Emergency Services Clinical Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Hours : Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Location : Lynchburg VA, 24501

Position Summary

The Emergency Services Program Manager will provide oversight to ensure effective and efficient management of a team of emergency services clinicians.

The ES Program Manager will ensure the delivery of services in accordance with all applicable regulations and policies. This position will lead and collaborate with other appropriate staff and outside entities as needed to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of services to clients receiving emergency services.

The ES Program Manager will also support the Senior Portfolio Director to ensure coordination of all emergency services, as well as, optimum financial performance of programs, and may be assigned to one of the following roles within the Emergency Services Portfolio : Adult Emergency Services (days or nights), Child / Youth Emergency Services, and CIT Services.

Required Education and Experience

• Master’s degree from an accredited college / university in an applicable human services field and licensure in the State of Virginia as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Substance Abuse Treatment Practitioner, or Licensed Clinical Psychologist.
• Four years of relevant clinical experience, including at least 2 years of experience working in emergency services or with persons with serious mental illness and experience as a Certified Pre-admission Screening Clinician.
• Must also have at least 2 years of supervisory experience in emergency services or other mental health setting. Preference will be given to experience in emergency services.

Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of behavior modification; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); emergency interventions; family, group, and individual therapies;

psycho social education; risk assessments; sex offender treatment; substance abuse interventions; etc.

• Knowledge of clinical supervision requirements and techniques.
• Knowledge of community mental health and public health in order to provide advocacy and enhance an individual’s treatment and access to community resources.
• Ability to effectively manage employee performance, communicate expectations and objectively rate performance of assigned employees.
• Ability to drive and must possess a valid driver’s license. May be called upon to travel to any Horizon worksite; transport clients, provide services to client @other locations.

Regular attendance at trainings and Horizon meetings may require travel to a variety of Horizon sites.

• Ability to participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training; includes both verbal de-escalation skills and physical skills techniques to be utilized with consumers as needed.
• Willing and available to work modified schedules (weekends, holidays, etc.) as required.
• Ability to respond effectively to changes in the work environment in a positive and professional manner.

HORIZON ENVIRONMENT

Horizon Behavioral Health Community Services Board (CSB) is located in the beautiful heart of Central Virginia. Whether your passions be hiking the Appalachian Trails, kayaking the James River Blueways, or a Sunday drive along the world-famous Blue Ridge Parkway, Lynchburg Virginia offers small-town southern charm with an active culture of music festivals, outdoor activities, world-class performing arts and a revitalized downtown that placed it at the top of the list by Reviews.

org as the 2019 best place for millennials to move. Horizon is also the proud recipient of Living in Lynchburg’s 2021 Giving Back Award, Best of Lynchburg for Counseling Services for multiple consecutive years, and again named Best Place to Work by Lynchburg Business Magazine in 2023!

THE BEST BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY

We’re proud to offer some of the best benefits options in Central Virginia. Participation in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) is exclusively for public service workers in Virginia, while several options exist for life, health, dental, and vision insurance.

Emphasis on work-life balance means a generous annual leave policy ensuring time for wellness with separate time allocated for sick leave and additionally for paid holidays.

Stay active with Horizon’s annual wellness programs and various opportunities to interact with the community through the year.

Horizon’s clinical sites are NHSC / HRSA approved for clinical student loan repayment, and qualify for both the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and the Behavioral Health State Loan Repayment (BHLRP) programs.

If you are interested in continuing your education, working at Horizon qualifies you to receive discounts at some local universities.

To Apply Please visit our online career center at https : / / www.horizonbh.org / careers /

Horizon Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).