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Presbyterian Medical Group and Women’s Services seeks a full-time LCSW or LPCC Behavioral Health Clinician with experience in perinatal mental health counseling to join our team at Rust Medical Center.
The primary responsibility of this position is to provide brief, evidence-based outpatient behavioral support for OB patients through the antepartum, delivery, and postpartum periods. Presenting issues commonly include depression, anxiety, grief, traumatic birth experiences, fertility challenges, and substance use disorders during pregnancy.
The OB/Women’s Services program utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach with the integrated behavioral health provider physically located within the outpatient clinic. The psychologist will work collaboratively with the medical team (OB’s, RNs, Mas, and case management) to provide family-centered care as patients navigate the perinatal period.
Summary
The Behavioral Health Clinician will provide assessment and evidenced-based care to individuals, families, and groups in a variety of settings. This individual will be part of a comprehensive Behavioral Health team that services outpatient clinics within thePrimary Care Service Line
Responsibilities
*The Behavioral Health Clinician, as part of an integrated care team, identifies, triages, and manages patients with behavioral health problems within a variety of settings. In addition, this individual will provide skill training through patient education strategies and will develop specific behavioral health change plans for individual patients and behavioral health protocols for target populations.
*Performs counseling and case management for each patient assigned, including: assessment; diagnosis; planning care; intervention (including counseling patients/significant others, facilitating brief psychotherapy and educational groups, planning discharges); evaluation (including identifying unmet or new therapy services).
*Demonstrates the therapeutic core conditions of genuineness, empathy and positive regard when interacting with patients and significant others, according to generally accepted clinical practice.
*Performs risk management documentation and follow-up action requirements, e.g. responding to patient complaints, contributing to completion of Problem Resolution Report and Report of Adverse Risk Event (R.A.R.E).
*Recommends program cost control measures to supervisor.
*Participates in the internal Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process, such as peer review, audits, Joint Commission survey preparation, and implementation of clinical paths.
*Selects and gives clinical supervision to Adjunctive Therapists and student interns to ensure these individuals practice appropriate behavior- and skill-based competencies for each of these positions.
*Keeps an accurate, complete and current status of documentation onto the patients chart.
*Recommends safety and therapeutic quality measures for unit areas or rooms to charge nurse.
*Conveys professional role model example for other staff through quality of own clinical practice; work habits; availing self to others as a consultant on clinical issues; attending ongoing internal and external professional development events.
*Performs other functions as required
Type of Opportunity: Full Time
FTE: 1.000000
Qualifications
Masters Degree
NM LCSW or LPCC
Questions? Contact Susan Camenisch at scamenisc@phs.org or schedule an introductory call here.
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