Crisis Response Bridge Clinic Clinician (CRBC)

UCSF Health, AG; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF in Oakland is seeking a CRBC Clinician to evaluate, treat and assess patients with serious behavioral health needs. The role includes 5150 evaluations, emergency assessments, level-of-care determinations, and interventions with patients and families across primary care and behavioral health settings.

You will work with medical, social work, and nursing staff in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, providing crisis management and psychotherapeutic treatment for high-risk cases while

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related area or equivalent experience.
• Licensed in behavioral health discipline.
• 3+ years of related work experience.
• Skill in providing individual, group, and family therapy.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and ethical standards associated with profession.
• Basic knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
• Effective verbal and written communication. Demonstrated active listening and counseling skills.
• Skills in collaborating with interdisciplinary team and healthcare providers.
• Knowledge of business software and electronic/medical records systems used in behavioral health clinics/clinical departments.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, treat and assess patients with mental health disorders.
• Autonomy in 5150 evaluations and emergency behavioral health assessments.
• Determine level of care and interventions with patients and families.
• Collaborate with medical, social work, and nursing staff to plan care.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary treatment teams.
• Assist with short-term therapeutic goals; utilize crisis management tools.
• Provide psychotherapeutic treatment for severely disturbed, high-risk cases.

Skills

Individual therapy

Group therapy

Family therapy

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Active listening

Counseling skills

Verbal and written communication

Crisis management

Education

Master's degree in behavioral health

Licensed behavioral health professional (e.g., LCSW/LMFT)

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Description & Requirements

Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional to evaluate, treat and assess patients with range of mental health disorders. Resolves a wide range of issues. Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and approach to treatment and / or program administration. Uses professional concepts to evaluate and deliver therapeutic/ behavioral interventions. Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. This clinician has autonomous professional responsibility for 5150 evaluations, emergency behavioral health assessments, level of care determination, and interventions with patients and families. The incumbent makes recommendations to medical staff regarding the level of care determination of behavioral health and psychiatric patients. This clinician will work collaboratively with medical, social work and nursing staff and other behavioral health and psychiatric staff to assess and care for behavioral health and psychiatric patients and family members in primary care and other mental health settings. May lead in planning and coordinating the work of a multidisciplinary treatment staff. Assists with short-term therapeutic goals; utilizes crisis management and other therapeutic tools; conducts training for professional and paraprofessional staff members; and provides psychotherapeutic treatment with emphasis on the most severely disturbed and high risk cases.

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

Behavioral health care services at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals emphasize a collaborative family centered approach and interface with all systems of care that serve children birth to 21. We are committed to delivering culturally accountable, evidence based, and trauma informed behavioral health care to the children in our community, including those with the highest risk and need, and those who are marginalized or underserved. Behavioral health care services aim to be the premier behavioral health care institution for children in northern California, with proficiency in clinical care, training, research and evaluation and policy. The Crisis Response Bridge Clinic (CRBC) is a Bridge program for patients presenting to BCH Oakland outpatient clinics and ED with moderate to severe mental health needs. CRBC can assist with short term (90 days) brief intervention (therapy and medication support) and case management. The goals of CRBC can include bridging patients to long term care or using brief interventions for the purpose of stabilization and support. Position is for CRBC Clinician to join this growing team.

QualificationsMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience.
• Licensed in behavioral health discipline.
• 3+ years of related work experience
• Skill in providing individual, group, and family therapy
• Knowledge of applicable laws and ethical standards associated with profession.
• Basic knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
• Effective verbal and written communication. Demonstrated active listening and persuasion and counseling skills.
• Skills in collaborating with interdisciplinary team and healthcare providers.
• Knowledge of business software and electronic / medical records systems used in behavioral health clinics/ clinical departments.

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LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed in behavioral health discipline.License / CertificationLic Clinical Social Worker, Licd Marriage_Family Therapist

About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.

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