Responsible for providing short-term psychotherapeutic services including individual, marital, family and group treatment.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Coordinates and conducts outpatient ECT intakes. Documents succinctly and accurately presenting problems, history of onset and progression of psychiatric features, co-occurring features, relevant medical history, developmental history, current treatment. Identify, document and provide a plan to mitigate specific safety concerns.

2. Gather collateral information from treatment providers and supports as needed. Coordinate with external treatment providers current status. Document all interactions and information succinctly and accurately.

3 Coordinate and collaborate with ECT nursing regarding clinical and medical aspects of patient care. Establish and review treatment discharge recommendations

4. Provides clear, accurate and concise reporting on patient symptoms, presentation, medical concerns, medication and collateral/family report to both psychiatric/medical providers and nursing. Actively participates and provides accurate clinical feedback during caseload supervision and departmental meetings.

5. Demonstrates understanding of patient concerns, dynamics, defenses, and maladaptive thinking, attitudes, behaviors, coping styles. Applies appropriate interventions based upon evidenced based, best practices Assesses/monitors patient progress. Demonstrates knowledge of family, cultural, social, religious factors impacting treatment.

6. Collaborates with department managers to develop and implement both quality and performance improvement initiatives for the department. Actively participates in program development initiatives. Actively participates in departmental and cross-departmental meetings.

7: Completes all documentation accurately and in the timeframe determined by the department. Completes departmental approved patient screenings and reports out patient outcomes and progression. Documentation reflects patient treatment objectives and plan of care. Completes and maintains required analytics for program and patient treatment.

8.Conducts consistent follow up with patients. Assists with necessary care management needs to ensure desired treatment outcomes.

9. Complies with Department Business/Administrative requirements. Maintains confidentiality of patient & medical record. Completes schedules, statistics, re-certification information. Maintains accurate & timely record of insurance/managed care data and other such functions. Meets designated productivity standards. Participates in outreach and marketing efforts such as public speaking, participating in local community meetings and initiatives.

10. Coordinates inpatient ECT transfer requests from other facilities with crisis and the inpatient behavioral health unit.

11. Provides direct clinical care and support to inpatient medically admitted patients as part of the Consult Liaison Psychiatry Team. Will provide short-term focused therapy and clinical interventions in coordination with psychiatry, medical and nursing teams. Will conduct initial psychiatric interviews for medically admitted patients at the direction of the psychiatric consult service.

Other Tasks Which May be Required: As assigned and discussed by the department, cross departmental coverage

Required:

1. Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology.

2. Previous clinical or counseling experience.

Preferred:

1. LCSW, LSW or LAC, LPC license.

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ

• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ

• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ

• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ

• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ

• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ

• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ

• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice

• Atlantic Mobile Health

• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years

• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare

• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare

• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review

• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP

• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine

• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets

• NJ Sustainable Business

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.

We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020.

Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ.

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.