Job Description

$10,000 signing bonus for Bilingual (Spanish) providers!

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker will provide high-quality psychological services in an integrated care setting. Partner as a flexible member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide seamless care for patients. Assess and diagnose mental health and chronic conditions. Design appropriate interventions to meet patient needs, including coordinating care with community resources as needed. Provide effective, evidence-based interventions to patients, and facilitate same-day and crisis services as needed. Work at maximum potential to meet access and productivity needs while providing high quality care. Contributes to clinic quality goals. Maintain professional license, credentials, and relevant training. Contribute to clinic quality goals and improvement efforts. Perform other duties as assigned, including but not limited to after evening hours and assignment to outside locations within PHC federal scope such as school based clinics and homeless shelters.

Areas of Responsibility:

Participation in Integrated Care Team:

• Functions as collaborative member of integrated care team
• Readily accepts warm handoffs and provides follow-up recommendations to referring provider
• Shares skills and interventions with members of integrated team to facilitate coordinated treatment

Assessment:

• Consistently uses screening tools to assess mood, risk, and progress in treatment
• Appropriately and expediently diagnoses mental health disorders based on DSM-V criteria

Intervention Design:

• Determine appropriate level of treatment for individual patients and episodes of care
• Coordinate care with community resources as appropriate
• Utilize outcomes-based practice tools to ensure high quality patient care and tailor delivery of brief interventions
• Works collaboratively with Behavioral Health leadership to develop treatment programs specific to patient populations and treatment needs

Intervention Delivery:

• Provides psychological assessment and brief treatment to individuals and families
• Documents progress/data in medical records using objective, measurable methods
• Treats psychological disorders to effect change
• Selects approach to use in brief individual therapy and modifies
• Collaborates with Psychiatrists and other specialists in developing treatment recommendations

Access and Productivity:

• Works at maximum potential to meet productivity requirements in order to improve patient access and fiscal viability while maintaining quality care
• Adheres to health center standards for productivity as defined by the medical director and senior management
• Facilitates same-day access for patients in need of Behavioral Health treatment or assessment

Professional Development and Relationships:

• Utilizes Continuing Education resources to ensure compliance and skills necessary to practice in PHC treatment model. Willingly seeks additional training when needed in order to successfully fulfill job requirements
• Models clear communication and conflict resolution skills with coworkers and patients
• Continually assesses needs of community and patients, and trends in psychology, to ensure cutting-edge treatment
• 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
• Demonstrates competent knowledge in delivering behavioral health services to patients through peer review as established through the medical staff bylaws, recommendations of each licensing Board, and clinic Quality improvement Program
• Supports and contributes in a positive manner to clinic efforts to maintain and improve patient satisfaction in all aspects of care delivery
• Meets all time commitments by arriving on time to the clinic and working entire shift or more as needed
• Responsible for maintaining credentials by keeping all required licenses current, including but not limited to California Social Work License, CE hours, CPR Certifications and any other required licenses. It is the responsibility of the LCSW to give Human Resources current credentials before old credentials expire
• Willingly performs other duties within the scope of practice as assigned

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education/Experience:

• Master’s degree in Social Work

Licenses and Certifications:

• Current California Social Work license
• Candidate must be able to successfully meet PHC’s credentialing and privileging requirements

Desired Skills:

• Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data
• Technical Skills - Pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; responds to requests for service and assistance
• Interpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to others' ideas and tries new things
• Oral/Written Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; writes clearly and informatively
• Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditions
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to Health Center areas and general office environment. The work environment is a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated, and temperature controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The hours of duty are lengthy and irregular.

Acknowledgment: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in this position. The Employee may be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" relationship.

FULL TIME EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:

• 21 Days of Paid Time Off
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Medical Insurance (Entire deductible paid by us!)
• 30 Chiropractor and Acupuncture visits per year included with enrollment in our health insurance plans (Kaiser and WHA)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Gym Membership Discounts at Synergy Health Club and 24-Hour Fitness!
• 401K Matching after 1 year of employment
• Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care FSA
• Life Insurance (included at no cost to the employee)
• Long Term Disability (included at no cost to the employee)
• Employee Assistance Program (included at no cost to the employee)

Salary Scale: $103,200 to $123,896 per year

The compensation amounts listed above do not include relocation assistance, sign-on bonus, productivity or quality/service incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, if applicable to the position.

For further information please refer to our external careers page, which will outline all desired qualifications and understanding of this role. Please no external recruiting firms, or agencies.

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