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RWJBarnabas Health · 1 day ago

Coordinator (NJ Licensed Psychologist), Child Day Treatment

Elizabeth, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$82K/yr - $106K/yr

2+ years exp

RWJBarnabas Health is a premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine. The Coordinator assists with overseeing the day-to-day clinical operations of the Children's Partial Hospital Programs and supports the Psychology Internship Program in a supervisory capacity, ensuring high quality, coordinated care and effective treatment delivery in the structured therapeutic milieu.

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Responsibilities

Assists with the overall clinical management and supervision of the program in the accompaniment of the Director and in their absence, including facilitating staff meetings/safety huddles, responding to urgent programmatic needs, offering input and feedback to clinical team about all facets of patient care, cosigning EMR documents, and providing input for staff performance reviews

Responsible for completion of the program's Daily Schedule, including coordinating covering staff, including per diems and full-time, to ensure services are delivered without interruption

Be accessible to staff's communications regarding call-outs and needed schedule changes

Assists with Intake Evaluation coordination by providing coverage as needed and supports Intake Coordinator with assessing appropriateness of referrals when in question

Conducts daily billing reconciliation independently or in coordination with other staff members assigned to this task

Provides Psychology Intern supervision, and all accompanying tasks, in accordance with professional and departmental requirements

Provides EMR support by creating episodes, scheduling/adjusting appointments, checking-in patients, and liaising and troubleshooting with EMR technology team as needed for all medical record and billing issues

Assists with Quality Review activities to maintain compliance with all regulatory and requisite standards of care via chart audits, ensuring adherence to best practices, gathering and analysis of unit data, and developing and implementing ideas for improving outcomes and enhancing services

Provides crisis management support and guidance to staff

Functions in the role of direct care clinical staff, when needed, by providing intake assessments and case coverage; assesses patient needs; interprets nature of illness and prescribed course of treatment to patients and families; completes treatment plans; individual, group, and family therapy; and evaluates and documents patient outcomes according to policy and procedure

Participates in ad hoc family meetings and treatment team meetings, and as a member of the multidisciplinary team, assists in reviewing and updating treatment and discharge plans

Participates in overseeing accurate and timely clinical documentation and reporting according to established standards

Collaborates cohesively with other hospital/system programs, community agencies, and referral sources

Conducts administrative activities in lieu of administrative assistant when needed, consisting of transportation coordination, daily attendance, family communications, and dietary activities

Supports and actively engages in marketing efforts to achieve and maintain target program volume

Supports nursing staff in conducting UDS-contracted services

Completes all mandatory hospital/system employee trainings each calendar year

Qualification

Doctoral degree in PsychologyNJ Licensed PsychologistClinical experience with childrenSupervisory qualificationsTrauma-informed careChild developmentExperience in acute mental healthCrisis management supportTeam collaborationCommunication skills