Job Description:

$10,000 signing bonus for Bilingual (Spanish) providers!The Licensed Clinical Social Worker will provide high-quality psychological services in an integrated care setting. Partner as a flexible member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide seamless care for patients. Assess and diagnose mental health and chronic conditions. Design appropriate interventions to meet patient needs, including coordinating care with community resources as needed. Provide effective, evidence-based interventions to patients, and facilitate same-day and crisis services as needed. Work at maximum potential to meet access and productivity needs while providing high quality care. Contributes to clinic quality goals. Maintain professional license, credentials, and relevant training. Contribute to clinic quality goals and improvement efforts. Perform other duties as assigned, including but not limited to after evening hours and assignment to outside locations within PHC federal scope such as school based clinics and homeless shelters.Areas of Responsibility:Participation in Integrated Care Team:Functions as collaborative member of integrated care teamReadily accepts warm handoffs and provides follow-up recommendations to referring providerShares skills and interventions with members of integrated team to facilitate coordinated treatmentAssessment:Consistently uses screening tools to assess mood, risk, and progress in treatmentAppropriately and expediently diagnoses mental health disorders based on DSM-V criteriaIntervention Design:Determine appropriate level of treatment for individual patients and episodes of careCoordinate care with community resources as appropriateUtilize outcomes-based practice tools to ensure high quality patient care and tailor delivery of brief interventionsWorks collaboratively with Behavioral Health leadership to develop treatment programs specific to patient populations and treatment needsIntervention Delivery:Provides psychological assessment and brief treatment to individuals and familiesDocuments progressdata in medical records using objective, measurable methodsTreats psychological disorders to effect changeSelects approach to use in brief individual therapy and modifiesCollaborates with Psychiatrists and other specialists in developing treatment recommendationsAccess and Productivity:Works at maximum potential to meet productivity requirements in order to improve patient access and fiscal viability while maintaining quality careAdheres to health center standards for productivity as defined by the medical director and senior managementFacilitates same-day access for patients in need of Behavioral Health treatment or assessmentProfessional Development and Relationships:Utilizes Continuing Education resources to ensure compliance and skills necessary to practice in PHC treatment model. Willingly seeks additional training when needed in order to successfully fulfill job requirementsModels clear communication and conflict resolution skills with coworkers and patientsContinually assesses needs of community and patients, and trends in psychology, to ensure cutting-edge treatmentParticipates in quality improvement initiatives. Adheres to quality assurance guidelines and aids the health center in reaching its clinical quality goals. Adheres to nationally recognized health care standardsKnows and follows clinic policies and proceduresDemonstrates competent knowledge in delivering behavioral health services to patients through peer review as established through the medical staff bylaws, recommendations of each licensing Board, and clinic Quality improvement ProgramSupports and contributes in a positive manner to clinic efforts to maintain and improve patient satisfaction in all aspects of care deliveryMeets all time commitments by arriving on time to the clinic and working entire shift or more as neededResponsible for maintaining credentials by keeping all required licenses current, including but not limited to California Social Work License, CE hours, CPR Certifications and any other required licenses. It is the responsibility of the LCSW to give Human Resources current credentials before old credentials expireWillingly performs other duties within the scope of practice as assignedQualifications: 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, andor ability required.EducationExperience:Master's degree in Social WorkLicenses and Certifications:Current California Social Work licenseCandidate must be able to successfully meet PHC's credentialing and privileging requirementsDesired Skills:Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement dataTechnical Skills - Pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with othersCustomer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; responds to requests for service and assistanceInterpersonal Skills - Maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to others' ideas and tries new thingsOralWritten Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; writes clearly and informativelyJudgment - Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisionsProfessionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitmentsSafety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; reports potentially unsafe conditionsAdaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected eventsWork Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to Health Center areas and general office environment. The work environment is a clean, well-lit, well-ventilated, and temperature controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The hours of duty are lengthy and irregular.Acknowledgment: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in this position. The Employee may be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" relationship. FULL TIME EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:21 Days of Paid Time Off10 Paid HolidaysMedical Insurance (Entire deductible paid by us!)30 Chiropractor and Acupuncture visits per year included with enrollment in our health insurance plans (Kaiser and WHA)Dental InsuranceVision InsuranceGym Membership Discounts at Synergy Health Club and 24-Hour Fitness!401K Matching after 1 year of employmentFlexible Spending Account, Dependent Care FSALife Insurance (included at no cost to the employee)Long Term Disability (included at no cost to the employee)Employee Assistance Program (included at no cost to the employee)Salary Scale: $103,200 to $123,896 per year The compensation amounts listed above do not include relocation assistance, sign-on bonus, productivity or qualityservice incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, if applicable to the position.For further information please refer to our external careers page, which will outline all desired qualifications and understanding of this role. Please no external recruiting firms, or agencies.