Mental Health Professional - Pittsburgh - Full Time

highmarkhealth; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health seeks a Mental Health Professional to provide clinical treatment services in an outpatient program for patients with mental health diagnoses. Responsibilities include developing assessments, treatment plans, and delivering individual, group, and family interventions, while following HIPAA and regulatory guidelines.

You will collaborate with the clinical team to determine appropriate referrals and participate in quality improvement activities, ensuring continuity of services and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Education (School Counseling), or related field.
• CPR - American Heart Association.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to regulatory requirements while developing assessments and therapeutic interventions (individual, group, family) and treatment plans.
• Discusses need for additional services with the clinical team and makes appropriate referrals.
• Acts as a liaison to internal and external professional services to ensure patient care requirements are met.
• Participates in quality assurance and performance improvement activities of the program.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Therapy delivery

Education

Master's degree (Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Education)

Job description

General Overview

The Mental Health Professional will provide clinical treatment services to the targeted populations. This is an outpatient treatment program designed to service patients with a mental health diagnosis who meet dimensions for outpatient and/or partial hospitalization treatment criteria.

Essential Responsibilities

• Adheres to all regulatory requirements while developing and facilitating assessments and/or therapeutic interventions (individual, group, family), treatment plans, and encounter forms for assigned patients and/or providers. Ensures an effective continuum of services, guided by clinical decisions, while strictly adhering to all institute and regulatory guidelines for documentation, treatment, and case management, and continuously adapting treatment concepts for optimal service delivery (70%)
• Discusses need for additional services with the clinical team to determine appropriateness of recommendations. Refers patients to other levels of care, community-based self-help programs for recovery or other community social or human services as needed. (10%)
• Acts as a liaison, both internally and externally, to professional services to ensure patient care requirements are met. Participates in external and internal meetings as assigned. (10%)
• Participates in the quality assurance and performance improvement activities of the program. (10%)

Qualifications

• Minimum Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Education (School Counseling), or related field

Additional Employment Requirements

• CPR - American Heart Association
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Disclaimer

The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement

This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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