Kaiser Permanente
Location
Union City, California
Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment services for adult members under the supervision of a licensed clinician. Collaborates with primary care providers and multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement clinical treatment programs.
Requires a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling Psychology, or a related field and an Associate license (AMFT, APCC, or ASW) in California. Candidates must be familiar with DSM-V and committed to obtaining full licensure within 24 months of hire.
Under supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist or a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, provides mental health assessment and triage, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Under supervision, may collaborate with treating primary care providers and with psychiatric and allied health professional team members to plan and direct each individual patients treatment program.
Confers and consults with supervisor regarding members progress and treatment and may consult with psychiatrist as well, if both are involved in members care. 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. 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 Kaiser Permanente, state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. 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 primary care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.
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.
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