Mountain Area Health Education Center - Asheville, NC

posted about 1 month ago

Full-time - Entry Level
Asheville, NC
Educational Services

About the position

MAHEC is seeking a Mental Health Professional to support expansion of Mental Health services through a Partial-Hospitalization program (PHP). This program will provide more service to acute, adult patients to avoid full inpatient hospitalization. This Care Provider will maintain group therapies, education, and activities that are required within the PHP program guideline, as well as other programmatic needs, such as: documentation, immediate crisis needs, treatment planning, utilization review, screening and ongoing coordination of programmatic needs. Join a highly impactful team committed to improving mental wellness in Asheville and WNC. Position is full-time and eligible for MAHEC's full Total Rewards package, including healthcare, great PTO, professional development support, and more.

Responsibilities

  • Individual, family and group psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults, sometimes involving crisis intervention counseling.
  • Evaluates patient's response to plan of care and works in collaboration with the care team to make any necessary adjustments.
  • Provides care that is safe, ethical, patient-centered, culturally congruent and evidence-based.
  • Consultation: Through face-to-face meetings with resident and faculty physicians.
  • On-call responsibilities on a rotating basis as assigned.
  • Coordinate care by identifying and serving as liaison with other agencies and community resources including schools, courts, primary care, hospitals, and psychiatrists.
  • Clinical activities may involve some degree of collaborative care with residents and/or faculty physicians.
  • Assess for and makes referrals to other providers and services in the community both internally and externally.
  • May be offered the opportunity to teach residents on a case by case and as needed basis.

Requirements

  • 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.

Nice-to-haves

  • Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist preferred but not required.
  • Spanish speaking skills preferred but not required.

Benefits

  • Healthcare
  • Great PTO
  • Professional development support
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