Psychologist- Triage and Initial Assessment Coordinator
Company: Kaiser
Location: Richmond
Posted on: May 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment and
crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members who
present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range
of mental health needs. Collaborates with treating physician,
psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct
each individual member's treatment program. Essential
Responsibilities:Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates
clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or
referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental
illness. Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and
evaluate treatment programs. Provides outpatient psychotherapy to
individuals, couples, families and groups. Instructs and counsels
patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed
therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed medication
regimens, within the scope of practice. May administer specialized
therapeutic procedures, as appropriate. Provides appropriate
support to member's family. May develop and conducts
psychoeducational classes and groups.May conduct psychological
assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and
recommendations. Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and
case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records. Charts
member's treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA
regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards. May
be required to participate in the department on-call
rotation.Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating
patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of
practice. Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and
community organizations to meet the needs of the member's
treatment. May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral
medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings,
including primary care. Provides consultation to other care
providers and health educators on matters relating to mental
health, health psychology and behavioral medicine. Provides
clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, psychology
postdoctoral residents, and other mental health trainees/fellows as
necessary.May supervise Post Master's Fellows, Associate Clinical
Social Workers, Associate Marriage Family Therapists or Associate
Professional Clinical Counselors as needed if supervision course is
completed.May provide appropriate support to member's family,
including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support
treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence
to treatment, at member's request. Utilizes resources of public and
private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of
the member's treatment to include referral of the member and/or
member's family to external resources, as appropriate. Participates
in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.
Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agenciesBasic
Qualifications:Experience
Keywords: Kaiser, Richmond , Psychologist- Triage and Initial Assessment Coordinator, Healthcare , Richmond, California
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