Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Behavioral

Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Behavioral Health/Pediatrics (Stockton, CA) Description

Gould Medical Group is looking for skilled professionals to work in an outpatient mental health clinic, serving a wide variety of mental health disorders for children and adolescents. The program provides mental and emotional health assessments, education, and therapeutic interventions. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors may apply.

Gould Medical Group is looking for skilled professionals to work in an outpatient mental health clinic, serving a wide variety of mental health disorders for children and adolescents. The program provides mental and emotional health assessments, education, and therapeutic interventions. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors may apply.

• Position available in Stockton, CA
• Base salary $100,000-$110,000
• Behavioral Health department consists of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers , and Advanced Practicing Clinicians
• Would need to see pediatric patient population (18 and under)

• Will be integrated with the Pediatrics department seeing patients for health assessments, education, and therapeutic interventions.
• Mostly short-term individual psychotherapy
• Candidates should demonstrate proficiency in utilizing evidence-based therapeutic interventions appropriate for the primary care setting, including but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Problem-Solving Therapy (PST), and Motivational Interviewing (MI), with patients across the lifespan.
• Candidates should also be able to provide culturally responsive care, respecting and valuing the diverse backgrounds and experiences of patients.
• Candidates should be able to deliver brief, focused interventions (typically 15-30-minute visits) consistent with the consultative, high-volume nature of the PCBH model, as opposed to traditional 50-minute psychotherapy sessions.
• Candidates should be comfortable receiving warm hand-offs and same-day referrals from primary care providers and providing real-time curbside consultation to the medical team.
• Candidates should be skilled in triaging and managing a broad, undifferentiated range of presenting concerns (e.g., depression, anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, health behavior change, chronic disease management) rather than a specialty caseload.
• Candidates should be able to document efficiently in the shared medical record using concise, functionally oriented progress notes (e.g., SOAP format) that are accessible and useful to medical providers.
• Candidates should be able to support population health and preventive care efforts, including behavioral health screenings (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7) and pathway/protocol-driven care for identified patient populations.
• Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to manage an unscheduled, fluid clinic flow, and to function as an integrated member of the primary care team rather than an independent specialty provider.
• Freedom to set work hours and schedule. Some opportunity to set treatment modality and treatment length.
• Some telework available onsite
• Will need to have alternative hours, including some evening work after 5:00pm
• Call is one week in twenty-three weeks (phone only)
• Low paperwork demands
• No inpatient work
• Stable and growing group

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• Retirement Savings Made Easy:
  Receive 12% or your annual salary as an employer-funded 401(k) contribution (up to IRS limits) with no match requirement and no mandatory employee contribution. Connect with us to learn more about the eligibility for this benefit.
• Annual CME / business expense allowance
• Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
• Individual and Group Performance Bonus
• Relocation assistance

Gould Medical Group is a growing, 600+ clinician multi-specialty group located about two hours east of San Francisco, California. Our communities offer quick access to the bay area as well as other hot spots such as Napa Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe.

• Close proximity to the Bay Area but a lower cost of living
• Short driving distance to Yosemite, wine country, Lake Tahoe, Monterey
• Centrally located with quick access to skiing, hiking, surfing, and entertainment venues of various types
• Rapidly growing communities
• Excellent school options
• Average of 260 days of sunshine annually

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