Mental Health Professional II - Licensed Child Adolescent

Job Title:

Mental Health Professional II – Licensed

Department:
Psychology Pro Service (Outpatient Child Psychology)

FTE: 1.0 (80 hours per pay period)

Workdays:
Monday - Friday

Shift(s):
Days

Shift Length: 8 hours

Location:

In-Person (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, downtown Minneapolis hospital campus)

We are seeking a Mental Health Professional II – Licensed to join our Outpatient Child Psychology Team. This fulltime role will work days within our downtown Minneapolis hospital campus. Practice location will be at our Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic.

The Mental Health Professional Level II will provide direct psychiatric screening, assessment, and treatment for children and adolescents with a range of mental health challenges; evaluate care and programming; provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy; develop programming as needed; and includes the potential to provide clinical supervision to post-masters Mental Health Associates (LAMFT, LPC, LGSW). Work in a multidisciplinary (MD, PhD/PsyD, LP, LPCC, RN, social work) clinic offering psychotherapy.

You will experience diversity in your practice while offering diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, facilitation of groups and individual sessions to patients. There are also potential opportunities to engage in building new processes related to treatment/care workflows and participate in the supervision of trainees and staff. Take your career to the next level with a vibrant organization that serves the community as a safety net hospital, providing exceptional care with compassion.

Join a department where there are opportunities for growth and advancement, accessible and supportive leadership, and a collaborative spirit. Grow your leadership skills! We offer robust benefits, a competitive salary, and an opportunity to make a difference in our community.

• Provides mental health evaluation and treatment services including initial and ongoing screeners; diagnostic assessments; initial treatment plans and treatment plan updates; individual, family, and group psychotherapy services; psychoeducation; care coordination and referrals; crisis services; and discharge planning
• Completes documentation and billing in a timely and accurate manner for clinical services provided
• Participate in (and, when applicable to the position, leads) multidisciplinary care team rounds
• Provides on-call phone coverage for patient coaching (as applicable to position)
• Provides clinical supervision to clinical trainees (practicum students, interns, and fellows)
• Assists in maintaining standards for clinic accreditation by health management organizations and state licensure/certification
• Provides clinical supervision to post-masters Mental Health Associates (LAMFT, LPC, LGSW)
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Meets the DHS definition for Mental Health Professional. (See MN Statute 245.462, Subd. 18. Mental health professional)
• Minimum of two years of experience as an MHP
• Must be a licensed mental health professional per Department of Human Services – LMFT, LICSW or LPCC.
• Must be a board-approved supervisor
  -OR
  - An approved equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy, working with persons living with mental illnesses and addictions.

• Ability to provide psychotherapy to patients and families; ability to recognize and document patient progress;
• Ability to work cooperatively with other members of the multidisciplinary clinical team;
• Ability to interact with individuals of widely diverse lifestyles including ability to deal objectively with individuals whose attitudes and behaviors differ from his/her own;
• Ability to read and interpret written instructions, patient charts, and physicians' notes;
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures in an advisory capacity (educate).
• Ability to use computer systems, including electronic medical records, along with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, etc.)

To learn more about psychotherapy services in the Psychiatry Department overall, please see link below: