Mental Health Therapist Licensed

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:

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• Job Title
• Licensed Mental Health Therapist

• Position Summary
• This individual provides diagnostic assessments, referrals for psychiatric services, and case management in coordination with other teams or parties involved in 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
• Job Description
• 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 productivityrequirements.
• 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 ProgramManager.
• Educates staff regarding the process for health service referrals and regarding"psychoeducational topics (suicide risk assessment, behavior modification, evidence basedpractices, etc.) as directed by the Program Director and/or clinical supervisor.
• Maintains documentation of health services, and follows through on patient charts, including butnot limited to: intake, assessment, treatment plan, crisis plan, RSN paper work, clinicalencounters, 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 dependencycounselor and other individuals involved in the client’s clinical care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of thepatients served.
• Demonstrates clinical competencies and proper use of approved diagnostic tools to justifyclinical 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 asthose for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.
• Refers patients to psychiatric services as appropriate. Gathers record materials and backgroundinformation as needed by the community health center (See Policies and Procedures).Coordinates care with the psychiatric service provider to insure accuracy of presentation andthat identified needs are addressed. Provides monitoring regarding the effects of medications,and feedback to the psychiatrist regarding effects/side effects.
• Provides consultation to Sea Mar staff regarding health and behavioral issues and developstreatment plans with staff to address emotional needs and behavioral problems identified forpatients.
• Provides individual counseling in coordination with other systems as needed.
• Provides suicide risk assessment and develops treatment plans to address suicidal ideations orgestures. Uses case management as needed to provide follow through and build communitysupport as follow through. Provides other crisis stabilization as needed.
• Gathers information regarding past health services to be used in the individual’s treatment plandevelopment. Provides referrals to patients prior to or following admission, and exchangeinformation with outside service providers.
• PRODUCTIVITY STANDARD
• Produces at a minimum 4 treatment encounters per day and at a minimum 920 clinicalencounters per year.

• Qualifications
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Understanding of the BHO contract requirements, enrollment, crisis requirement, 180 reviewrequirements and discharge planning.
• Works effectively with all persons and groups with an open mind towards cultural differencesand knowledge of cultures.
• Works effectively in an integrated care team, including but not limited to clinical supervisor,psychiatric prescriber, case manager, financial case manager, and care coordination with primarycare providers.
• Must have the ability to accurately diagnose mental health issues and develop treatment plansbased upon diagnoses.
• Has an understanding of chemical dependency as it relates to behavioral health clients and anability to coordinate with chemical dependency treatment providers to ensure the needs ofclients with co-occurring conditions are met.
• The Licensed Mental Health Therapist must sign a permanent oath of confidentiality covering allpatient related information.
• LANGUAGE SKILLS
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenanceinstructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
• Ab