Provide evidence-based behavioral health services, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy, to patients across the lifespan. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team to conduct assessments, develop treatment plans, and coordinate care with external agencies.
Join mahec's clinical behavioral health team at cullowhee, nc, where you'll be part of a multidisciplinary healthcare center serving the unique needs of rural western north carolina. As a clinical behavioral health therapist, you'll provide evidence-Based care to patients while working alongside psychiatry, medical providers, and community partners to expand access to behavioral healthcare in the region. This full-Time, salaried position offers the chance to practice in a collaborative setting, develop meaningful connections with patients and colleagues, and contribute to a mission that directly impacts the health of local communities. Mahec also supports your success with a comprehensive benefits package, a continuing professional development allowance, up to 30 paid days off annually, and more.
The Behavioral Health Therapist serves as an integral member of the interdisciplinary care team within our outpatient psychiatry clinic. This clinician provides high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health services to individuals across the lifespan, addressing a range of mental health and substance use concerns. Services are delivered both in-person and via telehealth. The therapist is responsible for completing comprehensive assessments, delivering psychotherapeutic interventions, collaborating with medical providers, and coordinating care across systems to ensure patient-centered, trauma-informed care.
This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Behavioral Health Therapist may perform.
Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.
Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.
Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.
Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.
Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.
Current North Carolina License to practice independently including Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Doctoral level Psychologist (PhD or PsyD)
Current BLS certification required.
Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist preferred.
Full licensure to practice independently preferred and will be prioritized during candidate assessment and selection
At MAHEC, we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.
All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.
MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.
MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.
If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to AskTalent@mahec.net [AskTalent@mahec.net] for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.
Requires a Master's or Doctorate in a behavioral health field and a current North Carolina independent practice license (LCSW, LCMHC, LMFT, or Psychologist). BLS certification is required, and two years of relevant experience or a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist certification is preferred.
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