Responsibilities
- Promote a safe, cooperative, and professional healthcare environment to ensure optimum patient care.
- Adhere to all hospital policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Prioritize customer service, treating patients, visitors, and coworkers professionally with courtesy and tact.
- Effectively communicate SBH services and ensure concerns reach the appropriate personnel promptly.
- Demonstrate performance standards and behaviors consistent with the DRIVE to Patient-Centered Excellence.
- Conduct individual counseling sessions, open and closed groups, and family/conjoint counseling sessions.
- Present alcoholism and substance abuse educational information to patients and significant others.
- Function as part of an inter-disciplinary team and ensure referrals to appropriate modalities based on patient needs.
- Write clear, timely, and concise progress notes, including areas of conflict, short-term/long-term treatment planning, and psychosocial history.
- Assess new patients upon admission.
- Conduct small group activities.
- Maintain and enhance professional growth and development through in-services, seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations.
- Function in a leadership capacity and serve as a resource person for counselors.
- Provide timely progress reports to referring agencies.
- Understand the Diversion Prevention Plan for the Methadone Substance Abuse Treatment Program and Medical Managed Detox Unit.
Requirements
- 1-3 years of experience working in Addiction Medicine.
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
Education Level
- CASAC
