Interviews, assesses and evaluates patients and families who present themselves for psychiatric dysfunction; provides professional counseling and treatment with the goal of maximizing personal/familial functioning.
Essential Functions:
- 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 patient's progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients and recommends treatment plans.
- Provides appropriate support to member's 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 member's 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.
- This position does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.
Secondary Functions:
- IN REI- Conduct psychosocial interviews and assessments for infertility patients and couples.
- Plan and carry out interventions for infertility patients with identified distress and adjust reactions to their infertility or treatment.
-Able to enlist pts into group activity.
- Provide pts with support, education, and resources.
- Organize and facilitate supportive, therapeutic, and/or psychoeducational groups specifically in the area of mind/body, mindfulness techniques, and topics specific to the interests of infertility patients.
- Consult with REI medical providers regarding relevant patient psychosocial history and current needs.
- Make appropriate referrals to Behavioral Health when necessary.
- In Early Start- Provide screening, assessment, and counseling to pregnant patients who are at risk for using alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs in pregnancy.
- Serve as a substance abuse specialist and liason to the Ob/Gyn providers and ancillary staff.
- Participating in local and regional Early Start meetings.
- Charting and workflow strategies in order to maintain high standards for care.
- Provide presentations, training, and consultation to providers and staff.
- Lead the Early Start facility team in reaching regional benchmarks/goals including, but not limited to, monitering Early Start monthly reports, creating solutions to meet program targets, and work effectively with the Early Start Assistant to maximize program organization and efficiency to best meet member needs.
- Maintain open communication and partnership with the dept's Early Start Physician Champion and Manager to maximize program support support and efficiency.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two (2) to four (4) years).
- Master's degree in applied behavioral science required.
- Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the impact of infertility on an individual and couple as well as mind/body and mindfulness counseling techniques with individuals, couples, and groups.
- Excellent record-keeping, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Knowledge of abstinence-based and harm reduction techniques.
- Strong assessment and diagnostic background in substance abuse and dependence, psychosocial/mental health concerns, and individual/couple counseling and education skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.