Therapist, Mental Health

Therapist I

Adelante Healthcare West Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ 85051

Position Type Full Time Education Level Master's degree Category Health Care

POSITION SUMMARY

The Therapist I position requires excellence in performing multiple psychotherapies including, but not limited to, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, behavioral activation, dialectical behavioral, interpersonal, supportive, motivational interviewing, graded exposure, and ritual prevention, solution-focused, desensitization, couples, family, grief, and trauma therapies. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is also preferred. Such therapies will be provided in both one-to-one and group settings.

The therapist will be responsible for completing initial intakes for the behavioral health program. The therapist will make a clinical decision on the care that is recommended following the intake. The patient may be referred to see the Psychiatrist, may remain with the therapist for Psychotherapy or may see both providers, based on the patient's needs and their acceptance of treatment options.

The therapist will work collaboratively with the behavioral health team (psychiatrist, case manager and behavioral health medical assistant) directly and with primary care providers indirectly. Treatment plans will be developed, maintained, and adjusted over the course of treatment for each patient. The therapist will monitor patients in a patient registry and aid in making recommendations for a portion of these patients by record review without seeing the patients.

The therapist will contact patients at predefined intervals for those patients who are missing appointments, meeting treatment plan goals, or as otherwise required. The therapist will coordinate care and ensure patients obtain referrals to outside sources or back to their primary care team after completing treatment plan goals. Upon discharge from specialty services, the therapist will implement a relapse prevention plan with each patient.

The therapist will also perform initial assessments of patients. While the preferred mode of delivering care is person-to-person, telemedicine services may also be used. Position is responsible for the management of psychosocial aspects of chronic and acute diseases. The application of behavioral principles to address lifestyle and health risk issues. Emphasis is on prevention and self-help self-approaches, partnering with patients in a treatment approach that build resiliency and that builds and encourages personal responsibility for health.

Provides consultation and co-management in the co-treatment of mental disorders and psychosocial issues. Working within a fully-integrated, multidisciplinary model within our primary care Health Centers.

EXPECTATIONS

Every Adelante Healthcare employee will strive to maximize their performance and contribution to Adelante Healthcare and the community we serve every day. Employees are expected to work in a manner that demonstrates a commitment to quality, patient safety, employee engagement, innovation, and the highest standards of personal integrity, professionalism, and competence.

OUR CORE VALUES

• Compassion
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Learning
• Respect
• Sustainability

ESSENTIAL

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Master's degree in the Behavioral Health field (Psychology, Social Work)
• Computer literacy is required
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred
• Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions.
• Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions.
• Should be comfortable with the pace of primary care, working with an interdisciplinary team, and have strong communication skills.
• Good knowledge of psycho-pharmacology
• Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions

POSITION REPONSIBILITIES

• Provide behavioral health services to children, adults, and families as part of the continuum of care.
• Complete initial intake and diagnostic assessments on all clients referred…