POSITION SUMMARY
Addiction Counselors will deliver care throughout Wellbridge and are responsible for the day-to-day counseling and case management requirements of a licensed inpatient medically supervised stabilization and withdrawal program, rehabilitation program and reintegration program. Carries out the Wellbridge vision, values and overall strategic planning, clinical management, patient care, budgeting, financial management and quality management. Promotes service standards and creates a patient-focused caring environment while addressing and meeting the individual needs of all patients. Fosters an environment of collaboration and respect with physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors and other healthcare team members.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical:
• Provide individual and group therapy for all treatment programs for patients and their family members
• Direct care delivery including but not limited to assessment of physiologic and psychosocial health status
• Delivers modality specific care including but not limited to cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, contingency management, and relapse prevention
• Interviewing patients, establishing treatment goals and plan
• Maintain understanding of current treatments, knowledge, and practices in addiction care and prioritize the use of best and evidence-based practices
• Develop and maintain standard policies, procedures to ensure quality services and compliance with accrediting entities.
• Maintain documentation, patient files, and statistics as required by departmental policies and funding sources
Supervision & Support:
• Model the Wellbridge philosophy of patient-centeredness, empowerment, and cultural proficiency and seek supervision from clinical staff
• Maintains a safe and caring environment for patients that is conducive to positive health teaching, and maintenance; patient and family expectations of care
• Recognizes the need for patient care to be delivered in a culturally sensitive manner and models sensitivity to all staff
• Seeks and engages in supervision from senior clinicians and peers
Collaboration:
• Support a culture of high quality of care across organization
Work collaboratively with the Director of Nursing and other nursing colleagues to develop personalized treatment plans
• Fields clinically-related telephone calls and responds
Support efforts of Wellbridge research team to implement program improvement
• Manage and promote relationship with academic and research institutions to promote addiction research and training.
• Provide crisis support to other clinicians and patients, as needed and in emergency situations
Planning & Coordination:
• Participate in regular clinical team meetings
• Work closely with the clinical and advocacy teams to coordinate services to patients
• Works with leadership team to counsel staff as needed
• Makes recommendations for growth and development of organization
• Responds in a timely fashion to staff concerns and functions proactively to retain staff
• Serve as a liaison and assist with community outreach/presentations
Planning & Coordination:
• Participate in regular clinical team meetings
• Work closely with the clinical and advocacy teams to coordinate services to patients
• Works with leadership team to counsel staff as needed
• Makes recommendations for growth and development of organization
• Responds in a timely fashion to staff concerns and functions proactively to retain staff
• Serve as a liaison and assist with community outreach/presentations
