This position supports Kaiser Permanente's code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all laws and regulations, accreditation and Licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures. Kaiser Permanente is an AA/EEO employer.
DEPARTMENT: Outpatient Psychiatry
SCHEDULE: Full-time, regular; 40hrs/week; SHIFT: Day; Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
EDUCATION: Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science required. Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California. Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
POSITION SUMMARY: Interviews, assesses and evaluates patients and families who present themselves for psychiatric dysfunction; provides professional counseling and treatment with the goal of maximizing personal/familial functioning.
**NOTE: Either Licensed Clinical Social Worker( LCSW) or Marriage Family Therapist
( MFT) will be considered.**
QUALIFICATIONS: Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of two years post licensure experience in the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency. Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to client treatment, patient rights, and client/patient confidentiality.
Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Fluency in Spanish desired.
REQUIRED SKILLS TESTING: N/A
DUTIES: Interviews patients and family members to assess nature and extent of psychiatric problem. Develops, implements and evaluates treatment approaches for patients and affected family members. This may include individual, marital, family, group and intensive therapeutic modalities. Maintains confidential individual case summaries. Confers and consults with staff physicians regarding patients progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients and recommends treatment plans. Provides appropriate support to members family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources. Establishes liaisons to utilize resources of public and private agencies/community organizations to meet member and program needs. Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
This position may be required to work on-call hours at the discretion of management.
OTHER DUTIES: Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention of members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program. Position dedicated primarily for adult crisis and triage Services. Other duties in department as assigned.
Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP's code of conduct) by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures.
In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.
