Integrated Mental Health Therapist III or Licensed
About The Position
Full-time Mental Health Therapist position available for our Behavioral Health Department at Tumwater, WA location. This position may also require some travel to the Olympia Medical department as needed. This is a FT position on an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include assessment, brief intervention counseling, consultations with primary care, patient-centered care plans, care coordination. You will be part of a team that will work toward better health outcomes by applying evidence based practices. This is a dynamic program oriented toward health care transformation. Special Site Features: IMHT is co-located at Sea Mar Olympia Medical or Sea Mar Lacey Medical IMHT to be comfortable working with a fast paced environment, have excellent communication skills to coordinate care for clients efficiently across medical, behavioral health and community resources. IMHT supports medical team with screening patients in need of brief services. IMHT carries limited caseload that is focused in brief and time limited interventions IMHT will work with PCP’s to support adults, families and children with emotional and behavioral stabilization (including but not limited to suicide preventions, de-escalation or patients and/or referral for crisis services when needed)IMHT time is spent reviewing work que of patient referrals to screen for Brief interventions, Mental Health assessments to support finding of appropriate level of care and referral to Behavior Health specialty IMHT works Directly with Tumwater Adult, Child and Family or Yelm Mental Health sites to support in specialty care transfers.
Requirements
- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, counseling, or social work which includes coursework in psychological assessment.
- At a minimum should meet WAC requirements for the designation of Mental Health Professional, be licensed or have an associate’s license.
- Must be comfortable working with computers, Microsoft Office and other software.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with mental health evaluation of children and experience with evidence-based models of treatment is a plus.
- Bilingual in English/Spanish highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- assessment
- brief intervention counseling
- consultations with primary care
- patient-centered care plans
- care coordination
- screening patients in need of brief services
- reviewing work que of patient referrals to screen for Brief interventions, Mental Health assessments to support finding of appropriate level of care and referral to Behavior Health specialty
- support adults, families and children with emotional and behavioral stabilization (including but not limited to suicide preventions, de-escalation or patients and/or referral for crisis services when needed)
- work Directly with Tumwater Adult, Child and Family or Yelm Mental Health sites to support in specialty care transfers.
Benefits
- Competitive and expansive Health Insurance, Dental and Vision insurance at no cost to employee (inquire for employee and family/spouse/domestic partner deduction rates or most recent Health benefits package)
- Productivity expectations are lower than surrounding CHC average and Incentives are earned after meeting weekly minimum productivity of 20 encounters. Supplemental incentives are also available.
- Cumulated Annual increase of 5%
- Retirement plans: contribute 3% of annual salary after 1 year of full time employment
- Sea Mar CHC participates in NSHC Loan Forgiveness, PSLF qualified employer and Washington Health Corps
- Sea Mar CHC allocated Internal EBP trainings annual/biannually – CETA, CBT+ and DBT
- Site activities for Tumwater and Yelm are group supervision, Monthly All Staff group trainings /activities.
- Sea Mar CHC uses EPIC for our electronic health record system
- Supervision for LMHC and Social Work available (no additional cost to employee) 1x weekly
- Hybrid work schedule available upon managerial approval (only for MHT III and Licensed Therapists)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Prescription coverage
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Paid-time-off starting at 27 days per year + 10 paid Holidays.
- 401(k)/Retirement options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
