Job Summary:

The Psychosocial Clinician II is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention and psycho-education to members and/or family members. The majority of the position will be spent in direct patient care.

Essential Responsibilities:

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• Provides timely and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment intervention of members.
  
  
• Provides treatment to adults, adolescents and/or children.
  
  
• Provides appropriate selection of treatment modality to members presenting problem.
  
  
• Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.
  
  
• Effectively communicates clinical material to member and clinical staff and provides high internal and external customer/patient satisfaction.
  
  
• Provides appropriate and timely documentation of clinical encounters in members charts.
  
  
• Conduct initial interview with Members by eliciting and interpreting the psychological and social meaning of complaints.
  
  
• Determines urgency of members need.
  
  
• Provides a professional interpretation of members presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.
  
  
• Renders appropriate and immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.
  
  
• Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letter; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.
  
  
• Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, sociocultural determinants and community resources.
  
  
• Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.
  
  
• Knowledgeable of KP and community resources.
  
  
• Proficient in identifying and treating the span of developmental stages.
  
  
• Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group family & child therapy.
  
  
• Complies with organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies and procedures.
  
  
• Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patients clinical care and license.
  
  
• Maintains license.
  
  
• Participates in QM & CQI activities.
  
  
• EOL (End of Life Option):
  
  
• Regulatory data reporting, process coordination, assist Members/Physicians with California End of Life Option Act.
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

· For Psychiatry Department positions: Two (2) years of post-graduate mental health therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.

· For Addiction Medicine Department positions: Two (2) years of post-graduate addiction medicine therapy experience within the last five (5) years required.

· Medical Social Worker - End of Life Option: If position posted is for an End-of-Life role, experience requirement is: Minimum one (1) year of experience, within the last three (3) years, working as a MSW in end-of-life care and counseling.

Education

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