Crisis Behavioral Health Clinician (LCSW, LMHC)
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Per-diem
Remote
12d ago
Location:
New York, NY, US
Company:
Willow Health aims to enhance access to high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health care through its innovative crisis care program.
Summary:
As a crisis behavioral health clinician, you will provide telehealth evidence-based behavioral health care to patients in crisis. Requirements include relevant degrees, licensure in New York, and at least two years of post-licensure clinical experience.
Requirements:
Experience: Has at least 2 years of clinical experience post-licensure
Job Description:
Day to Day Responsibilities:
- Perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop differential diagnosis
- Build therapeutic alliance with patients
- Create and implement co-created personalized treatment plans with our multidisciplinary team
- Conduct short-term crisis psychotherapy sessions utilizing supportive psychotherapy, motivational interviewing and/or problem solving therapy
- Manage a caseload of patients who you will follow for 8 to 12 weeks providing crisis psychotherapy
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning
- Utilize validated clinical tools to aid in differential diagnosis
- Work across our multidisciplinary clinical team to facilitate comprehensive behavioral health crisis care
- Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
- Maintain appropriate documentation of all patient-related careWeekly clinical supervision
- Work with our patients, their families, and their providers in the community to ensure comprehensive behavioral health care
Requirements for the role:
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent non-U.S. degree) in psychology, clinical social work, or related fields
- Successful completion of master’s of social work degree or master’s of mental health counseling
- Hold an active license of clinical social work or license for mental health counseling in New York
- Maintain all state requirements and continuing education requirements to provide behavioral health care
- Has experience with clinical assessments, developing differential diagnosis, creating and implementing clinical treatment plans
- Has at least 2 years of clinical experience post-licensure
- Has experience with clinical risk management, suicide risk assessment, and safety planningHas experience and is comfortable with using validated clinical tools to help enhance clinical care
- Has experience with and is comfortable with using technology and an EMR
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical team
Nice to haves:
- Post degree experience in providing emergency mental health services and/or urgent behavioral healthcare
- Comprehensive knowledge of substance abuse, mental health, and recovery issues and principles
- Has experience with using clinical outcomes to help enhance clinical care
- Has experience launching and iterating on a clinical care model, (preferred, not required)
- Has experience with problem solving therapy, motivational interviewing, supportive psychotherapy
- Experience in a start-up healthcare setting and/or an innovative healthcare program
