Mental Health Specialist III - Austin, United States - Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services

Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services Austin, United States

3 weeks ago

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Job Description:

Mental Health Specialist III:

Would you thrive in an environment where you learn and grow personally and professionally all while helping make a positive impact on people's lives? Do you appreciate being around others like yourself who are dependable, trustworthy, hard workers who believe in the value of each other, teamwork, and inclusivity? HSCS is dedicated to building a diverse community atmosphere where employees feel valued, supported, and accepted while providing specialized care for Texans in need.

If providing hope and healing through compassionate, innovative, and individualized care interest you, we welcome your application for the position below.

The Mental Health Specialist III performs senior-level highly complex psychological/therapeutic work. The MHS III provides consultation regarding behavioral interventions for patients across the hospital.

Work involves performing psychological activities, including individual, group, and/or family therapy with patients referred from assigned unit and/or from other units, conducting individual and group sessions that help patients gain knowledge and develop skills to aid in their recovery or efforts to regain competency, and developing individual behavior plans to address problematic behaviors such as aggression, self-harm, intrusiveness, etc.

This position evaluates and coordinates projects and program alterations to examine evidence-based practices to reduce workplace violence and increase the overall quality patient care in the hospital.

Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency's obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation.

Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.

Essential Job Functions:

Attends work on a regular basis and may be asked to work a specific shift schedule or, at times, even a rotating schedule, extended shift and/or overtime in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.

Will be required to work a specific shift schedule, or at times, even a rotating schedule, extended shift and/or overtime in accordance with agency leave policy.

Performs psychological activities, including individual, group, and/or family therapy with patients referred from home unit and/or from other units.

In addition, meets with families of patients with other treatment team members to provide information and help with discharge planning.

Will also gauge and implement any results-based activities promoting improvement of care for patients.

Employee will perform psychosocial assessments and interview patients.
After the assessment, the results will be utilized to construct a recommended treatment that promotes psychiatric stability.

Evaluates and coordinates projects and program alterations to examine evidence-based practices to reduce workplace violence and increase the quality of the environmental setting of the hospital.

Coordinates continuing educational opportunities for hospital staff and identifying possibilities for staff to facilitate continuing education for emerging practices.

Conducts individual and group sessions that help patients gain knowledge and develop skills to aid in their recovery or efforts to regain competency.

All efforts must be documented in the medical record.

Develops and/or conducts specialized psychoeducational groups to help patients gain knowledge and develop skills to aid in their treatment.

Employee will analyze behavior of psychiatric patients, implement behavior plans by training staff members on the behavior plan, and develop/ implement treatment plans to establish psychiatric stability.

The employee will use the state hospital Individualized Milieu Management System (IMMS).

Interviews referred patients and recommends to the patient's treatment team the treatment(s) which will help the patient achieve stability, achieve his/her goals, and maintain recovery after discharge from the hospital.

Develops individual behavior plans to address problematic behaviors such as aggression, self-harm, intrusiveness, etc. Works with staff to successfully implement these plans. Monitors effectiveness and modifies plans as needed. As needed, conducts psychological test administration, scoring, and interpretation.

Develops individualized Person-Centered Treatment Plans and prepares Treatment team reports as assigned on a rotating basis incorporating the patient's goals, noting barriers to achieving these goals, and including appropriate objectives, modifications, and interventions.

Participates in quality assurance and quality enhancement activities related to psychological service provision and to treatment across the hospital.

This includes completing chart audits, participating in tracer activities, and reporting on psychological services he/she has provided.

Provides guidance and oversight to psychology students or other staff as needed to ensure that the vision and mission of our hospital system remains the primary focus of care.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.

Knowledge Skills Abilities:
Knowledge of psychology and related disciplines and of treatment techniques and practices.

Skill in interviewing.

Ability to conduct diagnostic interviews.

Ability to conduct individual, group, and family psychotherapy.

Ability to develop plans for implementing and monitoring rehabilitation activities in skill acquisition and behavior management.

Ability to plan, assign, and/or supervise the work of others.

Ability to implement individual and group behavior therapy programs, and appropriate use of milieu structures.

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