Mental Health Specialist-QMHA (Full Time) (Bend)

Mental Health Specialist-QMHA (Full Time) (Bend)

12 Jul 2024
Oregon, Bend 00000 Bend USA

Mental Health Specialist-QMHA (Full Time) (Bend)

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Founded in 1965, Telecare is a rapidly growing mental health care company dedicated to making a difference for our clients, the community, and our employees. We offer an array of mental health services to adults with serious mental illness. We partner with public sector entities and behavioral health organizations and have over 130 programs and over 4,000 employees across the country. And we're growing all the time! When you work at Telecare, you help to empower thousands of individuals every day in their journeys of recovery.

Telecare is proud to have been recognized by The Bay Area Business Times as the 9th Best Place To Work In the Bay Area for 2020! This is the 18th time we have made the list!

Deschutes Recovery Center is a Secure Residential Treatment Facility (SRTF) serving 16 individuals with mental illness, ages, 18+, who are transitioning from the State Hospital or other secure facilities to a community-based program.

Employment Status: Full-Time .8

Shift: PM, 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Days: Wednesday - Saturday

POSITION SUMMARY

The QMHA provides care that responds to the physical and psychological needs of members served. The QMHA provides direct and indirect services according to individual service plans and Medicaid standards.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

High school diploma or G.E.D and three (3 years of experience in a psychiatric mental health setting or BA/BS with one (1) year experience in mental health setting

Must be credentialed as a QMHA in the state of Oregon

Must be at least 18 years of age

Must be CPR, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), and First Aid certified on date of employment or within 60 days of employment and maintain current certification throughout employment

All opportunities at Telecare are contingent upon successful completion and receipt of acceptable results of the applicable post-offer physical examination, 2-step PPD test for tuberculosis, acceptable criminal background clearances, excluded party sanctions, and degree or license verification. Position requires driving, valid driver’s license, a motor vehicle clearance and proof of auto insurance is required at time of employment and must be maintained throughout employment. Additional regulatory, contractual or local requirements may apply

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with the internal and external stakeholders

Provides safe, effective, and efficient implementation of direct care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of care

Complies with Medicaid standards in the provision of care including following a treatment plan to provide skills training, activity therapies, and psychiatric support

Documents interventions according to program and Medicaid standards at intervals established by program leadership

Provides crisis intervention

Gathers and summarizes clinical data for use in assessments

Participates in treatment team meetings

Establishes, maintains, and co-facilitates a therapeutic relationship with members served; acts as a role model by maintaining a hopeful and positive attitude and problem solving and coping with mental illness

Attends and participates in community meetings and groups

Facilitates groups within scope of practice

Charts and observes client behavior

Documents client activities of daily living, response to interventions, and significant behavior changes as appropriate

Admits and discharges members served as assigned; including completing associated documentation

Assists members served with hygienic care

Provides client monitoring including, but not limited to, rounds, seclusion and restraint supervision and smoke breaks

Assists in client outings, which may include driving

Practices body substance precautions at all times

Must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at the discretion of management.

Position requires transporting Members in program van (acceptable driving)

SKILLS

Knowledge of basic psychiatric rehabilitation interventions

Good communication skills

Ability to use problem-solving techniques

Ability to interview members served to determine client needs

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to sit, bend, squat, kneel, crawl, twist, push, pull and lift and carry items weighing 50 pounds or less as well as to frequently walk, stand, twist, reach and to do simple and power grasping. The position requires manual deviation, repetitive and dexterity and be exposed to uneven walking ground as well as Hazardous Exposure (Blood Borne Pathogens, Hospital Waste, Chemical & Infectious).

EOE AA M/F/V/Disability

To apply to this full time, benefits eligible position, please use the following link: https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/TEL1006/JobBoard/2fcbb6f4-e717-17cb-9327-3dd87a55b08d/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=b0be66f4-f499-4c97-9a65-de7606085f49

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Job Details

  • ID
    JC4310648
  • State
  • City
  • Full-time
  • Salary
    N/A
  • Hiring Company
    Oregon
  • Date
    2020-07-07
  • Deadline
    2020-09-05
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