Therapist I

Position Summary

The Therapist I position requires excellence in performing multiple psychotherapies including, but not limited to, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, behavioral activation, dialectical behavioral, interpersonal, supportive, motivational interviewing, graded exposure, and ritual prevention, solution-focused, desensitization, couples, family, grief, and trauma therapies. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is also preferred. Such therapies will be provided in both one-to-one and group settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide behavioral health services to children, adults, and families as part of the continuum of care.
• Complete initial intake and diagnostic assessments on all clients referred into the Behavioral Health Program.
• Develops initial treatment plans and updates treatment plans to include age-appropriate clinical interventions/objectives/goals that are observable and measurable.
• Provide quality clinical consultation to providers and staff in areas of individual, family, child and adolescent, regarding mental and behavioral health related issues.
• Assessment and DSM-V/ICD-10 diagnostics for patients referred by medical staff of Adelante Healthcare.
• Provide brief, evidence based, solution focused behavioral interventions with active development of psychotherapeutic/psychoeducational Behavioral Change Planning.
• Cultivate education, administration, and self-management skills for targeted populations with psychological issues impacting physical and/or behavioral health issues.
• Promote Adelante Practitioners knowledge of patient behavioral health issues and provider’s education to assist with enhancing primary care utilization of behavioral health interventions.
• Promote a smooth interface between care provided throughout the organization and the communities specialized mental/behavioral health system.
• Collaborate and co-manage the patient’s behavioral health care with consistent, expeditious feedback to referring practitioners.
• Document the clinical behavioral health aspect of patient interventions and tracks the patient referrals to specialty behavioral health care.
• Attend monthly department staffing and weekly supervision meetings.
• Provide on-site availability for crisis triage and intervention.
• Maintain familiarity with and abide by all established facility and departmental policies and procedures, noting changes when they are published/posted.
• Ensure compliance with governmental licensing and regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Follows the work rotation schedule.
• Explains and gives proper notification of absenteeism, as outlined in the facility Policies and Procedures.
• Attends a minimum of 98% of the staff meetings.
• Reads and signs off on all minutes of the meetings not attended.
• Participates in committees as assigned.
• Maintains 100% attendance at mandatory skill/departmental updates.
• Seeks out facility or external education/training that would further develop individual skills, experience, or knowledge necessary for a high standard of functioning in his/her job.
• Demonstrate an understanding of facility organizational structure by utilization of appropriate channels of communication.
• Maintain consistent, timely communication regarding all facets of departmental activities with his/her co-workers, therefore, demonstrating good customer service skills with both external and internal customers.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and Behavioral Health Policies and Procedures.
• Must be available during off hours as position may include some "on call" responsibilities needed by Mercy Maricopa.
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and office computers and software.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in the Behavioral Health field (Psychology, Social Work)
• Computer literacy is required
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred
• Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions
• Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions
• Should be comfortable with the pace of primary care, working with an interdisciplinary team, and have strong communication skills
• Good knowledge of psycho-pharmacology
• Able to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions

Skills

• Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions
• Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions
• Good knowledge of psycho-pharmacology
• Able to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions

Benefits

• Not specified

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

• Not specified