Lic. Masters Mental Health Prof. Adult and Child Team

Description : Job Summary :

Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and / or child members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and / or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups.
• Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate support to members family. May develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups.
• Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts members treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
• Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care. Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.
• May supervise Post Masters Fellows, Associate Clinical Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is completed.
• May provide appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members request.
• Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and / or members family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
• Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.

Basic Qualifications :

Experience

Education

License, Certification, Registration

OR

OR

Additional Requirements :

Preferred Qualifications :

Primary Location : California,Modesto,Modesto Stoddard Behavioral Health

Scheduled Weekly Hours : 40

Shift : Day

Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start : 09 : 00 AM

Working Hours End : 06 : 00 PM

Job Schedule : Full-time

Job Type : Standard

Worker Location : Flexible

Employee Status : Regular

Employee Group / Union Affiliation : A05-IBHS|NUHW|NUHW Integ Behavioral Hlth Ser

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Department : Modesto Hospital - Mental Health / Psychiatry - 0206

Pay Range : $57.77 - $64.52 / year

Travel : No

Flexible : Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.