Licensed Therapist - Behavioral Health Urgent Care

Summary

The Licensed Therapist – Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) conducts assessments, evaluations, and diagnostics in a Tier IV BHUC, driving care direction for urgent/emergent crises, ensuring timely CCAs, LOCUS/ASAM, and person-centered planning.

• Conducts CCAs/Diagnostic Assessments per NC Policy 8A-5, DLA-20, APSM 45-2: includes presenting problems, history, medications, biopsychosocial review, participation evidence, ASAM/LOCUS, DSM-5 diagnoses, recommendations.
• Initiates crisis/risk assessments within 2 hours; signs/dates diagnostics; documents interdisciplinary team reviews.
• Ensures documentation is accurate, timely, objective, specific, consistent, comprehensive, logical, person-centered.
• Collaborates with agencies; provides in‑community therapy; promotes wellness, recovery, supports, coping, advocacy, independent living.
• Supports triage, IVC evaluations, interventions (e.g., motivational interviewing), discharge planning, PAD education.
• Assists self‑determination/decision‑making; models recovery; teaches advocacy/rights.
• Respects confidentiality (HIPAA); other duties as assigned.

This position can provide supervision to QP’s and peer support staff.

Education/Experience

• Master’s in Psychology/Social Work/related
• NC clinical license (PHD, LCSW, LPC, LCMHC).

Required Skills/Abilities

• Engagement/communication/synthesis/diagnostic/LOC/documentation skills
• EMR familiarity
• Knowledge of NC policies
• Fast‑paced independent/collaborative work.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• CPR/First Aid/NCI/role‑related (or within 3 months)
• NC license/provisional.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work is typically performed in an office environment, community, or home with potential exposure to crisis.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;

talk and hear; and taste and smell. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Must be able to drive and operate a personal vehicle safely and adhere to all applicable state and traffic laws.