Integrated Mental Health Therapist: Primary Care​/Women’s Health, King

Integrated Mental Health Therapist:
Primary Care/Women’s Health, King County

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At Multi Care, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0,

Shift: Day,

Schedule:

Day
Clinic Locations:
Auburn Family Medicine, Federal Way Family Medicine, Auburn North Family Medicine, and Primary Care Lake Meridian

The Integrated Mental Health Therapist (IMHT) works within a multidisciplinary team embedded in the primary care clinic and utilizes the Collaborative Care model of care. This team includes the IMHT, Psychiatric Consultant, & Primary Care Provider to provide comprehensive behavioral health services within the primary care setting. IMHT will provide evidence-based interventions, in partnership with the treatment team, to promote symptom reduction and optimal patient outcomes.

• Assesses patient’s symptoms and creates a customized treatment plan based on individual patient needs.
• Screens patients for common behavioral health disorders using PHQ9, GAD7, Columbia Suicide Risk Assessment, or other tools as required.
• Monitors patients for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects/complications, with a goal of reduction in symptoms.
• Supports psychotropic medication management prescribed by PCPs, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and other complications, and treatment effectiveness.
• Tracks patient follow-up and clinical outcomes using a registry, and uses the system to identify and re-engage patients.
• Facilitates care plan changes for patients who are not improving, including changes in medications or psychosocial treatments or appropriate referrals for additional services.
• Manages behavioral health crisis as they arise in a primary care setting.
• Provides flexible behavioral health services to patients on and off current caseload, both through scheduled appointments and immediate interventions via warm handoffs during medical visits with primary care providers.

The Licensed Integrated Mental Health Therapist-BHN is responsible for independently providing assessments, treatment/care planning and psychosocial therapy within a primary care clinic setting for a diverse population of preventative, acute care and chronic disease management patients. The incumbent uses a variety of theoretical treatment models and interventions and excellent communication skills to work within a primary care/chronic disease management team setting with limited supervision;

documents treatment/communication in keeping with department standards and keeps current on community resources to effectively provide linkage and advocacy to fulfill client’s needs.

• Master’s degree from an accredited institution in Social Work, Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field.
• A Mental Health Professional as defined within HB 1724 one of these higher credentials are held:
  Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), SW Independent Clinical Lic (LICSW).
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a behavioral health setting.

As a Multi Care employee, we’ll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness, and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

• Belonging:
  We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our employees.
• Mission-driven:
  We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve.
• Market leadership:
  Washington state’s largest community-based, locally governed health system.
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