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About The Position

Requirements

• Doctorate in Psychology and a valid California Psychologist License; or a master’s degree in Social Work and a valid California LCSW License; or a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a valid California LMFT License; or a master’s degree in Counseling and a valid California LPCC License.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an American Heart Association-approved source upon hire, maintained as a condition of employment. The course must include an in-person, hands-on skills check with a certified instructor; online-only courses without a live skills check do not qualify.
• Two years of pre- or post-licensure psychotherapy experience with children, adults, and/or adolescents; child/adolescent experience is required.
• Ability to understand normal signs of human development and assess and provide age-appropriate care.
• Ability to work effectively on an interdisciplinary medical care team.
• Ability to operate one or more word-processing, spreadsheet, and/or electronic medical record systems.
• Ability to chart simultaneously during sessions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including composition, typing, legible handwriting, and proofreading.
• Ability to interpret instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong planning and organizational ability.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information professionally and ethically.
• Ability to lift or carry 10 pounds and stand for long periods.
• Follow applicable safety, infection-control, privacy, and HIPAA-related requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in English and Spanish or English and Arabic.
• Experience providing health psychotherapy services, such as smoking cessation, weight management, stress management, or work with chronically medically ill patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term, targeted psychotherapy for problems identified by primary care providers.
• Perform initial and ongoing behavioral health assessments and develop patient care plans.
• Evaluate social, emotional, and economic factors that may interfere with patients receiving maximum benefit from medical care.
• Provide brief psychotherapy to patients and families.
• Address co-occurring disorders and incorporate them into patient care plans.
• Respond promptly and compassionately to patients and employees.
• Provide crisis management and psychoeducation for patients and families.
• Conduct warm handoffs at the request of medical providers.
• Acknowledge and honor patients’ psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural beliefs.
• Use BHC staff protocols for referral, follow-up, and quality assurance.
• Consult with primary care providers about behavioral aspects of patients’ medical treatment.
• Participate in quality improvement activities.
• Maintain professional working relationships with staff, clients, and the public.
• Cooperate in accomplishing department goals and objectives.
• Participate in case conferences, trainings, and departmental or agency meetings as directed.
• Follow BHC protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Provide personal information and participate in credentialing with managed care companies.
• Attend continuing education programs to upgrade professional skills and maintain licensing requirements.
• Follow safety procedures, report injuries and unsafe conditions, use appropriate body mechanics, and follow infection-control procedures.
• Protect confidential patient, employee, and volunteer information and access it only as needed for business purposes.
• Comply with corporate integrity and security regulations and report unethical, fraudulent, or unlawful behavior or activity.

Benefits

• $10,000 signing bonus.