Northern Light Acadia Hospital

Department: Psychiatric Unit

Position is located: Acadia

Work Type: Full Time

Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Schedule: No Hours Assigned

Summary:


The Inpatient Psychiatric Clinician I is conditionally licensed as an LMSW-CC or LCPC-C who provides specialized evidence-based therapeutic care to adult and/or pediatric populations with mental health, substance use and co-occurring disorders. The Clinician conducts evaluations, risk assessment, psychosocial evaluations, creates recovery-oriented treatment plans with patients and their families and provides psychotherapy within individual, group and family modalities. As direct care providers they function as skilled advocates, brokers, educators and treatment specialists, are familiar with regional social service provider systems and adept at assisting patients in linking with step down treatment services during discharge planning. They rely ...