Licensed Clinical Social Worker NonEx Job Listing at Kaiser Permanente in Fresno, CA (Job ID 3410994-2024-04-25)

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 members 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 and or inpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups as required by the department.


• 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 primary 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.

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• Masters degree in Social Work, Social Welfare from a clinical track, Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field required from an accredited college or university.

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California)

• National Provider Identifier required at hire

• Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.


• Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.


• Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.


• May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.


• Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods.


• Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health.


• Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.


• Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy.


• Professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.


• Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.


• Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.


• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

• Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an inpatient or outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision preferred.


• Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.


• Demonstrated professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities, preferred.


• Demonstrated commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic, preferred.


• Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner, preferred.


• Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans, preferred.


• Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy, preferred.