Description
Licensed Mental Health Therapist-Focused Therapy Specialist - Fremont - 40 hours
Hybrid
Fremont, CA, US
Salary: USD $116,667 – $130,291 / yr
Job description
$20,000 Sign on Bonus Eligible
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.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
N/A
Education
Master’s degree in social work, Social Welfare from a clinical track, Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field required from an accredited college or university.
License, Certification, Registration
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)
OR
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California)
OR
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) AND Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Couples and Families Endorsement (California) within 24 months of hire
National Provider Identifier required at hire
What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements of this position?
Candidate must have a valid CA license, must have experience with individual and group therapy. Must not have opted out of seeing Medicare patients in California. (Medicare eligible is a Must Have). Must have experience working with severe mental health patients such as Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia etc.
What are the nice-to-have skills?
Would be nice to have a candidate that has several years of experience in the field, not newly licensed.
Someone who is bilingual
Someone who lives in Fremont California or surrounding areas
Describe how this position fits in your organization.
critical need, we are currently operating in crisis mode due to having several vacancies
What is exciting about this opportunity? Please include team and company culture.
Great team support for this position, great work environment. Job offers great benefits and sign on bonus.
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