Mental Health Therapist Licensed

002 Sea Mar Community Health Center; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 84,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is seeking a Licensed Mental Health Therapist to provide diagnostic assessments, referrals for psychiatric services, and case management in coordination with behavioral health teams. The role involves working with high-utilization patients, coordinating with inpatient facilities, and ensuring follow-through on discharge planning.

The therapist may supervise other clinicians in training and ensures compliance with applicable regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting diagnostic assessments and creating treatment plans.
• Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and community resources.
• Familiarity with outpatient and hospital-based care pathways.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic assessments for patients in the program.
• Coordinate with care teams, including referrals and hospitalization decisions.
• Develop treatment plans and crisis stabilization strategies.
• Offer individual therapy and group sessions as needed.
• Ensure documentation and compliance with clinical policies.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Crisis intervention

Cultural competency

Job description

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Position Summary

This individual provides diagnostic assessments, referrals for psychiatric services, and case management in coordination with other teams or parties involved in the treatment. The Licensed Mental Health Therapist is responsible for providing care to chronically ill patients, patients who are part of the Intensive outpatient program, or patients who are considered high utilizers. The Licensed Mental Health Therapist is responsible for working with CDMHP's, inpatient facilities, including Western State Hospital, and ensuring proper protocols are followed for hospitalization authorization and during discharge planning. In addition, the Licensed Mental Health Therapist provides individual counseling, crisis stabilization, suicide risk assessment and treatment plans, and leads groups. The Licensed Mental Health Therapist provides therapy to managed care patients that are pre-authorized to receive mental health treatment. The Licensed Mental Health Therapist provides clinical supervision to other clinicians who are perusing the Licensing requirements. The Licensed Mental Health Therapist assists the Program Manager and clinical supervisor to conduct clinical chart reviews. In addition, this person supports the agency efforts to ensure compliance with WACs, RCWs, and clinical contracts. This job description does not suggest or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. This person will be required to follow other instructions and to perform other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.

Duties and Responsibilities

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services.

Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

ADMINISTRATIVE

• The LMHT maintains a caseload in compliance with agency caseload and productivity requirements.
• Assists in ensuring agency compliance with WAC's, RCW's, and other pertinent laws, regulations, and contracts.
• Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures as directed by the Program Manager.
• Educates staff regarding the process for health service referrals and regarding "psychoeducational topics (suicide risk assessment, behavior modification, evidence based practices, etc.)" as directed by the Program Director and/or clinical supervisor.
• Maintains documentation of health services, and follows through on patient charts, including but not limited to: intake, assessment, treatment plan, crisis plan, RSN paper work, clinical encounters, 180 reviews, special population consultations, etc.

CLINICAL DUTIES

• Provides diagnostic assessments for each patient during the program. Documents outcomes, justifies diagnoses, and communicates with the primary care provider, chemical dependency counselor and other individuals involved in the client's clinical care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Demonstrates clinical competencies and proper use of approved diagnostic tools to justify clinical diagnosis and practices.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Possesses a clear understanding and proper use of the clinical practice guidelines.
• Has the ability to identify and categorize each patient's age-specific grouping of needs, such as