Fee-For-Service Bilingual Integrated Healthcare Clinician

Wheeler•Waterbury, CT

About The Position

The Fee-for-Service Bilingual Outpatient Integrated Health Care Clinician provides clinical and case management services to children and adults across the lifespan in an integrated setting offering primary care, behavioral health, and dental services. The clinician works collaboratively with coworkers, clients, families, community providers, and other stakeholders to address clients’ health needs and support coordinated care.

Requirements

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.
Applicants with an MSW must have an LMSW permit or license, or an LCSW, to begin employment.
Bilingual ability, as indicated by the position title.

Responsibilities

Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to meet clients’ behavioral, primary, and dental health needs, including consulting with primary care providers, supporting medical treatment compliance, and making referrals.
Conduct program-specific screening and evaluation and formulate diagnoses in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
Develop and document individualized, measurable clinical formulations and treatment plans in collaboration with clients, families, and others as relevant, incorporating behavioral health, primary care, and dental goals as indicated.
Apply knowledge of psychopathology and individual, group, and family psychotherapy modalities.
Triage clinical emergencies, including suicide risk and danger to others.
Use evidence-based psychotherapy practices where appropriate and facilitate focused, time-limited group therapy or make group referrals when required.
Demonstrate knowledge of psychotropic medications.
Complete clinical documentation in a timely manner and in compliance with agency policy.
Facilitate outpatient or intensive outpatient groups and see patients across the lifespan when necessary.
Understand internal and external levels of care, referral processes, and resources; make clinically appropriate referrals in a timely manner.
Communicate effectively with clients, families, and internal and external providers.
Attend required meetings, including multidisciplinary treatment planning meetings, and meet program-defined direct service productivity goals.
Follow program, department, 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 that respects clients’ cultural traditions, values, and beliefs, and continue developing cultural knowledge and appropriate approaches, skills, and techniques.
Report child abuse or neglect as mandated and follow confidentiality guidelines and applicable licensing, regulatory, and accreditation standards.