Description
~This position is eligible for a $5000 sign on bonus! ~
Job Summary:
The Psychosocial Counselor II is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention and psycho-education to members and/or family members. The majority of the position will be spent in direct patient care.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provides timely and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment intervention of members.
- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents and/or children.
- Provides appropriate selection of treatment modality to members presenting problem.
- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.
- Effectively communicates clinical material to member and clinical staff and provides high internal and external customer/patient satisfaction.
- Provides appropriate and timely documentation of clinical encounters in members charts.
- Conduct initial interview with Members by eliciting and interpreting the psychological and social meaning of complaints.
- Determines urgency of members need.
- Provides a professional interpretation of members presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.
- Renders appropriate and immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.
- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letter; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.
- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, sociocultural determinants and community resources.
- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.
- Knowledgeable of KP and community resources.
- Proficient in identifying and treating the span of developmental stages.
- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group family & child therapy.
- Complies with organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies and procedures.
- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patients clinical care and license.
- Maintains license.
- Participates in QM & CQI activities.
Basic Qualifications: Experience
- Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a clinical setting.
- For Psychiatry Department positions: Two (2) years of post-graduate mental healthy therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.
- For Addiction Medicine Department positions: Two (2) years of post-graduate addiction medicine therpy experience within the last five (5) years required.
- Masters degree in a Behavioral Health field required.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California) OR Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California)
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required for positions in Behavioral Health.
- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current DSM nomenclature required.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
- Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed.
- Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities.
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