Licensed Intake Clinician

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Job Description:

Position Summary

The Ohana Licensed Intake Clinician reports to the Intake Manager and is responsible for supporting children and adolescent patients and their families who present to Ohana with complex psychiatric and social problems. The Intake Clinician supports patient access across all levels of care at Ohana, including referral coordination, intake operations, intake assessments, and appropriate follow up for Ohana patients and their families. The Intake Clinician ensures each patient and family experiences a seamless, compassionate, and efficient admission process, from first contact into entry into care, including triaging patients to the appropriate level of care, and conducting closed loop communication across departments and with referents.

In addition, the Intake Clinician will maintain strong relationships with referral partners, hospital departments, and community providers to ensure coordination and access. They will serve as a liaison between Ohana and external referral networks to ensure consistency in communication and follow-up. The Intake Clinician will support the care of psychiatric patients through the care continuum of psychiatric clinical programs including but not limited to crisis services, Safe Harbor urgent care program, adolescent residential program, partial hospitalization program, and the intensive outpatient program.

The Intake Clinician will attend treatment team meetings and clinical rounds and work closely with therapists, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health staff as needed for collaboration. The Intake Clinician will fulfil other necessary tasks as needed to support patient care at Ohana as assigned by the leadership team.

Important dimensions of this position include a commitment to continuous learning, innovation, quality of care, outcomes measurement, professionalism, and collaboration.

Candidates must have strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, flexibility, curiosity, dedication, and humility. All team members have the mission of Ohana at the forefront of every decision and engage in a culture of continuous learning and hard work. Team members maintain an unwavering commitment to family-centered care and delivering quality outcomes. 

Experience

Must have a minimum of 3 years' experience working with children, adolescents, or families and knowledge of the local and regional resources that are available to our patient population. Care Coordination experience preferred.

Education

Master's degree in Clinical Social Work, Clinical Counseling, Clinical Psychology or Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy is required.

Licensure/Certifications

Licensure with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an LCSW or LMFT is required. American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification required. Will complete organization provided de-escalation training. Will complete mandatory 5150 training by Monterey County to obtain 5150 certification. Live Scan fingerprint clearance required by the Department of Healthcare Services is a job requirement.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Assigned Work Hours:

During Ohana open business hours. Hours are 8am-7pm during the week and weekend hours are 8am-5pm.

Position Type:

Regular

Pay Range (based on years of applicable experience):

$55.36

to

$74.04

The hours employees work determine when a shift differential is paid.

Hourly Evening Shift Differential: $4.03Hourly Night Shift Differential: $6.05