Public Health Nurse Salary in Billings, MT

Provide care and close supervision of patients. Document patient behaviors provide crisis intervention as necessary and implement individualized treatment plans while following Billings Clinic policies and procedures. Work as part of the interdisciplinary team and assist in maintaining a safe environment for both patients and staff.Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance. • Performs clerical duties to maintain unit flow which may include paperwork coordination, supply ordering and daily quality checks. • Utilizes electronic applications to support daily staff and patient workflow, which include, but are not limited to admissions and discharges, order entry and procedures coordination. • Effectively utilize phone systems. Answers telephone calls, responds to routine inquiries and relays other calls and messages promptly. Notifies appropriate personnel of requests. • Interacts promptly with a polite, courteous and helpful disposition to assists patients/residents, family members, visitors and the interdisciplinary care team. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident services. Supports the Magnet Model of quality nursing care. • Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues and initiates appropriate action. • Assists with limited patient/resident care duties such answering call lights, responding to alarms and delivering trays. • Observes patient monitor and reports changes to patient's nurse. Can identify life threatening dysrhythmias, maintain appropriate alarm limits, and edit memory on a regular basis, merging and deleting rhythms appropriately. Prints rhythm strips per unit standards and as needed for changes in patient rhythm or condition. Maintains report on each patient and gives shift report to oncoming Unit Clerk to include each patient's rhythm and CPR status. • Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency safety standards relevant to job performance. • Utilizing a holistic approach, performs basic nursing care and treatments within scope of practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include the goal-directed plan of care for the patient. • Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient need and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures, to include, but not limited to, activities of daily living (ADLs), vital signs, intake and output measurements and hourly rounding. • Performs all other duties as assigned or as needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Billings Clinic Corporate Compliance Program • Billings Clinic Code of Business Conduct • HIPAA and confidentiality requirements • Patients'/residents' rights • Medical terminology • Electronic Computer applications, for Billings Clinic computer systems and personal computers • Regulatory standards (e.g. JCAHO, OSHA) • Common policies and procedures, both departmental and organizational• Customer service techniques and Personal Service Excellence (PSE) necessary to interact with patients/residents, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team with a variety of developmental and sociocultural backgrounds • Verbal and written communication • Phone systems and telephone communications • **Rhythm interpretations in monitored areas• Interact professionally and effectively with the public and interdisciplinary care team • Perform basic clerical work that may include ordering supplies, assembling charts, organizing, stocking or quality checks. • Concentrate and pay close attention to detail when working to ensure attention to detail and accuracy. • Sit for prolonged periods of time • Utilize time management and organization concepts to maximize tasks efficiently • Maintain flexibility to adapt to a variety of workload assignments and/or interruptions • Recognize safety hazards and initiate appropriate preventative actions • Incorporate cultural diversity and age appropriate care into all aspects of communication and patient/resident care; scope of services provided will encompass age groups ranging from infant through geriatric • To lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds unassisted • Moderate complexity in prioritizing work load. • Requires ability to handle frequent interruptions with a high degree of stress.Minimum QualificationsEducation • High School Diploma or GEDExperience• Six months CNA experience in performing patient/resident care in a health care institution, preferredCertifications and Licenses • Completion of medical terminology course • Current Montana license as a Certified Nursing Assistant

Provide care and close supervision of patients. Document patient behaviors provide crisis intervention as necessary and implement individualized treatment plans while following Billings Clinic policies and procedures. Work as part of the interdisciplinary team and assist in maintaining a safe environment for both patients and staff.Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance. • Performs clerical duties to maintain unit flow which may include paperwork coordination, supply ordering and daily quality checks. • Utilizes electronic applications to support daily staff and patient workflow, which include, but are not limited to admissions and discharges, order entry and procedures coordination. • Effectively utilize phone systems. Answers telephone calls, responds to routine inquiries and relays other calls and messages promptly. Notifies appropriate personnel of requests. • Interacts promptly with a polite, courteous and helpful disposition to assists patients/residents, family members, visitors and the interdisciplinary care team. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident services. Supports the Magnet Model of quality nursing care. • Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues and initiates appropriate action. • Assists with limited patient/resident care duties such answering call lights, responding to alarms and delivering trays. • Observes patient monitor and reports changes to patient's nurse. Can identify life threatening dysrhythmias, maintain appropriate alarm limits, and edit memory on a regular basis, merging and deleting rhythms appropriately. Prints rhythm strips per unit standards and as needed for changes in patient rhythm or condition. Maintains report on each patient and gives shift report to oncoming Unit Clerk to include each patient's rhythm and CPR status. • Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency safety standards relevant to job performance. • Utilizing a holistic approach, performs basic nursing care and treatments within scope of practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include the goal-directed plan of care for the patient. • Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient need and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures, to include, but not limited to, activities of daily living (ADLs), vital signs, intake and output measurements and hourly rounding. • Performs all other duties as assigned or as needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Billings Clinic Corporate Compliance Program • Billings Clinic Code of Business Conduct • HIPAA and confidentiality requirements • Patients'/residents' rights • Medical terminology • Electronic Computer applications, for Billings Clinic computer systems and personal computers • Regulatory standards (e.g. JCAHO, OSHA) • Common policies and procedures, both departmental and organizational• Customer service techniques and Personal Service Excellence (PSE) necessary to interact with patients/residents, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team with a variety of developmental and sociocultural backgrounds • Verbal and written communication • Phone systems and telephone communications • **Rhythm interpretations in monitored areas• Interact professionally and effectively with the public and interdisciplinary care team • Perform basic clerical work that may include ordering supplies, assembling charts, organizing, stocking or quality checks. • Concentrate and pay close attention to detail when working to ensure attention to detail and accuracy. • Sit for prolonged periods of time • Utilize time management and organization concepts to maximize tasks efficiently • Maintain flexibility to adapt to a variety of workload assignments and/or interruptions • Recognize safety hazards and initiate appropriate preventative actions • Incorporate cultural diversity and age appropriate care into all aspects of communication and patient/resident care; scope of services provided will encompass age groups ranging from infant through geriatric • To lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds unassisted • Moderate complexity in prioritizing work load. • Requires ability to handle frequent interruptions with a high degree of stress.Minimum QualificationsEducation • High School Diploma or GEDExperience• Six months CNA experience in performing patient/resident care in a health care institution, preferredCertifications and Licenses • Completion of medical terminology course • Current Montana license as a Certified Nursing Assistant

May be eligible for a sign on incentive, tuition loan repayment, and relocation assistanceThe Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families.Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers.Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service. • Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients. • Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner. • Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members. • Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences). • Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care. • Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability. • Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. • Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc. • Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting. • Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc. • Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems. • Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques. • Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs. • Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information. • Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems. • Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement. • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems. • Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed. • Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. • Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments. • Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs. • Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts. • Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services. • Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral). • Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. • Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs. • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers. • Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system. • Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations. • Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers. • Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning. • Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status. • Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy. • Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care. • Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs. • Provides utilization review functions as required by the department. • Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care. • Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety. • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice. • Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities. • Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner is a registered nurse that exercises the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that reflects NPD practice judgment and expertise to influence professional role competence and growth of learners in a variety of settings. The NPD practitioner collaborates with the interprofessional healthcare team, stakeholders, and the learner with the desired outcome for improved population health. The NPD practitioner is responsible for applying knowledge and skills detailed in the Scope and Standards of NPD practice guided by the Nursing Professional Development Model. In addition, the NPD practitioner will support the organizational and nursing strategic plan by helping ensure goals and priorities align with patient care, staff needs, and organizational objectives to guide decision making and priority setting.Essential Job Functions• Learning Facilitator: Uses the educational design process and adult learning principles to bridge identified gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or practice.(Maloney & Harper, 2022)Gaps are identified through a variety of means (examples include environmental scanning, learning needs assessments, quality outcomes.)Is an expert in and a resource in the process of designing education.• Change Agent: Advocates for process change at all levels using change management strategies and theories.(Maloney & Harper, 2022)Supports the adaptation of new behaviors and processes in practice to drive desired outcomes.• Mentor: Advances the nursing profession and the NPD specialty by contributing to the professional development of others and supporting ongoing learning as individuals develop across practice, professional, and educational settings.• Leader: Influences the interprofessional practice and learning environments, the NPD specialty, the profession of nursing, and healthcare through creative problem solving and innovation.(Maloney & Harper, 2022)• Champion for scientific inquiry: Promotes the generation and dissemination of new knowledge and the use of evidence to advance NPD practice, guide clinical practice, and improve the quality of care for the healthcare consumer/partner. (Maloney & Harper, 2022)• Advocate for NPD specialty: Supports, promotes, and demonstrates nursing professional development as a nursing practice specialty. (Maloney & Harper, 2022)• Partner for practice transitions: Supports the transition of nurses and other healthcare personnel across learning and practice environments, roles, and professional stages (examples include transition to practice programs for new graduates, advanced practitioners, or transitioning into a new clinical practice area.)Evaluates nursing practice and identifies opportunities for modification that would enhance professional practice, maintain/improve patient care while remaining fiscally sound.• Onboarding/Orientation: Develops, coordinates, manages, facilitates, conducts, and evaluates clinical onboarding/orientation programs focused on retention and growth for nursing and other healthcare personnel.• Competency Management: Demonstrates expertise in competency management by accepting responsibility for measuring, documenting, and supporting the competency process through assessing, developing, coordinating, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating competency continuums to address staff and team performance. (Maloney & Harper, 2022)• Education: Uses the education design process for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating educational activities that address gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or practice for the target audience to achieve specific outcomes.Continuing nursing education - supports awarded continuing education contact hours based on the regulations and standards of the accrediting body.Interprofessional continuing education - promotes collaboration with other healthcare professionals to design, manage, implement, coordinate, and evaluate education when appropriate.• Role Development: Assists staff by coaching, coordinating, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating activities to navigate role transitions, role integration, skill acquisition, and succession planning (examples include the RN becoming a preceptor, charge nurse, leader, or joining a transition to practice program.)• Collaborative Partnerships: Seeks internal and external collaboration for opportunities to teach, coordinate, serve as liaison, and/or advise nurses and other learners regarding education and learning (examples include working with other healthcare/leadership professionals, community partners, emergency medical services, public health departments, disaster management services, academic partnerships.) (Maloney & Harper, 2022)• Inquiry: Promotes and applies professional curiosity using research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement initiatives to discover, teach, practice, and integrate the best available evidence to transform healthcare delivery and outcomes. (AACN, 2019, p.3)• Personal Professional Role Competence and Growth:Demonstrates competence in knowledge, skills, and practice as outlined in the Nursing Professional Development Scope & Standards of Practice.Identifies personal needs and sets goals for own growth and development in collaboration with department manager.

The Pediatric Certified Diabetic Educator should have a broad knowledge base in diabetes care. This position is responsible for facilitating the education management of patients with newly diagnosed or poorly controlled diabetes from point of entry into Billings Clinic through the continuum of care. The strength of the role is in education and active collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and physicians to promote quality patient care. The Pediatric Certified Diabetic Educator promotes effective utilization; monitors health care resources and assumes a leadership role with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical, financial and resource outcomes. This position develops and provides education to Billings Clinic staff, patients, as well as to care providers and family member of diabetics.Essential Job Functions•Supports and practices the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic, Care Management and the Diabetes program.•Education. Provides education to patients and families based on their specific needs including new patient education, injection and pump skills, training and troubleshooting and sick day management. Provides and coordinates education to nurses for disease related technology. Facilitates local and regional diabetes education for coordination of care between care providers of children with diabetes (school nurses, foster families, regional CDEs, etc.)•Quality Improvement. Identifies issues, purposes solutions and reviews findings of monitoring and evaluation activities Accountable for oversight, planning, implementation and evaluation of the American Diabetes Association Educationally Recognized Diabetes Self-Management Education Program for Billings Clinic for pediatric patients. Acts as a change agent by participating in work re-design projects. Participates in maintaining•Professional Development. Develop, implement and monitor policies/procedures of care related to diabetes patients and blood glucose monitoring protocols. Proactively support staff by advancing competence of diabetes care through education development•Assessment. Gathers timely information from patient, family, medical team, medical record and other key resources. Anticipates needs based on reason for admission and discharge needs. Interacts and educates patients, families and public. Considers legal issues: Guardianship, care providers. Reassesses patient as needs change or dictate. Initial chart review (prior to assessment) and concurrent chart reviews. Identifies physical, psychological and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. Encourage use of blood glucose protocols. Attend Diabetes Rounds as designated by the program director•Planning: Formulation of Discharge Plan. Attend scheduled Diabetes Team meetings. Demonstrates timely intervention. Demonstrates creativity when needed. Considers resources available. Collaborates with physician(s) and other appropriate resources on treatment goals, projected length of stay, and discharge plan. Advocates for patient and family (care conferences, health care team meetings). Facilitates patient care conferences as needed. Reviews physician orders. Ensures compliance/accuracy with discharge plan. Make follow-up appointments for Diabetes Clinic as needed.•Implementation: Patient Care Coordinator. Interacts with community resources/networks. Demonstrates knowledge of community resources. Ensures confidentiality. Ensures services appropriate for age/level of care. Monitors clinical pathways and collects appropriate data as dictated. Educates and trains staff for management of diabetes patients.•Evaluation: Matches plan to patient/family physical, emotional, resource, and safety needs. Identifies risk management issues and communicates to supervisor/Risk Management Department. Communicates variances in discharge plan to patient, family and medical team.•Interdisciplinary Team Participation: Incorporates team recommendations into plan. Ensures discharge needs are addressed and consensus reached. Incorporates clinical pathways info as appropriate/available. As delegated by the health care team, provides patient care and treatments according to scope of RN license, adhering to policy and procedures; documentation is concise and thorough.•Documentation. Contents thorough and timely. Reflects plan, limitations, patient choice, legal considerations, family input, and education. Meets Cerner and other department/organizational/ professional documentation standards.•Facility Compliance//HIPAA/QI/PRO. Participates in interdepartmental collaboration. Develops/implements processes/protocols and promotes changes as organizational needs dictate. Participates in process to ensure compliance and monitors knowledge of requirements. Reports needs/noncompliance issues. Completes assigned projects/duties. Assists in maintaining .•Utilization Review. Demonstrates resource management. Demonstrates cost effectiveness. Provides timely interventions. Collaborates with care management team members. Monitors patient care to avoid redundancy, duplication or fragmentation.•Professional Accountabilities. Demonstrates care Management standards. Participates in committees/unit involvement. Participates in and/or seeks out continuing education opportunities to maintain Diabetes Certification once attained.•Safety. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance.•Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization

May be eligible for tuition loan repayment, relocation assistance, and sign on incentiveThe Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families. Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers. Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service. • Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients. • Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner. • Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members. • Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences). • Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care. • Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability. • Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. • Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc. • Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting. • Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc. • Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems. • Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques. • Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs. • Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information. • Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems. • Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement. • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems. • Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed. • Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. • Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments. • Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs. • Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts. • Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services. • Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral). • Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. • Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs. • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers. • Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system. • Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations. • Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers. • Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning. • Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status. • Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy. • Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care. • Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs. • Provides utilization review functions as required by the department. • Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care. • Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety. • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice. • Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities. • Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

The Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families.Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers.Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service.• Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients.• Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner.• Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members.• Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences).• Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care.• Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability.• Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care.• Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc.• Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting.• Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc.• Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems.• Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques.• Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs.• Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information.• Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems.• Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement.• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems.• Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed.• Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.• Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments.• Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs.• Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts.• Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies.• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services.• Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral).• Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.• Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs.• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers.• Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system.• Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care.• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations.• Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers.• Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning.• Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status.• Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy.• Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care.• Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs.• Provides utilization review functions as required by the department.• Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care.• Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety.• Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance.• Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice.• Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities.• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change• Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance.• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.Minimum Qualifications Level II• Masters degree in social work preferred; Masters degree in a related field may be considered• Three (3) years of clinical experience preferredTherapist/Social Worker III• Masters degree in Social Work, preferred; other comparable clinical Masters program may be considered• Current Montana Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LCPC), or if entering from a different state, must be licensed in practicing state• Three (3) years experience in a clinical setting with the same or similar duties and expectations of this position, preferred

May be eligible for tuition loan repayment, relocation assistance, and sign on incentiveThe Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families. Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers. Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service. • Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients. • Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner. • Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members. • Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences). • Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care. • Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability. • Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. • Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc. • Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting. • Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc. • Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems. • Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques. • Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs. • Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information. • Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems. • Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement. • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems. • Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed. • Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. • Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments. • Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs. • Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts. • Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services. • Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral). • Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. • Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs. • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers. • Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system. • Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations. • Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers. • Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning. • Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status. • Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy. • Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care. • Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs. • Provides utilization review functions as required by the department. • Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care. • Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety. • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice. • Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities. • Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.