JOB SUMMARY:
The Behavioral Health Therapist serves as an integral member of the interdisciplinary care team within our outpatient psychiatry clinic. This clinician provides high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health services to individuals across the lifespan, addressing a range of mental health and substance use concerns. Services are delivered both in-person and via telehealth. The therapistis responsible forcompleting comprehensive assessments, delivering psychotherapeutic interventions, collaborating with medical providers, and coordinating care across systems to ensure patient-centered, trauma-informed care.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Deliver individual, family, and group psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults, including crisis intervention as needed.
Completepsychodiagnosticevaluations and develop person-centered treatment plans aligned with best practices.
Monitor and evaluate patient progress and outcomes, updating treatment plans in collaboration with the care team.
Provide care that is safe, ethical, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and aligned with evidence-based models.
Participate in regular case consultations and interdisciplinary collaboration, including direct consultation with resident and faculty physicians.
Serve in a rotating on-call schedule as assigned
Coordinate care with internal providers and external agencies including schools, primary care, hospitals, court systems, and community partners.
Maintainaccurate,timelyclinical documentation in compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.
Facilitateappropriate referralsto internal and external services, supporting continuity of care.
May be asked to engage in teaching or mentoring activities with medical residents on a case-by-case basis.
Participate in departmental meetings, supervision, and quality improvement initiatives.
Support the mission and values of integrated, team-based care.
Maintain licensure, training requirements, and adherence to ethical standards as set forth by relevant professional boards.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
Communication Skills
Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriatelyenumerateinformation in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex anddifficult situations, toultimately providethe best care possibletoour patients and their families.
Decision Making
Ability to make the mostappropriate decisionin a givensituation and thentakingthe next steps to ensureappropriateandtimelycompletion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidencein your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includesabilityto prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
HealthCare Knowledge
Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriateThis also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within yourareaexpertisealong with MAHEC’sorganizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledgemaintainedand gained through this process in real life scenarios asappropriate
Interpersonal Skills
Showing the ability to meetdifficult situationswith grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their familyat all times, even whenitsmost difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.
Organizational Values
Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures andequitablepractices,abilityto manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to dothebest for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.
Problem Solving
Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come toan appropriate resolutionfor a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinkingthroughwhere we can improve in a novel way. Measures success byunderstanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying thosenew ideasto affect positive change.
SPECIFIED SKILLS
COMPUTER
Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applicationsrequired
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish speaking skills preferred.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED LICENSES:
Current North Carolina License to practice independently including Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Doctoral level Psychologist (PhD or PsyD)
Current BLS certificationrequired.
Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist preferred.
Full licensure to practice independently preferred and will be prioritized during candidate assessment and selection
SCHEDULE:
Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division);40 hoursper workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionallyrequired Work hours will need to be flexiblein order torespond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.
COMPENSATION:
At MAHEC , we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.
All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.
MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.
MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.
If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to AskTalent@mahec.net for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.
The Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is a leader in healthcare practice, education, innovation and research. It is also a branch campus of the UNC schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and public health. the home of UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC and UNC Asheville-UNC Gillings Master of Public Health (MPH) Program.
Located in Asheville and founded in 1974, MAHEC serves a 16-county region in Western North Carolina. We are the largest Area Health Education Center in North Carolina, which evolved to address national and state concerns with the supply, retention and quality of health professionals.
MAHEC provides patient care at several sites across the region, with Family Health, Ob/Gyn, and Dental Health offices as well as Community Pharmacies. We are the only high-risk obstetrics practice in the region and a safety net provider as an FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) Look-Alike.
Our health professions education creates a pipeline of quality healthcare professionals from inspiring health careers in high school to providing clinical and professional training through undergraduate internships, allied health programs, medical school, residency programs, rural and specialty fellowships, and continuing medical and health education for thousands of participants annually.
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