Mental Health Clinician
Mosaic Community Health
Summary
The role will provide specialty mental health counseling using evidenced based treatment modalities to patients engaged within a primary care setting. Provide services including, but not limited to, assessment, treatment planning, long-term counseling, education, case management, advocacy, and follow-up.
Job description
Direct Patient Care
- Provide mental health treatment to patients engaged in services within a primary care
- Coordinate with other staff members and treatment team in a primary care integrated model to assess, treat, and manage patients with mental health and co-occurring disorder concerns. Team members include primary care providers, MAT providers, Behavioral Health Consultants, CADC's, RN's, and other integrated primary care team members.
- Conduct clinical evaluation, including screening, assessment, and diagnosis of mental health disorders and co-occurring Disorders.
- Perform intake, evaluation, orientation, treatment planning, and counseling while documenting within Epic EHR system.
- Refer clients to support groups to assist with mental health support and maintenance if
- Outreach to patients missing services based on guidelines / reports from patient registry or other
Education/Counseling
- Teach patients coping mechanisms to support mental health and recovery
- Meet with family members and provide guidance and support when
- Conduct individual, group, family, and/or couple's
- Develop and facilitate groups and educational programs regarding mental
- Provide training and education to care team members to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns within primary care.
- May perform clinical supervisory responsibilities for team members in the Behavioral health department.
Reporting and Administration
- Attend and participate in Quality Improvement
- Document accurately within EMR in a timely fashion per system
- Participate in continuing education to continually improve skills and abilities and stay abreast of current technologies/practices and keep licensures up to date.
- Ensure compliance with legal issues including but not limited to client confidentiality and risk management; ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Attend meetings, team huddles and assigned
- Address in a timely manner, correspondence which includes but is not limited to Outlook, EHR encounters, in-basket, etc.
- Utilize resources to remain informed of organizational communication (i.e. Mosaic Share, organization newsletter, etc.)
- Comply with all policies, procedures, guidelines, and
- Perform safe work practices to protect the health and safety of employees and patients per OSHA
- Protect individually identifiable health information per HIPAA
- Proper and timely documentation in EMR, when
- Complete all required compliance training within the established
- Utilize the incident reporting system as
Requirements
- Master's degree in a human services field (e.g., LCSW, LPC, LMFT) or doctorate in psychology (PhD/PsyD)
- Active Oregon licensure required
- Two years of experience delivering mental health to medically underserved populations preferred
- Identify precipitating events
- Gather histories of mental, emotional and physical disabilities, alcohol and drug use, and past mental health services
- Assess family, social and work relationships
- Conduct a mental status assessment
- Document a multiaxial DSM diagnosis
- Write and implement or supervise implementation of a treatment plan
- Conduct and document a mental health assessment
- Provide mental health treatment and rehabilitative services within one's scope of practice
- Experience working with adult populations with addictions and complex issues
- Execute evidence-based brief interventions
- Be knowledgeable of local and state resources
- Comfort with electronic medical records and charting
- Flexible and able to assess and triage on the spot demands of medical staff
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Pharmacy support
- Nutrition support
- Paid time off
- Work-life balance
Company overview
Mosaic Community Health is a healthcare provider organization dedicated to delivering comprehensive medical services to communities in need. As a community health center, it focuses on providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality healthcare services to diverse populations, including underserved and vulnerable communities. The organization likely offers a range of primary care services, preventive medicine, chronic disease management, and potentially behavioral health services. Community health centers like Mosaic typically operate with a mission to reduce healthcare disparities and improve health outcomes through patient-centered care models. They often serve as critical safety-net providers, offering sliding-scale fees and accepting various insurance plans to ensure healthcare accessibility. These organizations play a vital role in the healthcare ecosystem by addressing social determinants of health and providing integrated care that considers both medical and social needs of patients.