Clinical Mental Health Specialist

10 hours ago

Daly City, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary

Under the supervision of a licensed Psychologist or board certified Psychiatrist, provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating primary care providers and with psychiatric and allied health professional team members to plan and direct each individual patient's treatment program.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness.
  • Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.
  • Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
  • Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication regimens, within the scope of practice.
  • May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate.
  • Provides appropriate support to members' families.
  • May develop and conducts psychoeducational classes and groups.
  • May conduct psychological assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendations.
  • Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records.
  • Charts members' treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards.
  • Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice.
  • Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members' treatment.
  • May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care.
  • Provides consultation to other care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology, and behavioral medicine.
  • Provides clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, psychology postdoctoral residents, and other mental health trainees/fellows as necessary.
  • Confers and consults with supervisor regarding members' progress and treatment and may consult with psychiatrist as well, if both are involved in members' care.
  • May provide appropriate support to members' families, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment, and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment, at members' request.
  • Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members' treatment, including referral of the member and/or members' family to external resources, as appropriate.
  • Participates in departmental program development, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.
Basic Qualifications:Experience:
  • Completion of a psychology doctoral internship - minimum of 1 year (1500 hours).
Education:
  • PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical, Counseling, Health, or School Psychology from an accredited college or university.
License, Certification, Registration:
  • Psychologist License (California) within 24 months of hire.
  • Psychological Assistant Registration (California) required at hire.
Additional Requirements:
  • Once hired as an Assistant, an employee will be offered and must work a schedule that would accumulate at least half the required supervisory hours annually.
  • Must be familiar with DSM-V as a means of diagnosis.
  • Has experience in assessing, diagnosing, and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
  • Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods.
  • Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health.
  • Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans.
  • Competence in individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
  • Professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities.
  • Commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic.
  • Ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner.
  • Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and APA standards as it relates to client treatment, patient rights, and client/patient confidentiality.
  • Previous clinical responsibilities to include psychological testing, diagnosis, crisis intervention, brief individual, and group psychotherapy.
  • Knowledge of psychological testing techniques, administration, and interpretation.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership.
  • Upon completion of supervised hours, the employee must obtain state licensure within two (2) years.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual, and group psychotherapy.
  • Demonstrated experience in psychological evaluations of adults, children, adolescents, & families, including administering & writing up psychological testing & assessment batteries preferred.
  • Demonstrated professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities, preferred.
  • Demonstrated commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic, preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner, preferred.
  • Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans, preferred.
  • Competence in individual, family, and group psychotherapy, preferred.
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services- ADHD and ASD testing experience preferred.

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