Essential Functions
- Conducts appropriate on-site patient intake assessments in a timely and thorough manner utilizing validated screening and diagnostic tools.
- Develops appropriate plan of care for each patient admitted and updates as necessary in a timely manner.
- Conducts ongoing risk assessments on each patient, updating patient’s care plan when necessary.
- Assesses patient’s learning needs, identifies learning style and barriers to learning and assesses the patient’s readiness to learn.
- Conducts ongoing behavioral health counseling (individual and /or group) for each patient admitted, demonstrating medical necessity in ongoing documentation.
- Provides referrals for outpatient testing and therapy when appropriate.
- Identifies patient’s preferred learning style and barriers to learning and assesses each patient’s readiness to learn.
- Identifies situations when including family and other outside contacts into patient’s treatment is indicated.
- Collaborates with other school and healthcare professionals as required, including Nurse Manager and Sr. Mental Health Therapist.
- Works with school staff to develop classroom sessions and staff development aimed at enhancing knowledge of behavioral health issues across the school community.
- Educates school staff on signs and symptoms of behavioral health disturbance including impact of trauma and other risk factors and availability of school-based resources.
- Works with classroom staff to develop concrete classroom behavior management strategies to support students in self-regulation efforts.
- Maintains appropriate behavioral health information in each patient’s medical record to comply with insurance and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Secures and updates appropriate insurance authorizations to allow therapist to conduct patient’s treatment.
- Continuously monitors medical necessity for treatment and discharges patient in a timely fashion when appropriate.
- Maintains communication with patient families and guardians and provides appropriate information on case management, and referrals, if necessary, upon discharge.
- Makes him/herself available to assist school staff to plan for, evaluate and manage emergency and crisis situations.
- Maintains appropriate licensure and secures ongoing professional education to enhance knowledge and performance.
Statement of Other Duties:
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands).
Organizational Expectations
Behavioral Attributes: The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement, motivation, concern for order, flexibility, initiative, self-confidence, customer service oriented, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking and information seeking.
