Mental Health Specialist

4 weeks ago


Santa Clara, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary:

As a Mental Health Specialist at Kaiser Permanente, you will provide mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members. You will collaborate with treating physicians, psychiatric, and allied health professionals to plan and direct each individual member treatment program.



Key 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.
  • 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.
  • May be required to participate in the department on-call rotation.
  • 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.


Requirements:
  • Masters degree in Social Work, Social Welfare from a clinical track, Clinical or Counseling Psychology or related field required from an accredited college or university.
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California) or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Couples and Families Endorsement (California) within 24 months of hire.
  • National Provider Identifier required at hire.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Previous post-license experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient or inpatient setting/program under licensed supervision.
  • Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.


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