Bilingual Outpatient Clinician

Wheeler•Hartford, CT

About The Position

The Bilingual Integrated Health Care Clinician provides clinical and case management services for children and adults across the lifespan in an integrated health care setting that offers primary care, behavioral health, and dental services. The role works collaboratively with coworkers, clients, families, and external stakeholders and requires fluency in Spanish and English. The position is based at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The clinician works as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing behavioral health consultation, supporting clients’ adherence to medical treatment, conducting screening and evaluation, formulating diagnoses, and developing individualized treatment plans. Services include psychotherapy and group facilitation, case management, timely referrals, clinical documentation, and coordination with internal and community providers. The clinician is expected to provide culturally competent care, meet program productivity and documentation standards, participate in supervision and team meetings, and comply with mandated reporting, confidentiality, licensing, regulatory, and accreditation requirements. The position is full-time. Salary is $60,000 for associate licensure (LMSW, LPCA, or LMFTA) and $73,500 for full licensure (LCSW, LPC, or LMFT); salary may be commensurate with experience. An annual bilingual stipend and a $10,000 sign-on bonus, paid in two separate payments, are offered. Eligible clinicians may qualify for up to $250,000 in NHSC loan repayment.

Requirements

Fluency in Spanish and English.
Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling, Social Work, or a related license-eligible field, or a doctoral degree in Psychology.
Must be licensed or license-eligible as an LPCA, LMFTA, LPC, LMFT, or Psychologist. Candidates with an MSW must have an LMSW permit or license, or an LCSW, to begin employment.
Ability to provide services to children and adults across the lifespan in an integrated health care setting.

Responsibilities

Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to address clients’ behavioral, primary, and dental health needs, including consulting with primary care providers, supporting medical treatment compliance, and connecting clients with Wheeler or community services.
Conduct program-specific screening and evaluation and formulate diagnoses in accordance with the DSM.
Develop and document clear, individualized, measurable clinical formulations and treatment plans collaboratively with clients, families, and relevant providers.
Use behavioral health screening as directed and incorporate behavioral health, primary care, and dental goals into treatment plans as indicated.
Provide psychotherapy and use appropriate evidence-based practices and best practices; facilitate focused, time-limited group therapy and provide or refer clients to groups as required.
Triage clinical emergencies appropriately, including suicide risk and danger to others.
Demonstrate knowledge of psychotropic medications and internal and external levels of care, referral processes, and resources.
Make clinically appropriate, timely referrals for identified service needs.
Complete clinical documentation in a timely manner and document client-related information in compliance with agency policy.
Communicate effectively with clients, families, and internal and external providers; attend required meetings and multidisciplinary treatment-planning meetings.
Meet direct-service productivity goals and follow program and agency goals, practice standards, and data collection and reporting protocols.
Attend scheduled supervision prepared, seek additional supervision or consultation as needed, and follow supervisory directives.
Collaborate with community providers to support clients and families and promote positive system development.
Provide culturally competent care and respect clients’ cultural traditions, values, and beliefs.
Report child abuse or neglect as mandated and comply with confidentiality, licensing, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
Continue developing knowledge of the history, traditions, values, family systems, and artistic expression of groups served, applying culturally informed methods, skills, and techniques.