To be responsible for evaluation, treatment planning, referral, care management, individual follow-up, and group therapy based on clinical evaluations of targeted populations; and acts as a consultant and liaison to physicians and clinical staff as well as outside agencies.
Essential Functions:
- Completes mental status and psychosocial assessment of members.
- Provides individual and group psychotherapy and classes implementing goal specific and measurable treatment plans.
- Evaluates, counsels and refers members to more appropriate mental health provider(s) or to community resources when indicated.
- Provides urgent care and crisis intervention as indicated.
- Provides more specialized treatment modalities when qualified by special training.
- Consults regularly with psychiatrists on member care.
- Communicates with Behavioral Health colleagues, Primary Care providers, and other Kaiser Permanente providers and agencies as needed to facilitate integrative care.
- Prepares and submits reports on mental health activities as requested.
- Participates in staff development meetings and in quality of care activities on a regular basis.
- Manages panel and practice management within departmental guidelines.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Preferred Skills: Experience working in Intensive Outpatient Program
Schedule: Will work one late evening.
Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5) years of post-master's clinical experience in mental health required.
- One (1) year of experience providing individual and group therapy required.
- One (1) year of experience providing urgent care or crisis intervention required.
- One (1) year of experience providing CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) required.
- Master's degree in Social Work required.
- Enrollment in PECOS within 90 Days of Hire required.
- Practitioner Discipline Listed as being accepted by Medicare.
- Licensed as a clinical social worker by the state in which the service is performed - LCSW in VA, LCSW-C in Maryland, or LICSW in DC required.
- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.
- Strong Assessment and Diagnostic Skills.
- Treatment Planning Expertise.
- Strong Individual and Group Therapy Skills.
- Efficient and Effective Practice Management in a Fast Paced Clinical Setting.
- Customer Focus and Strong Ability to Function as a Team Member.
- Flexibility.
- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience providing DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) preferred.
- Experience working with Eating Disorder, OCD, and/ or Borderline Personality Disorder Populations preferred.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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