License Masters Mental Health Professional - Crisis-Intake Assessment Coordination
Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Pleasanton
Posted on: June 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Description: Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis,
treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child
members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a
broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating
physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan
and direct each individual members treatment program.Essential
Responsibilities:Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates
clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or
referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental
illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and
evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to
individuals, couples, families and groups.Instructs and counsels
patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed
therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication
regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized
therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate
support to member's family. May develop and conducts
psychoeducational classes and groups.Prepares intake summaries,
treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing
confidential records. Charts member's treatment and progress in
accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted
community standards. May be required to participate in the
department on-call rotation.Collaborates with physicians in
screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications,
within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and
private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of
the member's treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates
behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of
settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other
care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental
health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.May supervise
Post Master's Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate
Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical
Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.May provide
appropriate support to member's family, including explanation of
treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and
interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment,
at member's request.Utilizes resources of public and private
agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the
member's treatment to include referral of the member and/or
member's family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates
in departmental program development, implementation and
evaluation.Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting
agencies.Secondary Functions:May be transferred to another location
in the DSA.Basic Qualifications:Experience N/A Education Master's
degree in Social Work, Social Welfare from a clinical track,
Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field required from an
accredited college or university. License, Certification,
Registration Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed
Marriage Family Therapist in the State of California or Licensed
Professional Clinical Counselor (must meet couples and families
requirement or complete within two (2) years of hire) with the
State of California approval by the Board of Behavioral
Science.Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain
NPI, prior to employment start date.Additional Requirements:Must be
familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.Has experience in
assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric
conditions.Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills.Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and
professional board standards as is related to member treatment,
patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.May be required
to participate in the department on-call rotation.Knowledge of
Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research
methods.Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that
contribute to mental health.Accuracy in diagnosing patients and
developing effective treatment plans.Competence in individual,
family and group psychotherapy.Professional maturity and ethical
integrity necessary for assuming professional
responsibilities.Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and
participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary
clinic.Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely
manner.Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership
environment.Preferred Qualifications:Previous post license,
experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an
outpatient or inpatient setting/program under licensed
supervision.Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis
intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.Demonstrated
professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming
professional responsibilities, preferred.Demonstrated commitment to
quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly
interactive multidisciplinary clinic, preferred.Demonstrated
ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner,
preferred.Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective
treatment plans, preferred.Competence in individual, family and
group psychotherapy, preferred.This is an adult crisis/problem
focused therapy position.Individual, couples, group theratpy/case
management.Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton
Hopyard Psychiatry Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Working Hours Start: 07:30 AM
Working Hours End: 08:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type:
Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation:
A05-IBHS-NUHW-NUHW Integ Behavioral Hlth Ser Job Level: Individual
Contributor Department: Pleasanton Med Offices North - Mental
Health/Psych-NonMD Prov - 0206 Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time Kaiser
Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse
and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including
pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital
status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity,
veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing
characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected
status.
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