LCSW-Hybrid

• Overview Essen Health Care is the largest privately held, multispecialty medical group in New York, providing high-quality, compassionate care to some of the state’s most vulnerable and underserved residents.
• Founded in 1999, we’ve grown from a single primary care office into a network of 50+ locations offering urgent care, primary care and specialty services, from women’s health to endocrinology and psychiatry.
• We also provide nursing home support, care management, and in-home care through our Essen House Calls program.
• Guided by a Population Health model, our team of 500+ providers deliver care in-person, at home, or via telehealth, ensuring patients get the support they need when and where they need it.
• We’re looking for talented, motivated individuals to join our growing team.
• Whether you’re a medical provider, administrator, or operations professional, there’s a career here for you.
• Join us in making a real difference in the health of our community.
• Job Summary Job Summary: Department of Behavioral Health at Essen has immediate opening for part- time and full time LCSW Responsible for providing direct patient care in outpatient as well as Nursing home facilities.
• Opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary team at Essen.
• All sites have strong participation with Essen Health home care coordination, with potential innovative pilot projects.
• The Clinical Psychologist will be responsible to works with Behavioral Health Team with and offers compassionate, patient centered, evidence-based psychiatric care.
• This position is hybrid (2-3 days a month in office).

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include: Assessment of patients referred by Primary Care Provider (PCP) using evidenced based assessment tools. · Treatment of behavioral health conditions using evidenced based approaches (CBT, Motivational Interviewing, crisis intervention, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and behavioral activation). · Make treatment recommendations during collaborative care team meetings · Monitor treatment through care planning and coordination of care with clinical team and health homes. · Provide crisis intervention services and risk assessment of patients as needed. · Engage clients with limited utilization of behavioral health service through outreach efforts. · Document services in a timely fashion. · Provide clinical supervision and/or consultation in the absence of the Clinical Manager. · Engage in semi-monthly clinical supervision with the Clinical Manager. · Engage in team meetings and case conferences as needed. · Provide Field Instruction to MSW students, when appropriate.