Behavioral Health Therapist I - CCP Hope Peds - Northwest

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center • Seneca, PA

285d • $23 - $35

About The Position

UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics is hiring a Full-Time Behavioral Health Therapist I to support the offices in Seneca. The purpose of this job is to be part of a collaborative care team to provide behavioral health assessments and brief treatment in the primary care medical home. This level of service is equivalent to outpatient.

Requirements

• Master's degree in psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Education in school counseling, or related field required.
• One year of clinical experience preferred.
• Knowledge of psychiatric evaluation and assessment process, as well as application of current version of the DSM preferred.
• Experience in diagnosing and treating behavioral and psychiatric conditions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Screen and assess patients for common behavioral health disorders.
• Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care.
• Systemically track treatment response and monitor patients (in person or via telemedicine) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
• Provides brief evidenced based intervention (behavioral activation, PMT, MI, Psycho-education, PST) to patients and families in the program and engages families in the assessment and treatment processes when indicated.
• Completes clinical documentation on the same day of service delivery.
• Reviews cases with psychiatric consultant and attends required supervision (individual, group, peer) at least once per week.
• Assesses changing needs of patients per guidelines of the collaborative care model, and incorporates these into treatment plan and treatment plan review.
• Under direct supervision, conducts assessments of new patients using the identified format for documentation and clinical decisions regarding treatment, interventions and referrals, as instructed.
• Implements, improves, and adapts concepts, models, and constructs of treatment for application in service delivery to patients.
• Manages and tracks a registry of patients with clinical data and demonstrates an understanding of when patients need additional services.
• Discusses need for additional services with the clinical team to determine appropriateness of recommendations.
• Refers patients to other levels of care if on-going behavioral health therapy is needed.
• Collaborates directly with pediatrician as part of collaborative care team.
• Able to translate clinical skills to a telemedicine platform.
• Able to manage and build relationships with pediatricians in multiple offices.

Benefits

• Sign on bonus available if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Master's degree