Bilingual Psychologist

Description

Reputable Community Healthcare Clinic seeks a Bilingual Psychologist.

• This position location is ONSITE at an AMC site.*

Join an organization that is respected and well-loved by the Community we serve!

This is an excellent opportunity to share your work with an organization that cares for the Community of Healdsburg, Windsor, Geyserville, and beyond.

What you will do at AMC:

We are seeking a therapist to provide brief, group, and long-term therapy, health-focused counseling, and case management to a diverse population of mental health patients. The therapist will join AMC primary care providers in delivering same-day mental health consults for AMC patients.

The Behavioral Health team at AMC works together with medical providers to integrate behavioral health and primary care for our patients. We pride ourselves on providing culturally and linguistically competent services for our Community. The Behavioral Health team works with patients who have a range of emotional and behavioral health issues. Patients may be experiencing life transitions, depression, anxiety, substance misuse, chronic pain, major medical illness, or need support in reaching health goals. Patients may also have co-occurring diagnoses.

The Psychologist will provide same-day mental health "touches" or warm hand-offs to begin engaging patients in support of their health and wellness, as well as brief, short-term counseling, group counseling, care coordination, and case management services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Interviews patients and studies medical and social case histories.
• Observes patients and selects, administers, and interprets intelligence, achievement, interest, personality, and other psychological tests to diagnose disorders and formulate plans of treatment.
• Write a psychological testing report to be included as part of the patient's plan of service.
• Documents progress/data in medical records using objective, measurable methods.
• Treats psychological disorders to effect improved adjustments.
• Selects the approach to use in individual therapy, such as directive, nondirective, and supportive treatment, and plans frequency, intensity, and duration of therapy.
• Collaborates with psychiatrists and other specialists in developing treatment programs for patients.
• Instructs and directs students serving psychological internships in hospitals and clinics.
• Adheres to health center productivity standards as defined by the medical director and senior management.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives. Adheres to quality assurance guidelines and aids the health center in reaching its clinical quality goals. Adheres to nationally recognized health care standards.
• Knows and follows clinic policies and procedures.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bilingual Spanish Speaking
• California licensed Psychologist
• Experience working in the Latino community and children/adolescents populations
• Ability to work on a multidisciplinary team in a primary care setting
• Knowledge of the principles, procedures, methods and techniques of behavioral health service provision, including:
• Legal and ethical issues
• Involuntary hospitalization/ 5150 process
• CPS & APS reporting requirements
• Danger to self and Danger to Others reporting requirements
• Crisis resolution skills
• Brief and solution focused therapy
• Co-Occurring disorders assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• Ability to assess, diagnose with the DSM 5, and treatment plan according to Medi-Cal guidelines with proper documentation in an electronic medical record
• Experience charting in an electronic medical record
• Art therapy skills preferred
• Experience working in a FQHC or similar integrated medical clinic
• Experience providing Warm Hand-Offs
• Knowledge of CBT/DBT, motivational interviewing techniques, mindfulness and other stress reduction strategies, behavioral health approaches to pain management and chronic health issues such as diabetes
• EMDR certification a plus!
• Experience using EPIC, an electronic medical record.