Experience

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  Ridgeview hospital

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Eap coordinator/ therapist

  Developed broad-based EAP service for local industries, provided education, assessment, consultation, treatment referrals, and other business development functions from a clinical model.

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  Maniilaq association

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Itinerant therapist ii lpc

  Provided primary mental health services to remote villages in Arctic Villages, serviced from Indian Health Service hub in Kotzebue. Responsibilities included itinerant travel to distant villages for assessment/diagnosis, treatment, care management, and referral. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) to trauma response, conducted mental health screenings in hospital, jails, and village health clinics. Operated as consultant to schools, clinics, village security, and other health specialty providers. Show less

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  Evan sexton lpc mhsp

  Jan 2004 - now

  Licensed professional counselor-health service provider-supervisor

  Clinical Supervision (TN Approved Supervisor), Mental Health-Substance Abuse Assessments, Referral Services, Counseling Services. Court Ordered Assessments. Community-Based Education, Utilization Review Consultation

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  Blount memorial hospital

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2010

  Access care manager

  Facilitates evaluations and admissions of patients into the Emotional Health and Recovery Center of Blount Memorial Hospital.

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  Crc health group

  Feb 2011 - Nov 2012

  Director of admissions, clinical supervisor

  Senior leadership position in total rebuild of a dual-diagnosis residential treatment program. Primary concentration in development of admission process focused on comprehensive screening. Managed flow of patient admissions and information validation in both CRM and EMR. Supervision of LPC eligible clinical staff. Key shareholder in system overhaul across multiple projects from development and deployment of processes.

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  Tennessee afl-cio labor council

  Dec 2012 - Feb 2014

  Director, eap/member assistance program
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  Renaissance

  Feb 2014 - Jul 2017

  Clinical director

  Program development and oversight of comprehensive care coordination network, servicing the needs of pregnant and parenting mothers in need of substance abuse, mental health, and obstetric care. Initiating care coordination via SBIRT screening process, facilitating admissions and referrals, tracking and trending data related to the epidemic issue of substance abuse and pregnancy, initiating protocols to decrease the number of NAS (Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome) births, and establish best-practices in the field of treating pregnant clients with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Show less

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  Journeypure

  Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

  Clinical market manager, serenity network
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  Cornerstone of recovery, inc.

  Jul 2018 - Nov 2020

  Stepping stone to recovery utilization management
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  Journeypure

  Aug 2021 - now

  Clinical director-east tennessee region