board and attend educational trainings/seminars to remain up-to-date on current best practices.
• Complete all other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.
Monarch offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity.
Monarch does not accept paper applications. Any person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch job search or selection process, should contact HR@MonarchNC.org or call (704) 986-1550.
This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed. You will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a supervisor. This job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch.