Job Posting for Clinical Counselor LISW at newhorizonfhs
Job Description:
The Clinical Counselor - LISW will work in collaboration with primary
care providers, psychiatrists, and others to help patients with their
mental health problems as an integral part of their overall health
care. This may include psychosocial assessment, time-limited
counseling appropriate to the primary care setting, consultation with
and education of primary care providers about mental health issues,
brief problem-solving and crisis interventions with patients in the
primary care clinic, monitoring of patient progress, and at times
referrals to outside mental health providers and other resources
needed by the particular patient.
DUTIES PERFORMED
Function as a core member of an integrated care team that involves
the patient, the patient’s primary care provider, a consulting
psychiatrist, and other staff as appropriate.
Provide direct clinical care of patients in primary care, most
often in scheduled psychotherapy visits, sometimes in brief
interventions in the primary care clinic. Group therapy may be
employed at times.
Conduct psychosocial assessments of referred patients with an
emphasis on arriving at a working differential diagnosis of
psychiatric and substance abuse problems and good understanding of
the patient’s medical conditions, stressors, and social milieu.
Use time-limited, evidence?based techniques such as motivational
interviewing, behavioral activation, problem?solving treatment, or
other treatments appropriate for primary care settings.
Provide basic casework services as needed to link patients to
needed resources and services.
Monitor patients (in person or by telephone) for changes in
clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by PCPs and
psychiatrists, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and
other complications, and effectiveness of treatment.
Track patient progress, changing treatment or re-conceptualizing
the patient’s problems for those not improving and reaching out to
those not fully engaged in treatment.
Engage in regular consultation with the team psychiatrist with a
focus on new patients and patients not making progress.
Complete relapse prevention plan with patients who are in remission.
Engage in brief interventions in the primary clinic for patients
with acute problems.
Consult with and educate primary care providers about mental
health issues.
Facilitate referrals to outside providers as needed for longer
term or more specialized care.
Provide coverage to other New Horizon offices as needed.
Complete timely and appropriate billing for services.
Document work in shared electronic record that facilitates team
communication and care plan.
All NHFHS Company employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
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