Rebecca Horvath

Essential Responsibilities:

• Makes budget recommendations.
• Has input into hiring decisions with "veto" authority; responsible for staffing various programs: coaches staff; provides input into performance evaluations.
• Generally responsible for the management of a care lane group or program in addition to management of direct reports. Responsible for program design and implementation within unit.
• Monitors access indicators: responsible for utilization management.
• Recruited, hired and trained new medical and facility staff.
• Planned and organized training sessions on health and safety practices.
• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
• Managed changes in integrated health care delivery systems and technological innovations while keeping focus on quality of care.
• Assessed need for additional staff, equipment and services based on historical data and seasonal trends.
• Explained policies, procedures and services to patients.
• Participated in program recruiting and hiring.
• Developed medical programs that promoted community health and research.
• Built work schedules and staff assignments, taking workload, space and equipment availability into consideration.
• Established and updated program goals and objectives.
• Maintained awareness of government regulations, health insurance changes and financing options.

• Interviews patients and family members to assess nature and extent of psychiatric problem.
  • Develops, implements and evaluates treatment approaches for patients and affected family members.
  • This may include individual, marital, family, group and intensive therapeutic modalities.
  • Maintains confidential individual case summaries.
  • Confers and consults with staff physicians regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients and recommends treatment plans.
  • Provides appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment.
  • Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources.
  • Establishes liaisons to utilize resources of public and private agencies/community organizations to meet member and program needs.
  • Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
  • Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have the authority of hire, fire or discipline.
  • Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions.
  • Customer Service - In all interactions with patients, members, physicians, staff and visitors, demonstrates service-oriented behaviors that include culturally sensitive good manners, respect, and polite communications.
  • Demonstrates openness to creative and innovative approaches to providing service.
  • Interpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality; treats co-workers, patients and facility visitors with respect.
  • Oral Communication - Listens and gets clarification to ensure that instructions and requests are fully understood.

• Interviews patients and family members to assess nature and extent of psychiatric problem.
• Develops, implements and evaluates treatment approaches for patients and affected family members.
• This may include individual, marital, family, group and intensive therapeutic modalities.
• Maintains confidential individual case summaries.
• Confers and consults with staff physicians regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients and recommends treatment plans.
• Provides appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment.

• Identified treatment goals, wrote contracts specific to individual client needs and monitored, evaluated and recorded client progress toward treatment goals.
• Analyzed client response to counseling programs and recommended adjustments to determine intervention effectiveness.
• Conducted individual, couples and family counseling sessions as clinically indicated to provide psychotherapeutic interventions and establish and assess treatment goals.
• Referred clients to other specialists to continue with therapy.
• Constructed progress notes, evaluations and recommendations to maintain individual case files.
• Created behavioral modification programs for couples, families and individuals to provide appropriate therapeutic services to assist clients in coping with symptoms and problems.
• Completed, submitted and verified accuracy of clinical and psychosocial assessments and therapy notes to develop and implement treatment plan.
• Collaborated with social workers to support patients.
• Created clean, organized therapeutic space to help clients feel welcomed and safe.
• Maintained current knowledge of family therapy treatment modalities by attending training and studying relevant journals and updated treatments to optimize clients' recovery.
• Gathered information from doctors, schools and law enforcement personnel to make recommendations for child custody and visitation disputes.
• Educated clients and community members about mental or physical illness, substance abuse, medication-assisted treatment and available community resources.

• Identified environmental challenges to client progress through interviews with patient and caregivers.
• Counseled clients or patients individually and in group sessions to assist recovery from illness and to adjust to life.
• Referred client or family to appropriate community resources to obtain support for mental or physical illness.
• Educated clients on options to assist in making informed decisions.
• Monitored and evaluated client progress compared to measurable treatment and care plan goals.
• Planned and coordinated discharge from care facility to patient's home.
• Documented services and collected required data for evaluation.
• Modified treatment plans to accommodate changes in clients' health or progress.
• Collaborated with other professionals to assess client needs.

• Established long and short-term goals for therapeutic services to encourage patient progress.
• Monitored daily performance and patient outcomes to maintain quality assurance.
• Documented and filed patient health reports and charts.
• Performed assessments to determine individual limitations and strengths.
• Directed and supported internal case management and client advocacy.
• Documented and evaluated successes and failures of care plans and interventions.
• Conducted group therapy sessions and educated patients in topics relevant to individual and family member care.
• Launched monthly analysis and reported metrics regarding budget, staffing, clinical benchmarking and other operational areas.
• Collaborated with various healthcare professionals to plan rehabilitation programs.
• Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.

• Promoted new program development with focus on functional outcomes to improve quality of life of patients served.
• Evaluated effects of treatment at various stages, adjusting treatments to achieve maximum benefits.
• Formulated individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain and prevent disability.
• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
• Built work schedules and staff assignments, taking workload, space and equipment availability into consideration.