Position Description

Exciting opportunity for a seasoned clinician to join our Wellness team located at The Nest Community Health Center. URAM-Harlem United’s Wellness Center is a Licensed State Operated Article 31 Mental Health Clinic Collocated in our Federally Qualified Health Center (F.Q.H.C.). Join our integrated health care center in a hybrid clinical and administrative role. Under the supervision of the Managing Clinical Director, the clinical supervisor will provide both psychotherapy to a caseload of patients, clinical supervision to identified psychotherapists, and support Clinical Director in administrative tasks. 

This position is full-time

Essential Job Functions

The following duties are mandatory requirements of the job:

• Screen/assess clients for appropriateness for admission into the Article 31 Mental Health Clinic in collaboration with a psychiatrist/psychiatric nurse practitioner during initial visits.
• Utilize evidence-based tools (PHQ-9, GAD- 7, AUDIT, DAST, etc) to help formulate an appropriate clinical diagnosis for assigned clients. 

• Maintain a caseload of approximately 20 patients (Knowledge and past utilization of MI and CBT required; Understanding and previous implementation of other therapeutic interventions (psychodynamic, DBT, TF-CBT, and cognitive processing) preferred; Use of each intervention dependent on individual client. 
• Provide group or family therapy dependent on experience and need. 

• Establishing treatment goals and objectives for and with clients, as part of the interdisciplinary care planning process
• Assume role of primary psychotherapist for assigned clients, which includes documenting all sessions as well as all communication with collaterals and shared providers.
• Actively participate and/or facilitate regular biweekly individual and group supervision and any other team meetings and trainings as assigned 
• Attend regular supervision with Managing Clinical Director
• Assist Managing Clinical Director as needed with any Office of Mental Health tasks (ex: inputting incidents into NIMRS/completing OMH surveys as assigned). 
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to coordinate care, treatment planning and service delivery to clients.
• Coordinate and facilitate case conferences for providers across agency serving same client, for high-risk cases and following incidents.
• Ensure the integrity and confidentiality of all patient information in the EHR by not sharing personal username or password with other staff.
• Ensure the integrity and confidentiality of all patient information in the EHR by exiting the application or locking the system when away from the computer.

Education, Certification and qualifications

• Masters in Social Work plus LCSW with at least two years’ experience providing psychotherapy and clinical supervision. 
• Experience providing psychotherapy in an Article 31 or similar outpatient clinic required.
• Experience working with individuals with history of substance use, mental illness, chronic homelessness and/or HIV/AIDS and other chronic health conditions required.
• Experience working with adolescents, young adults and families desired.
• Experience facilitating therapy groups desired
• Prefer candidates already credentialed with insurance panels.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus.