Behavioral Health Therapist- DPC Waverly Place NC LCSW,LMFT, and/or LCMHC

Behavioral Health Therapist- DPC Waverly Place NC LCSW,LMFT, and/or LCMHC

Provide psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and psychotherapy treatment. It is an expectation to maintain a patient panel as outlined by departmental or team leadership with at least 80% of time dedicated to direct patient care. Scope of role, working schedule, and location may adjust with business need. Duties and responsibilities of this level include:

• Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate treatments and interventions.
• Interventions may include crisis intervention, individual, marital, family and/or group therapies.
• Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance use problems in patients.
• May participate in on-call or after-hours coverage.
• Provide consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed.
• Maintain a working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact patient care.
• Provide education to patients and loved ones around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary healthcare teams and provide leadership in representing clinical perspective.
• May provide teaching and training for staff and faculty.
• Contribute to the academic mission of the health system by participating in academic activities.
• Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources.
• Knowledge of health system resources to access and provide for patient care needs.
• Document assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards.
• Maintain records in accordance with department, hospital, medical center and/or health system policies.
• Attend and participate in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
• Participate in department and/or health system continuous quality improvement.
• Keep current with license requirements and seek to increase further enhancement of job-related knowledge.
• Adhere to onsite and/or hybrid availability for work policies as outlined by direct supervisor.

Required qualifications at this level include:

• Master's degree in human services/sciences from an accredited school.
• Doctorate degree in human services will be acknowledged.
• Two years of outpatient psychotherapy experience as a fully licensed, autonomous clinician.
• Experience working as a licensed therapist in a medical setting and/or in a team-based community program is preferred.
• Current licensure as a licensed LCSW, LMFT, and/or LCMHC.
• LCAS is preferred as a secondary license.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

• Adherence to the practice standards and ethical guidelines of licensing board.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A solid knowledge of clinical practice.
• Excellent assessment, interviewing, and counseling skills with expertise in mental health and substance use areas.
• Excellent working knowledge of psychopathology.
• Familiarity with range of therapeutic interventions.
• Must recognize when to escalate care/refer for further medical assessment.
• Ability to work effectively and autonomously in a self-directed role.
• Flexibility in accepting diverse work assignments and managing stress related to change.
• Proficient in utilizing an Electronic Health Record (i.e. Epic experience preferred).
• Ability to resolve/manage conflict.
• Ability to help implement departmental, hospital and/or DUHS initiatives.