Registered Associate Therapist

Where You’ll Work

Dignity Health Medical Foundation, established in 1993, is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation with care centers throughout California. Dignity Health Medical Foundation is an affiliate of Dignity Health – one of the largest health systems in the nation - with hospitals and care centers in California, Arizona and Nevada. Today, Dignity Health Medical Foundation works hand-in-hand with physicians and providers throughout California to provide comprehensive health care services to the many communities we serve. As Dignity Health Medical Foundation continues to grow and establish new premier care centers, we provide increasing support and investment in the latest technologies, finest physicians and state-of-the-art medical facilities. Our 130+ clinics across the state of California deliver high-quality, patient-centric care with an emphasis on humankindness. Through affiliations with Dignity Health hospitals, along with our joint ventures and partnerships, we offer a robust, state-of-the-art health care delivery system in the communities we serve .We strive to create purposeful work settings where staff can provide great care, while advancing in knowledge and experience through challenging work assignments and stimulating relationships. Our staff is well-trained and highly skilled, qualities that are vital to maintaining excellence in care and service.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Behavioral Health Clinician, you will help our patients and their families feel comfortable and educated when they’re in the clinic by collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to help deliver effective treatments to our patients.

Every day you will conduct initial intake assessment and evaluations, provide crisis intervention services when needed, assist in detection of high risk patients, and build trust in these interactions by advocating, supporting, and educating your patients and their families.

To be successful in this role, you will have strong empathy and patience skills, to help others during a vulnerable time in their lives, have a strong understanding of mental health diagnoses and evidence-based treatment methods, and have knowledge of appropriate referral services.

• Utilizes work time efficiently through proper time management, shows flexibility in work schedule so that it meets clinic, client and team's needs, contributes to the efficiency of the office by completing tasks in a timely manner so that other team members can complete their tasks.
• Demonstrates an ability to assess a situation, consider alternatives, select and implement an appropriate and tactful course of action.
• Provides expected amount of billable services as established by specific program (County Contracted Programs) OR provides expected number of direct face-to-face client sessions per week
• Ability to obtain intake history, organize and concisely restate presenting issues, discuss informed consent, legal limits of confidentiality, cancellation and no-show policy, scope of practice, commitment to therapy, agreement on time frame.

Job Requirements

Required:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Masters degree in an appropriate behavioral science discipline
• Current registration with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as one of the following: Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, Associate Clinical Social Worker, Psychological Assistant, Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist/Counselor: CA, National Certified Counselor, or Social Worker: CA

• DSM 5.

• Psychology of children and adolescents.

• Cultural and ethnic diversities of clients.

• Community resources.

• Treatment interventions.

• Normal and abnormal psychology.

• Assessment skills and crisis intervention.

• Treatment planning and intervention skills.

• Ethical and legal issues.

• Billing and documentation requirements.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Maintain an appropriate balance between direct client contact and documentation time.

• Adhere to all client confidentiality requirements and standards.

• Manage significant electronic paperwork functions necessary to support billing.

• Ability to manage the case load and schedule to maximize productivity.

• Ability to effectively resolve conflict and cope with crisis situations.

• Skills in building groups.

• Developing treatment/intervention plans with m0ultidiscipline team.

• Monitoring for medication and treatment interventions, consultation, case management of children and adolescents, and linkage and referral services. Ability to travel to multiple sites may be required