Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; LMFT

POSITION TITLE
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Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

DEPARTMENT: Behavioral Health

REPORTS TO
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Behavioral Health Director/Chief Medical Officer

POSITION OVERVIEW
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Develop, implement and promote a program of mental health in a community clinic setting, including, but not limited to, psychosocial assessment, diagnostic services, individual and group psychotherapy and case management/coordination with medical providers and supervision of trainees/interns. Population is largely Spanish-speaking, low-income immigrant adults and children. Provides a range of psychosocial assessments, diagnostic, therapeutic and case management services for individuals, couples, groups, children and families, as appropriate to the specific expectations of the position

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Applying a primary care behavioral health model, the BH Counselor will identify, target treatment, triage and manage primary care patients with medical and/or behavioral health problems using a behavioral approach that focuses on: helping patients to replace maladaptive behaviors with adaptive ones; providing skill training through psycho-education and client education strategies, and; developing specific behavior change plans that fit the fast work pace of the primary care setting.
• Undertakes continuous self-improvement, attending applicable training, seminars, in-services and educational classes to maintain skills competency and current knowledge for standard of care and effective practices.
• Responsible for following all agency safety and health standards, regulations, procedures, policies and practices.
• Identifies, initiates and implements measures to deliver high-quality care to patients and improve services.
• Responds efficiently and timely to all patient and provider staff needs and inquiries.
• Ensures excellent customer service to all FHCCGLA patients.
• Works with the operations managers to manage patient scheduling and flow to address bottlenecks, scheduling issues, etc.
• Assists in developing, updates & reviews of FHCCGLA Policies & Procedures (P&P’s) as needed (with input from all other key personnel).
• Ensures HIPAA compliance by maintaining strict confidentiality of all patient data and E.H.R./Practice Management System (PMS) according to regulations and FHCCGLA’s P&P’s.
• Attends the following meetings/trainings if advised to do so:
  • Mandatory Quarterly Staff Meeting/Trainings
    - Quarterly (Jan., Apr., Jul. & Oct.)
  • Corporate Risk Management Meeting
    - Quarterly (Jan., Apr., Jul. & Oct.), as needed (advanced notice will be provided when feasible)
  • Clinical & Operations (C&O) Meeting
    - As needed (advanced notice will be provided when feasible)
  • Meetings with FHCCGLA’s Executive Leadership, as needed (advanced notice will be provided when feasible)
• Remains informed of:
  • Current legal and regulatory changes related to scope of practice.
  • Specific programs/payors, insurances accepted, and services being offered at FHCCGLA.
  • All applicable Policies & Procedures
• Provide short-term, structured, evidence-based interventions as part of an appropriate treatment plan, which may include individual and/or group therapy, and possible coordination of treatment for participants with co-occurring disorders.
• Provides therapy in group setting and facilitates peer support groups.
• Collaborate and coordinate with other members of health care team, in particular the client’s PCP, to provide holistic, well-integrated health care in order to improve the outcome of patients.
• Supervise Patient Care Coordinators and other support staff that are part of the behavioral health team as appropriate
• Maintain accurate and timely electronic health records of activities, and services provided to each client.
• Manage data to measure behavioral health outcomes…