Behavioral Health Clinician

Hill Country Community Clinic

Job Description

Job Title: Behavioral Health Clinician

Department: Behavioral Health

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Salary: DOE

Reports To: Chief Behavioral Health Officer

Schedule: M-F, 8am-5pm, varies

Who We Are: Hill Country Health and Wellness Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center providing integrated primary care, mental health care, substance use disorder treatment, dental care and other community programs and services aimed at improving the health and well-being of people living in our community. We are a mission-driven agency that was started locally in the 1980s by a small group of young friends with a simple commitment to helping people in their community live healthier, more fulfilling lives.

Over the years these efforts have led to the development of a variety of direct services and programs. Hill Country has two main clinics in Round Mountain and Redding. In addition, we provide urgent mental health services that includes a field-based Mobile Crisis Outreach Team. Our Wellness Centers in Round Mountain and Burney serve adults and teens. We also have several “complex care” teams working in Redding and in eastern Shasta County. These teams include clinicians, case managers, and nurses who work with primary care and psychiatry to provide intensive outpatient care for persons with chronic health conditions, serious mental health problems, substance use issues, and other life challenges. Hill Country is best known for being genuinely caring and kind, going the extra mile for our clients, and for working with others to create positive change in our community.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Licensed Clinicians are responsible for the provision of psychotherapy services.

ACSW or AMFT registered Clinicians work under clinical supervision in the provision of psychotherapy services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned which may become essential to the position.

• Engage with and build effective helping relationships with a wide variety of clients and, whenever appropriate, their families and other significant persons
• Performs comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
• Develops person-, family-centered psychotherapy goals and intervention strategies, often as a part of a broader team-based care plan.
• Provides ongoing psychotherapy interventions and facilitates transitions in care, as appropriate
• Provides crisis prevention, intervention, stabilization and recovery support, as needed
• Collaboration with others to ensure optimal care (e.g. clients, caregivers, primary care, psychiatric specialty care, case managers and other persons clients’ identify important to their care
• Arrange for care coordination activities to support clients, as needed.
• Makes referrals to appropriate resources and services as needed
• Complete timely documentation for services rendered and contacts with clients
• Participates in BH department meetings, group case consultation discussions and trainings.
• Provide clinical support as needed to integrated care teams.
• Responsible to maintain professional licensure or registration with CA Board of Behavioral Sciences.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS:

• Adheres to Policies & Procedures
• Participates in team systems
• Performs duties ethically
• Maintains client confidentiality
• Demonstrates ability to re-prioritize duties as the need arises
• Uses time efficiently
• Be responsible for co-workers & client satisfaction
• Displays flexibility in accepting, changing or carrying out assignments
• Maintains a neat, clean & safe work environment throughout the facility
• Performs job duties in a quality manner

QUALIFICATIONS:

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Education/Experience:

Master or Doctorate Level degree in Social Work, Psychology or related field. Must have prior experience as provider. Experience working with individuals with SMI, SED and SUD and in rural community preferred.

Certificates and Licenses:

Current licensure or Associate registration with the Board of Behavioral Sciences in California; Current drivers’ license and insurance.

Language Ability:

Must have intermediate level language skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before individuals, groups or employees of organization. 

Math Ability:

Must have basic math skills. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentages.

Reasoning Ability:

Must have very high level reasoning skills. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical information and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge basic working knowledge of Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet browsers. Must have working experience with medical management software such as Health Pro.

Equipment Skills:

Proficient with computers, printers, copiers, multi-line telephone systems.

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 work environment is an indoor business office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with normal business office, computer and printer noise.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Employees must regularly utilize close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.