What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Mental Health Professional - Psychiatry and Mental Wellness position at MAHEC, Mountain Area Health Education Center?
MAHEC's Center for Psychiatry and Mental Wellness is seeking additional Full Time Clinic-Based Mental Health Professionals to support our growing patient population. Join a highly collaborative and impactful team committed to improving the mental wellness of the WNC community!
JOB SUMMARY :
The Mental Health Professional works as an active member of the interdisciplinary team to provide patient centered care in our outpatient psychiatry clinic. The Mental Health Professional provides behavioral health treatment in person and via telehealth using evidenced based practices to address a variety of mental illness and substance use disorders.
Mental Health Professionals provide psychodiagnostic assessment and psychotherapy and engage in triage and referrals as indicated. This position will be assigned to the general outpatient psychiatric clinic or integrated into a medical clinic (Family Medicine, Internal medicine and OBGYN). Clinic assignment determined by current clinic need as well as applicant's clinical strengths.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Individual, family and group psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults, sometimes involving crisis intervention counseling.
- Evaluates patient's response to plan of care and works in collaboration with the care team to make any necessary adjustments.
- Provides care that is safe, ethical, patient-centered, culturally congruent and evidence-based.
- Consultation : Through face-to-face meetings with resident and faculty physicians.
- On-call responsibilities on a rotating basis as assigned.
- Coordinate care by identifying and serving as liaison with other agencies and community resources including schools, courts, primary care, hospitals, and psychiatrists.
- All clinical activities involve some degree of collaborative care with residents and / or faculty physicians.
- Assess for and makes referrals to other providers and services in the community both internally and externally .
- May be offered the opportunity to teach residents on a case by case and as needed basis.
This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Mental health Professional may perform.
KEY COMPETENCIES :
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.
SPECIFIED SKILLS
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
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COMPENSATION :
additional salary credit granted for eligible years of experience, MPH or LCAS licensure (in addition to required LCMHC, LCSW, LMFT) and eligible for full time Total Rewards package.
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. Black, Indigenous, People of Color and Spanish / English bilingual persons are strongly encouraged to apply. With this in mind, studies show that women, gender diverse, and BIPOC candidates are less likely to apply unless they meet all of the qualifications listed in the job description.
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 for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.
Salary : $59,260 - $64,260
