Collaborative Care Mental Health Clinician

Job Summary

The Collaborative Care Mental Health Clinician (CCMHC) is an integral member and provider of a patient’s medical and mental health care team. This role is weighted toward direct clinical care with 90% of the interactions being face-to-face patient care. The role serves as the cornerstone of the team consisting of a patient, the patient’s primary care provider, and a psychiatric consultant. The CCMHC also contributes to the learning, growth, and service provision of the larger Collaborative Care Psychiatry team.

About the Role

We currently have a CCMHC opening at UVM Medical Center covering the Pediatric Primary Care clinics in Burlington/Williston, VT. The CCMHC is responsible for providing triage, clinical assessment, direct diagnosis of mental health disorders in conjunction with DSM, ICD-10 and Collaborative Care and/or Psychotherapy codes, psychoeducation to patients and primary care providers, care coordination, case management, direct evidence-based psychotherapy, treatment plan formulation and updates, crisis coordination, and relapse prevention planning.

Responsibilities

• Provides triage, clinical assessment, direct diagnosis of mental health disorders in conjunction with DSM, ICD-10 and Collaborative Care and/or Psychotherapy codes
• Contributes to the learning, growth, and service provision of the larger Collaborative Care Psychiatry team
• Serves as the cornerstone of the team consisting of a patient, the patient’s primary care provider, and a psychiatric consultant
• Meets regularly for case consultation with their partner psychiatric consultant and monitoring of a caseload of assigned patients
• Oversight of a registry which serves as both a clinical tool (e.g. monitoring risk scores and patient outcomes) as well as a programmatic tool (e.g. monitoring service utilization and programmatic outcomes)

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree minimum, Licensure in the State of Vermont, LCSW or LCMHC required
• PREFERRED: Experience with pediatric populations, families and children
• Training in acute crisis intervention
• Training in suicide risk assessment and symptom reduction
• Training and experience in CBT/DBT approach to mental health symptom reduction or alleviation
• Additional clinical certifications and skills in specific clinical specialties are welcomed
• Familiarity with psychotropic medications and their role in treatment
• Experience with co-occurring disorders (including substance use disorder and medical complications)
• Experience: At least 3 years direct clinical experience post-masters in a medical or mental health setting providing individual, family and/or group psychotherapy preferred
• Currently licensed in State of Vermont and/or State of New York as independent therapist depending on service area
• Strongly Preferred: Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team (including experience with integrated behavioral health care models including Collaborative Care)

Qualifications

• Must have the necessary education (Master’s degree minimum) with Licensure in the State of Vermont, LCSW or LCMHC required

Skills

• Experience with pediatric populations, families and children
• Training in acute crisis intervention
• Training in suicide risk assessment and symptom reduction
• Training and experience in CBT/DBT approach to mental health symptom reduction or alleviation
• Additional clinical certifications and skills in specific clinical specialties are welcomed
• Familiarity with psychotropic medications and their role in treatment
• Experience with co-occurring disorders (including substance use disorder and medical complications)
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team (including experience with integrated behavioral health care models including Collaborative Care)

Benefits

UVM Health Benefits package includes Excellent Pay and Benefits, generous time off, health insurance, 403B retirement benefits and much more!