Licensed Masters Mental Health Professional - AddictionMedicine

Job

Summary : Provides mental

health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention

services for adult and / or child members who present themselves from

psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs.

Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health

professional team to plan and direct each individual member

treatment

program.

Essential

Responsibilities :

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Develops,

implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs

for the diagnosis, treatment, and / or referral of Health Plan

members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff

conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.

Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families

and groups.

Instructs and counsels

patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed

therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication

regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized

therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate

support to members family. May develop and conducts

psychoeducational classes and groups.

Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case

summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts

members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA

regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May

be required to participate in the department on-call

rotation.

Collaborates with

physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic

medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of

public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the

needs of the members treatment. May develop, implements, and

evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a

variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation

to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to

mental health, health psychology and behavioral

medicine.

May supervise Post

Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate

Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical

Counselors as needed if supervision course is

completed.

May provide 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, at members

request.

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, as appropriate.

Participates in departmental program development, implementation

and evaluation.

Reports safety

concerns to mandated reporting

agencies.

Basic Qualifications :

Experience

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Education

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Masters degree in Social Work, Social Welfare from

a clinical track, Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related

field required from an accredited college or

university.

License,

Certification, Registration

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)

OR

Licensed

Marriage and Family Therapist (California)

OR

Licensed Professional Clinical

Counselor (California) AND Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Couples and Families Endorsement (California) within 24 months of

hire

National

Provider Identifier required at

hire

Additional

Requirements :

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Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of

diagnosis.

Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and

treating a broad range of psychiatric

conditions.

Excellent interpersonal and communication

skills.

Knowledge of social service agencies, state

regulations, and professional board standards as is related to

member treatment, patient rights, and member / patient

confidentiality.

May be required to participate in the

department on-call rotation.

Knowledge of Evidence-Based

Practice and psychotherapy research methods.

Knowledge of

the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental

health.

Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing

effective treatment plans.

Competence in individual,

family and group psychotherapy.

Professional maturity and

ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional

responsibilities.

Commitment to quality of service,

teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive

multidisciplinary clinic.

Ability to complete multiple

tasks / objectives in a timely manner.

Must be able to work

in a Labor / Management Partnership

environment.

Preferred

Qualifications :

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Previous post license, experience as a member of a

psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient or inpatient

setting / program under licensed supervision.

Previous

clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual

and group psychotherapy.

Demonstrated professional

maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional

responsibilities, preferred.

Demonstrated commitment to

quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly

interactive multidisciplinary clinic,

preferred.

Demonstrated ability to complete multiple

tasks / objectives in a timely manner, preferred.

Accuracy

in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans,

preferred.

Competence in individual, family and group

psychotherapy,

preferred.