Qualified Mental Health Professional - MyCHN
Houston, TX 77089
About the Job
Are you a value-driven and compassionate individual that believes in providing quality care that has positive effect on our communities? At Community Health Network, we are driven to create extraordinary experiences for our patients and employees. Our objective is to provide opportunities that develop and grow careers in a team-oriented environment focused on patient care.
Job Summary:
The Qualified Mental Health Professional is dedicated to the Center’s mission to provide health care to all people without prejudice, in a caring manner, regardless of their ability to pay. The vision of Community Health Network is to be a leader in providing quality services and programs that enhance the lives of the people in our community. The values of the Center are quality care at reasonable costs, education to promote healthy living, access to needed care, transparency in all aspects of our operations, competent and empathetic staff, high professional standards, and commitment to advances in healthcare.
The screening Activities performed by a Qualified Mental Health Professional--Community Services (QMHP-CS) to gather triage information to determine the need for in-depth assessment. The QMHP-CS collects this information through face-to-face or telephone interviews with the individual or collateral. This service includes screenings to determine if the individual's need is emergent, urgent, or routine (which is conducted prior to the face-to-face assessment to determine the need for emergency services). (TAC RULE §301.303)
The treatment planning and care coordination activities will be tracked and benchmarked against outcomes goals with performance activities to enhance service goals. The quality outcomes are aligned with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) programs and additional quality programs (TJC, ACO, HEDIS).
This position requires the ability to manage multiple priorities and well as clear, concise, and consistent communication with stakeholders. The qualified mental health professional will demonstrate through their work ethic to possess a patient-centered focus, collaborative team player, sense of optimism, ownership and commitment to their position.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To provide real time mental health and substance use risk assessment screening with navigation to treatment services
- Develops and implements individualized person-centered crisis treatment plans using the most effective, and least restrictive, available crisis services to stabilize the crisis episode. The
- treatment plan must be based on the individual’s provisional psychiatric diagnosis and incorporate, to the maximum extent possible, individual preferences. (TAC Subchapter N, §354.3003)
- To perform evidence-based care coordination to support prevention of hospitalizations by promotion of treatment plan adherence and CHN whole person care services, such as facilitating patient scheduling, care gap closure, care team communications, patient care information sharing, technology access, wraparound services, transitions of care, at home care, and long-term care
- The QMHP will work with their clinical supervisor to provide the following services: Skill Training & Development, Medication Training & Support Services and Crisis Intervention Services.
- The QMHP will implement the Service/Treatment Plan that is focused on the adult or child and family needs and recognizing their strengths. The plan will address all the client’s needs that have been identified by the adult, family, child and any collateral information
- This role may perform duties in Behavioral Health Assessment Center
- Ensure accurate documentation in confidential patient records
Required Skills/Abilities:·
- Familiarity with office equipment: computer keyboarding, calculators, photocopiers, and faxes
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Ability to work with people of all socioeconomic levels
- Strong team player with a focus on collaboration
- Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Consumer advocate for quality health care and services
- Basic knowledge of suicidal/homicidal ideation warning signs and risk indicators
Preferred Skills/Abilities:
- Bilingual ability in Spanish
- Knowledge of risk assessments & crisis management
- Experience with de-escalation techniques
Required Education and Experience:
- QMHP-CS certification within 12 months of hire
Must meet at least one of three minimum requirements to be credentialed as a QMHP-CS:
- At least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum number of hours that is equivalent to a major in psychology, social work, medicine, nursing,
- rehabilitation, counseling, sociology, human growth and development, physician assistant, gerontology, special education, educational psychology, early childhood education, or early childhood intervention
- Is a register nurse
- Is a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA)
Preferred Education and Experience:
- None
Supervision Responsibilities:
- None
Physical Requirements
- Occasionally required to sit
- Frequently required to talk and stand
- Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific frequently vision abilities required by this job include: Close vision, Color vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception, and Ability to adjust focus
Work Environment:
- BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS EXPOSURE LEVEL: 2 (MEDIUM)
- Noise Level: Moderate
"Putting Our Heart into Your Care"
MyCHN (Community Health Network) is a local healthcare provider dedicated to providing excellence in care and service. We currently operate in Brazoria, Harris, and Galveston counties.
MyCHN (Community Health Network) is a healthcare organization with 14 locations throughout the greater Houston area that offers multiple services for whole-person care.