Qualified Mental Health Professional (QP)- Psychiatry & Mental Wellness Clinic

JOB SUMMARY:

The QMHP provides ongoing support, group facilitation, and therapeutic interventions throughout the patient’s course of treatment in the Intensive and Partial Hospital Outpatient Programs. The QMHP is vital to the development and implementation of group skills training, supportive patient interventions as defined in treatment team, patient safety plans, discharge planning, and other programmatic needs that support the success of the patient.  The QMHP provides documentation of patient services in the Electronic Medical Record and participates in the ongoing utilization review process acquiring patient authorizations.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support patient in completing patient measures, orientation, and ongoing crisis safety planning throughout course of treatment. 
• Participate in the behavioral treatment plan development of patient goals and ongoing reviews as indicated by patient and physician, overseen by program supervisor.
• Attend treatment team to provide QMHP perspective, treatment planning, and team interventions specific to patient needs.
• Provide educational interventions and supportive counseling within group settings while managing a therapeutic milieu, appropriate for adult population.
• Implement interventions as clinically appropriate to support the patient throughout duration of program.
• Provide ongoing supportive counseling and/or other recovery-oriented services as needed throughout the course of patient treatment.
• Ensure patient’s aftercare needs are met by development and coordination of discharge planning.
• Participate in ongoing utilization review tasks as needed in authorization of services.
• Documentation of services in patient Electronic Medical Record.
• Other program-oriented tasks will be required as needed such as ordering supplies, completing daily attendance sheets, etc.   

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties the Qualified Mental Health Professional may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Skills

Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

• Decision Making

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

• Interpersonal Skills

Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

• Organizational Values

Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

SPECIFIED SKILLS

• COMPUTER
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE
  • Spanish speaking skills preferred, but not required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Not Applicable.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree in a field other than human services and has four years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree accumulated mh/dd/sa experience with the population served, or a substance abuse professional who has four years of full-time, post-bachelor’s degree accumulated supervised experience in alcohol and drug abuse counseling.

REQUIRED LICENSES: None

SCHEDULE:

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.

POSITION COMPENSATION:

$23.65/hour, full time + full benefits available

At MAHEC, we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.

All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.

MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.

MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.

If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to AskTalent@mahec.net for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.