Behavioral Health Professional, Clinic Based-Health Center at Newbridge

Mountain Area Health Education Center - MAHEC • Asheville, NC

20h

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY: The Behavioral Health Therapist serves as an integral member of the interdisciplinary care team within our outpatient psychiatry clinic. This clinician provides high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health services to individuals across the lifespan, addressing a range of mental health and substance use concerns. Services are delivered both in-person and via telehealth. The therapist is responsible for completing comprehensive assessments, delivering psychotherapeutic interventions, collaborating with medical providers, and coordinating care across systems to ensure patient-centered, trauma-informed care. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Deliver individual, family, and group psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults, including crisis intervention as needed. Complete psychodiagnostic evaluations and develop person-centered treatment plans aligned with best practices. Monitor and evaluate patient progress and outcomes, updating treatment plans in collaboration with the care team. Provide care that is safe, ethical, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and aligned with evidence-based models. Participate in regular case consultations and interdisciplinary collaboration, including direct consultation with resident and faculty physicians. Serve in a rotating on-call schedule as assigned. Coordinate care with internal providers and external agencies including schools, primary care, hospitals, court systems, and community partners. Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation in compliance with regulatory and organizational standards. Facilitate appropriate referrals to internal and external services, supporting continuity of care. May be asked to engage in teaching or mentoring activities with medical residents on a case-by-case basis. Participate in departmental meetings, supervision, and quality improvement initiatives. Support the mission and values of integrated, team-based care. Maintain licensure, training requirements, and adherence to ethical standards as set forth by relevant professional boards. This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Behavioral Health Therapist may perform. KEY COMPETENCIES: Communication Skills Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families. Decision Making Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time. HealthCare Knowledge Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate. Interpersonal Skills Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others. Organizational Values Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need. Problem Solving Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

Requirements

• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.
• Master’s in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Two (2) years relevant experience or comparable combined experience and/or education preferred.
• Current North Carolina License to practice independently including Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Doctoral level Psychologist (PhD or PsyD)
• Current BLS certification required.
• Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position.

Nice To Haves

• Spanish speaking skills preferred.
• Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver individual, family, and group psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults, including crisis intervention as needed.
• Complete psychodiagnostic evaluations and develop person-centered treatment plans aligned with best practices.
• Monitor and evaluate patient progress and outcomes, updating treatment plans in collaboration with the care team.
• Provide care that is safe, ethical, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and aligned with evidence-based models.
• Participate in regular case consultations and interdisciplinary collaboration, including direct consultation with resident and faculty physicians.
• Serve in a rotating on-call schedule as assigned.
• Coordinate care with internal providers and external agencies including schools, primary care, hospitals, court systems, and community partners.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation in compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Facilitate appropriate referrals to internal and external services, supporting continuity of care.
• May be asked to engage in teaching or mentoring activities with medical residents on a case-by-case basis.
• Participate in departmental meetings, supervision, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support the mission and values of integrated, team-based care.
• Maintain licensure, training requirements, and adherence to ethical standards as set forth by relevant professional boards.

Benefits

• MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees