Position Summary

The primary purpose of the Outpatient Therapist is to provide individual/ family therapy to the growing behavioral health department within Advance Community Health. The Outpatient Therapist will work in collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to address the various medical and social needs of patients within the organization. This position provides consultation to other departments at Advance Community Health by sharing best practice recommendations, providing auditing of clinical records, clinical policy review and training. We are looking for clinicians that are excited and experienced in evidenced based practices to support the growing demand of behavioral health referrals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides individual outpatient therapy to population served by Advance Community Health.
• Contacts patients within 24 hours of assignment to schedule initial appointment.
•  Engages patients in follow up calls for service needs within 24 hours.
•  Documents all clinical contacts in a timely manner using EHR (Epic).
•  Collaborates with prescribing Psychiatrist to ensure continuity of care for patients.
•  Seeks consultation regarding high-risk cases with attending Psychiatrist and Behavioral Health Director to ensure patient is receiving appropriate level of care.
•  Provides crisis intervention services to patients on an on-call basis.
•  Meets weekly productivity requirements.
•  Collaborates with patients’ multidisciplinary team to communicate clinical concerns and to ensure the highest standard of care is being provided.
•  Completes initial treatment plans.
•  Adequately addresses frequency of patient no-shows to encourage attendance in therapy (i.e. documenting attempted contacts and/or sending engagement letters).
•  Completes annual assessments and clinical updates when appropriate.
•  Completes necessary discharge documentation when appropriate.
• Attends monthly provider meetings/supervision for case consultation and administrative updates

Other Duties Assigned

• Attends Continuing Education Trainings per licensing Board requirements.
• Demonstrates cultural competence and understanding
• Engages in community outreach as needed
• Develop relationship with Community Stakeholders

Supervisory Responsibility

• None

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 1 year post graduate experience in clinical outpatient setting
• Fully licensed to practice in North Carolina with LCSW, LCMHC or LMFT
• Training/certification in evidenced based treatments including but not limited to (CBT, Trauma, etc)
• Experience working with a Medicaid population is encouraged
• Experience with working with substance use population preferred

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities, as listed in this position description, are not exhaustive. The Organization, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills and/or education will also be considered, so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Position Description. The Organization, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.