Licensed Prof Counselor

Essential Functions

• Assess or provide therapy, counseling, intervention and/or education to individuals including but not limited to a diverse client population with anxiety, depression and other behavioral health diagnoses in a professional manner.
• Screen and assess clients for common mental health and provide clinically appropriate treatment based on an objective mental health assessment.
• Provide client education about common mental health and available treatment options.
• Monitor clients (in person or by telephone) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
• Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by internal and external providers focusing on treatment, adherence, side effects and other complications, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Provide brief interventions using evidence-based techniques as applicable in an out-client setting.
• Provide or facilitate in-clinic or outside referrals to evidence-based psychosocial treatments(e.g., CBT, IPT) as clinically indicated.
• Facilitate client engagement and follow-up in behavioral health services.
• Track client follow-up and clinical outcomes. Document client visits and telephone encounters with the individual client record within the electronic medical record.
• Document client progress and treatment recommendations in the registry so they can be easily shared with the psychiatrist and other treating providers.
• Facilitate treatment plan changes for clients who are not improving as expected (including medication management and other treatment modalities).
• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside the outpatient clinic setting (e.g., social services such as but not limited to community, expanded mental health services, substance abuse treatment).
• Complete timely and accurate documentation within the electronic medical record.
• Assist with the ongoing support of assigned telepsychiatry services.
• Participate in planned supervision and case consultation conferences with psychiatrist and mental health team members.
• Adhere to ethical billing practices as it relates to clinical practice and specific to payer reimbursement.
• Adhere to the performance standard of 85% or greater as it related to billable client visits.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience

• Master’s degree.
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) required. Fully Licensed and Credentialed.
• Minimum of two years clinical work experience in an outpatient environment.
• Experience working with adult, and/or child and adolescent populations.

Other Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of principles, theories, values, and ethics of Behavioral Health treatment practices, including SBIRT, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based methodologies.
• Must be committed to providing high quality care to underserved and diverse populations.
• Occasional weekend and evening hours may be required.
• Demonstrated success in managing difficult client situations, including conflict resolution training.
• Significant knowledge of medical practices and procedures within in an outpatient care environment.
• Demonstrated success and familiarity with tools, technology, and systems typically found within most progressive health care environments (i.e., personal computer skills, spreadsheets, word processing, client records systems, EMR systems, etc.).
• Strong planning, time management and organizational skills required.
• Manage work processes along with strong computer skills for documentation purposes.
• Maintain confidential information within HIPAA guidelines and organizational policies and procedures.
• Adherence to the provider responsibilities set forth by all payers.
• Ability to be flexible especially with scheduling and site locations and to perform and prioritize multiple functions and tasks.
• Open communication and professionalism.
• Proficient computer skills.
• Second language a plus.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.