Adelante
Location
Surprise, AZ | United States
Job description
Therapist I – Surprise
Job Details
Job Location
Adelante Healthcare Surprise – Surprise, AZPosition Type
Full TimeEducation Level
Master’s degreeJob Category
Health CareDescription
POSITION SUMMARY The Therapist I position requires excellence in performing multiple psychotherapies including, but not limited to, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, behavioral activation, dialectical behavioral, interpersonal, supportive, motivational interviewing, graded exposure, and ritual prevention, solution-focused, desensitization, couples, family, grief, and trauma therapies. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is also preferred. Such therapies will be provided in both one-to-one and group settings. The therapist will be responsible for completing initial intakes for the behavioral health program. The therapist will make a clinical decision on the care that is recommended following the intake. The patient may be referred to see the Psychiatrist, may remain with the therapist for Psychotherapy or may see both providers, based on the patient’s needs and their acceptance of treatment options. The therapist will work collaboratively with the behavioral health team (psychiatrist, case manager and behavioral health medical assistant) directly and with primary care providers indirectly. Treatment plans will be developed, maintained, and adjusted over the course of treatment for each patient. The therapist will monitor patients in a patient registry and aid in making recommendations for a portion of these patients by record review without seeing the patients. The therapist will contact patients at predefined intervals for those patients who are missing appointments, meeting treatment plan goals, or as otherwise required. The therapist will coordinate care and ensure patients obtain referrals to outside sources or back to their primary care team after completing treatment plan goals. Upon discharge from specialty services, the therapist will implement a relapse prevention plan with each patient. The therapist will also perform initial assessments of patients. While the preferred mode of delivering care is person-to-person, telemedicine services may also be used. Position is responsible for the management of psychosocial aspects of chronic and acute diseases. The application of behavioral principles to address lifestyle and health risk issues. Emphasis is on prevention and self-help self-approaches, partnering with patients in a treatment approach that build resiliency and that builds and encourages personal responsibility for health. Provides consultation and co-management in the co-treatment of mental disorders and psychosocial issues. Working within a fully-integrated, multidisciplinary model within our primary care Health Centers. EXPECTATIONS Every Adelante Healthcare employee will strive to maximize their performance and contribution to Adelante Healthcare and the community we serve every day. Employees are expected to work in a manner that demonstrates a commitment to quality, patient safety, employee engagement, innovation, and the highest standards of personal integrity, professionalism, and competence. OUR CORE VALUES+ Compassion
+ Excellence
+ Integrity
+ Learning
+ Respect
+ Sustainability
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE :+ Master’s degree in the Behavioral Health field (Psychology, Social Work)
+ Computer literacy is required
+ Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred
+ Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions.
+ Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions.
+ Should be comfortable with the pace of primary care, working with an interdisciplinary team, and have strong communication skills.
+ Good knowledge of psycho-pharmacology
+ Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions
POSITION REPONSIBILITIES+ Provide behavioral health services to children, adults, and families as part of the continuum of care.
+ Complete initial intake and diagnostic assessments on all clients referred into the Behavioral Health Program. Develops initial treatment plans and updates treatment plans to include age-appropriate clinical interventions/objectives/goals that are observable and measurable.
+ Provide quality clinical consultation to providers and staff in areas of individual, family, child and adolescent, regarding mental and behavioral health related issues
+ Assessment and DSM -V/ ICD -10 diagnostics for patients referred by medical staff of Adelante Healthcare
+ Provide brief, evidence based, solution focused behavioral interventions with active development of psychotherapeutic/psychoeducational Behavioral Change Planning
+ Cultivate education, administration, and self-management skills for targeted populations with psychological issues impacting physical and/or behavioral health issues
+ Promote Adelante Practitioners knowledge of patient behavioral health issues and provider’s education to assist with enhancing primary care utilization of behavioral health interventions
+ Promote a smooth interface between care provided throughout the organization and the communities specialized mental/behavioral health system
+ Collaborate and co-manage the patient’s behavioral health care with consistent, expeditious feedback to referring practitioners
+ Provide on-site availability for crisis triage and intervention
+ Document the clinical behavioral health aspect of patient interventions and tracks the patient referrals to specialty behavioral health care.
+ Attend monthly department staffing and weekly supervision meetings.
+ Promote positive patient/guest relation in accordance with Adelante Healthcare policies, providing a high level of quality in personal attention and service to patients and visitors.
+ Observe organizational policies concerning unscheduled absences and reports unscheduled absences in accordance with departmental procedures.
+ Comply with the organization Safety Policies and Procedures. Ensures compliance with governmental licensing and regulatory requirements where applicable.
+ Maintain familiarity with and abide by all established facility and departmental policies and procedures, noting changes when they are published/posted.
+ Reports to work at the start of the shift 98% of the days scheduled. Follows the work rotation schedule. Explains and gives proper notification of absenteeism, as outlined in the facility Policies and Procedures. Attends a minimum of 98% of the staff meetings. Reads and signs off on all minutes of the meetings not attended. Participates in committees as assigned. Maintains 100% attendance at mandatory skill/departmental updates. Seeks out facility or external education/training that would further develop individual skills, experience, or knowledge necessary for a high standard of functioning in his/her job.
+ Observe and respect the confidentiality of information regarding patients, visitors and fellow employees including salary information, if exposed to any of the above referenced information in the course of his/her job function.
+ Dress according to the organization’s dress code policy and procedure, as well as complies with specific departmental regulations pertaining to employee appearance
+ Demonstrate an understanding of facility organizational structure by utilization of appropriate channels of communication. Maintain consistent, timely communication regarding all facets of departmental activities with his/her co-workers, therefore, demonstrating good customer service skills wi
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