* Formulates and conducts educational, therapeutic, and/or support group.

* Conducts individual and family psychotherapy.

* Communicates effectively with patients, families, health care team members and community providers regarding patient status and progress.

* Develops an effective working relationship with the patient and participating family members.

* Acts as a liaison between providers, patients, and community partners; engages in the collaborative of care model.

* Ensures the psycho-social assessment is completed during initial outpatient visit and completely annually.

* Ensures that the treatment plan has specific measurable goals, objectives, and interventions that are unique to the patient's problems and strengths.

* Participates in and effectively contributes to patient care conferences, interdisciplinary treatment planning, and case staffing.

* Ensures that interventions designated in the patient's treatment plan are carried out.

* Evaluates and documents the effectiveness of interventions and patient response in a timely manner.

* Interacts and communicates with community agencies in the assessment of and service to patients.

* Responds to requests for case management services in a timely manner; provides liaison and referral services to community agencies.

* Completes any necessary screenings, assessments, and consults according to the needs and requests by providers.

* Responds immediately to crisis evaluation requests by providers and completes necessary assessments.

* Demonstrates working knowledge of psychopathology, most current DSM, and appropriate treatment techniques, and incorporates knowledge into treatment planning.

* Attends facility in-services, staff development, clinical supervision, and department staff meetings. Meets regularly with supervisor.

* Strives to maintain and improve professional competence and provides documentation for personnel file.