What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychotherapist position at medstar?
Medstar Health is looking for a Psychotherapist to join our team! The ideal candidate will have the ability to work on clinical teams, experience with tele-mental health service delivery, a strong background in provision of evidenced-based brief and long-term psychotherapy, knowledge, awareness, and skills in multicultural psychotherapy provision and providing culturally informed mental health care to traditionally underserviced groups.
The Psychotherapist will serve as a staff psychotherapist for MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Family Medicine, MedStar Medical Group Family Medicine at Fort Lincoln, the Family Medicine residency site for the Medstar Georgetown/MedStar Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. Delivers outpatient mental health care and care coordination at Fort Lincoln.
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Primary Duties:
Serves as the intake coordinator, conducting outpatient diagnostic intake evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults at Fort Lincoln. Meets weekly with the integrated behavioral health team to review diagnostic findings, treatment planning, and care management for patients and families. Reports on various aspects of behavioral health care.
Provides culturally informed outpatient psychotherapy treatment for children, adolescents, adults, parents, and caregivers at Fort Lincoln as part of an integrated behavioral health team; treatment to include individual, couples, family, and group-based treatments. Common presenting areas include depression disorders, anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, substance use disorders, and chronic disease-related behavioral health concerns.
Coordinates care for patients and families receiving evaluation and/or treatment in the outpatient program at Fort Lincoln; includes referral for treatment within and outside of the Family Medicine integrated behavioral health team. Coordination of care with schools and other educators as needed.
Provides outpatient psychotherapy treatment for women receiving prenatal and postnatal care at Fort Lincoln as part of the integrated behavioral health team.
Participates in Department of Family Medicine academic programming including case conferences, grand rounds, clinical trainings, faculty, resident, and staff meetings, and faculty, resident, and staff retreats.
Qualifications:
Master’s degree: Clinical Social Work, Professional Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy from a nationally accredited graduate program.
Completion of clinical internship and supervised clinical hours sufficient for licensure in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
3-4 years' Experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Active licensure in Clinical Social Work, Professional Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
