Provide high quality clinical services to Kaiser Permanente members accessing the Department of Addiction Medicine.
Essential Functions:
- Provide high quality clinical services (individual, group, and family) to our members through direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan in outpatient or residential settings.
- Provide all care in accordance with accepted best practice standards and department protocols (including supervision).
- Conducts hospital consults as requested by clinical services manager, Clinical Director or Chief of Addiction Medicine department.
- Provide case management through appropriate triaging and referrals, consultation with other providers, contact with members and their families, and reporting to outside agencies.
- Document all member care in the electronic medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards.
- Provide other member or department services, such as program development, in-service training, crisis intervention and supervision of members during residential activities.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Master's level degree in counseling, social work, or closely related field (M.S.W., M.S., M.A., and M.Ed.), postmaster's experience not required, if completed one (1) year departmental internship.
- Certified alcohol and drug counselor; or licensed professional counselor - LPC; or licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT; or licensed clinical social worker - LCSW.
- Current license to practice without restriction and/or A/D Certification in practicing state.
- NPI.
- Thorough and working knowledge of current best practice treatment for; members and their family members needing Addiction intervention and/or treatment services; including treatment principles for individual, family and group counseling; adolescent development; family systems theory, and treatment/intervention options for sexual/physical and other trauma survivors.
- Thorough and working knowledge of legal requirements for reporting abuse and maintaining confidentiality.
- Thorough and working knowledge of accepted best practice protocols and ethical guidelines and behaviors for counselors.
- Ability to assess, diagnoses, and treat members affected by substance use/dependence.
- Ability to recognize, assesses, and initiates treatment for members with co-occurring issues.
- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment and tools.
- Ability to carry a large caseload.
- Ability to interface with large multidisciplinary systems - both internal and external.
- Basic electronic mail communication skills.
- Basic computer skills in windows applications.
- Basic computer skills including ability to access and utilize web-based resources, and communicate in writing using electronic mail.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Training and experience related to counseling/treatment principles for; individual, family and group counseling; adolescent development; family systems theory, and treatment/intervention options for sexual/physical and other trauma survivors preferred.
- Master's level degree and two (2) years of post-masters experience preferred.
- Ability to diagnose and treat members with co-occurring issues preferred.
- Proficient electronic mail communication skills preferred.
- Proficient computer skills in windows applications preferred.
- Provides clinical services with emphasis on addiction treatment utilizing knowledge of current best practices in field of substance use disorders preferred.
- Considers cultural nuances and health care beliefs in the provision of care to a diverse member base preferred.
- Provides substance abuse consultation to other professionals, members and referents preferred.
- Proficient in computer skills including Windows applications, access/utilization of web-based resources, keyboarding preferred.
Salary Range:
$30.96 - $42.88
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.