CLINICAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Birmingham, Alabama
Responsibilities
Clinical Program Coordinator Opportunity
Hill Crest Behavioral Health is an acute care, 194 bed inpatient psychiatric facility located in Birmingham, AL, providing mental health services for adolescents and adults.
Hill Crest Behavioral Health offers comprehensive benefits for the Mental Health Tech (MHT) position, such as:
What do our current Clinical Program Coordinators value at UHS?
An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Clinical Program Coordinator is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for leadership development as a Clinical Program Coordinator with UHS. Supportive and responsive leadership. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
Qualifications
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
The following description covers the most significant duties performed, but does not exclude other work assignments not mentioned.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Clinical Program Coordinator Opportunity
Hill Crest Behavioral Health is an acute care, 194 bed inpatient psychiatric facility located in Birmingham, AL, providing mental health services for adolescents and adults.
Hill Crest Behavioral Health offers comprehensive benefits for the Mental Health Tech (MHT) position, such as:
- Challenging and rewarding work environment
- Competitive Compensation
- Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
- www.hillcrestbhs.com
What do our current Clinical Program Coordinators value at UHS?
An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Clinical Program Coordinator is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for leadership development as a Clinical Program Coordinator with UHS. Supportive and responsive leadership. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
Qualifications
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Graduate from an approved college or university with a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychiatric Nursing or closely related field.
- Current license or eligibility for license as a LMSW, LICSW, LPC, ALC, MSN, or J.D. in the State of Alabama required.
- Minimum 2 years demonstrated excellence in counseling and social work
- Ability to manage clinical programs and milieu
DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
The following description covers the most significant duties performed, but does not exclude other work assignments not mentioned.
- Serve as a role model for quality patient care and support an environment conducive to professional growth.
- In collaboration with the Risk Manager and Nurse Manager investigate critical incidents and complaints from patients, personnel, other departments, and inform Director of Clinical Services - Acute.
- Assure a therapeutic and safe environment, patients' rights, the nursing process, safety, and patients' participation in their care.
- Plan, develop, and coordinate the needs of the program with other disciplines, activities, and programs.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the total program and make recommendations and changes as indicated.
- Assure unit is clean and neat, and maintenance upkeep is conducted. Reports any problems in this area to the Director of Plant Operations .as needed.
- Utilize the Nurse Manager or Director of Nursing as a resource to address nursing issues and concerns.
- Report staff that do not show Service Excellence to their supervisor.
- Meet with the Director of Clinical Services - Acute and residents/patients to assess program needs and allow feedback.
- Initiates and complete admission screening, discharge, and aftercare planning. Demonstrate an adequate knowledge base of growth, development, abnormal psychology, and forencics.
- Consistently demonstrate competence in day-to-day scheduling of duties by completing tasks on time with little assistance from others as required.
- Provide direct care; utilize appropriate knowledge and skills in providing treatment to patients/residents and their families.
- Complete psycho-social assessments per policy and procedure.
- Complete groups as assigned and individual and family therapy as indicated. Document accurately and precisely in a timely manner and per P/Ps.
- Participate in treatment and provide necessary documentation, make changes and update Treatment plan per P/Ps.
- Coordinate and document placement and discharge planning.
- Attend all mandatory employee in-services as scheduled and remain certified in Handle with Care, Verbal De-escalation, and CPR.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to walk for long periods of time
- Ability to work long hours
- Ability to work indoors or outdoors in direct sunlight
- Ability to remain continuously alert and focused
- Ability to write (completing documentation)
- Ability to effectively communicate
- Ability to see (sufficient to supervise patients, read charts and instructions, handwritten and typewritten material)
- Ability to hear (sufficient to supervise patients)
- Ability to detect potential or actual safety hazards (sufficient to detect smoke, chemicals, or other environmental threats)
- Ability to stand up from the floor
- Ability to stoop and bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist
- Ability to reach and lift approximately 15 pounds above head level
- Ability to perform physical aspects of CPR and maintain active certification CPI at all times
- Ability to perform all physical techniques and maneuvers in CPI
- Ability to physically restrain a patient (maneuvering patients according to CPI technique into a controlled position and holding them for extended periods of time
- Sufficient flexibility and dexterity to be able to move quickly (to prevent harm, to stop harm that is occurring, to avoid being hit by punches or kicks, etc.)
- Capability of performing sustained physical exertion (struggling to control a combative patient for extended periods of time may sustain significantly increased heart rate and respiration throughout that time with no rest period available)
- Ability to kneel for long periods of time
Created: 2024-08-22
Reference: 272426
Country: United States
State: Alabama
City: Birmingham
ZIP: 35218
About UHS
Founded in: 1979
Number of Employees: 89000
Website: https://uhs.com/
Career site: https://jobs.uhs.com/careers/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uhs
Similar jobs:
-
Crimson Scholars Program Coordinator - 524662
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama💸 $44200 per year -
PROGRAM COORDINATOR II
UAB NOVA RENT in Birmingham, Alabama💸 $18.35 - $29.80 per hour -
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor - Renewable Contract (Masters Entry into the Nursing Profession Program Coordinator) - 523725
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama -
Elementary Curriculum & 21st Century After School Program Coordinator
Alabama State Department of Education in ** County School System, Alabama -
PROGRAM COORDINATOR II
UAB NOVA RENT in Birmingham, Alabama💸 $18.35 - $29.80 per hour -
Supplemental Instruction Program Coordinator - 524547
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama💸 $44200 per year -
Dietitian (Facility Program MOVE Coordinator) Temporary Promotion
Veterans Health Administration in Tuscaloosa, Alabama -
Program Coordinator II - Pastoral Care - AM (003)
UAB NOVA RENT in Birmingham, Alabama💸 $18.35 - $29.80 per hour -
PROGRAM COORDINATOR II (MONTGOMERY, AL)
UAB NOVA RENT in Montgomery, Alabama💸 $18.35 - $20.20 per hour -
UNIT PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Air Education and Training Command in Maxwell AFB, Alabama -
Training Program Coordinator (Security Assistance)
U.S. Army Security Assistance Command in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama -
ACTIVITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Air Education and Training Command in Maxwell AFB, Alabama -
Community Based Partnerships Program Coordinator - 524581
University of Alabama in Alabama, Alabama💸 $44200 per year -
Child Nutrition Program Coordinator/Director
Alabama State Department of Education in Cullman, Alabama💸 $63682 - $117656 per year -
PROGRAM COORDINATOR II
UAB NOVA RENT in Birmingham, Alabama💸 $18.35 - $29.80 per hour -
Supervisory Program Analyst (Recovery Coordinator)
Small Business Administration in Birmingham, Alabama