Mental Health Therapist
Core
Provides psychosocial assessment, psychiatric diagnosis, and behavioral health treatment for adult patients in an ambulatory clinic setting.
Role type
Licensed Medical Social Worker (Primary Therapist)
Builds
Individual, family, and group therapy treatment plans
Domain
Healthcare / Psychiatry / Behavioral Health
Required skills
Psychosocial assessment, psychiatric diagnosis, behavioral health treatment, crisis intervention, treatment plan coordination, interdisciplinary collaboration, community resource linkage, documentation in electronic medical records
Preferred skills
Cultural competency, therapeutic group leadership
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems
Responsibilities
Perform screening, diagnostic formulation, evaluation, and psychosocial assessments; Provide social work and behavioral health treatment via individual, family, and group modalities; Coordinate comprehensive treatment and discharge planning; Function as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team; Secure insurance authorization for treatment; Document treatment in patient records; Provide crisis intervention and back-up support to other units.