LCSW or LPCC Behavioral Health Clinician - Women's Services

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Presbyterian Medical Group and Womens Services seeks a full-timeLCSW or LPCC Behavioral Health Clinicianwith 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/Womens 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 (OBs 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

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