Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist

First Choice Immediate Care - Lincoln The LCSW/LPCC/LMFT provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments and behavioral health care. Services are designed to support and maximize the client’s ability to better direct their own health care experiences using assessment, intervention, education, and linkage to health and community resources. The LCSW/LPCC/LMFT encourages respect for individuality, independence, patient choice and collaborates on policies and systems that respect the cultural, religions, and ethnic differences among patients and families. Mental health services contribute to the medical team's understanding of patient beliefs, behaviors, and barriers regarding the client's illness.

Duties/Responsibilities: Uses age appropriate assessment and intervention skills. Able to use a range of interventions, depending upon the needs of the patient/family. Assists members in developing cost effective, appropriate health care plans through optimizing the member's personal resources as well as community resources and programs. Promotes multi-disciplinary care that is patient-centered and considers all aspects of members' personal, psychological, economic, and cultural needs. Maintains thorough knowledge of CFMC services/benefits, public/private community resources, as well as federal/state laws which effect health care planning. Completes required documentation of services and plan of care per policy. Participates in program development, orientation, and educational activities which further members' capacity to better direct their own health care experience. Other duties as assigned.

QualificationsQualifications: One (1) year of experience in mental health, hospital, medical outpatient clinic, FQHC, Home Health or long-term care setting. Three to five (3-5) years of experience in related environment. Master’s Degree/Licenses, Certifications, Registrations. Current unrestricted license in the state in which practicing is required upon hire. Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers. National Provider Identifier (NPI) required prior to employment start date.

Key

Skills: Three to five (3-5) years of professional experience in a hospital or medical outpatient clinic, FQHC, Home Health, or long-term care setting Expertise with brief counseling interventions. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership. Advanced knowledge of local and national resources related to behavioral health care.

Schedule

Requirements: Full-time position, 5 days per week, 100% clinic-based, in person work required. Work schedules are set at the discretion of CFMC and may be adjusted at any time based on the operational needs of the organization.