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Are you a compassionate and skilled mental health clinician looking for a flexible role that truly supports your work-life balance? Our Adult PNMI Residential Facility is seeking a Part-Time Mental Health Clinician to join our dedicated team. This unique position offers the best of both worlds: meaningful, on-site client engagement combined with the convenience of remote work for documentation.
We believe that exceptional care is best delivered when our clinicians are supported, not burned out. That’s why we’ve designed this hybrid role to allow you to focus on what you do best—helping clients—without the rigid demands of a traditional schedule.
What You’ll Do:
Your primary role is to provide compassionate, strengths-based, and trauma-informed care to our residents. You will be on-site 2 to 3 days per week to build strong therapeutic relationships and provide direct support.
SCHEDULE:• Part-time, flexible schedule. Most Holidays and Weekends off.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Completes timely biopsychosocial assessments of individuals admitted to the PNMI
Collaboratively develops treatment plans and monitors progress of goals.
Responsible for coordination of care with internal/external providers and naturals supports.
Provides clinical supervision and training to PNMI direct care staff.
Creates and implements comprehensive discharge/aftercare plan for each individual.
Ensures proper releases and service agreements are acquired.
Ensure documentation is timely and reflects medical necessity.
Attends treatment team and service planning meetings when requested.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
ON-SITE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conducting individual and group therapy sessions.
Engaging with residents in a supportive, therapeutic environment.
Collaborating with the on-site residential team to ensure seamless client care.
on-site team meetings biweekly
REMOTE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Completing all clinical documentation, including progress notes, treatment plans and Comprehensive Assessments.
Participating in virtual group supervision weekly
Coordinating with external providers as needed.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Respond to clients, family and colleagues in a sensitive and respectful manner.
Recognize signs of increasing clinical or situational risk and of escalating behavior and utilize de-escalation and safety implementation techniques effectively.
Assess variables underlying stressful situations, discern methods to diffuse or contain them and quickly implement the most effective intervention.
Apply current knowledge of the population’s needs, area resources and policy requirements to supervision and intervention while continually expanding clinical and resource knowledge base.
Provide crisis evaluations and develop/implement short-term treatment plans that are creative and specific to client needs and promote health and growth with the goal of reintegration into the community.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, peers and the community.
Manage multi-task situations and conflicting demands, cope with stressful situations, prioritize projects and responsibilities, and meet critical deadlines.
EDUCATION:
Master's degree in clinical discipline.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
LCSW, LMSW-CC, LCPC, or LCPC-c.
Valid state driver's license at the time of hire.
EXPERIENCE:
Two (2) years post bachelor's experience in a mental health setting required.
Must be able to read, write, and speak English fluently.
