Kaiser Permanente - Portland Behavioral Or Mental Health jobs

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR - (Portland, Oregon)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Req Id: 176347

Provide high quality clinical services to Kaiser Permanente members accessing the Department of Addiction Medicine.
Essential Functions:
- Provide high quality clinical services (individual, group, and family) to our members through direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan in outpatient or residential settings.
- Provide all care in accordance with accepted best practice standards and department protocols (including supervision).
- Conducts hospital consults as requested by clinical services manager, Clinical Director or Chief of Addiction Medicine department.
- Provide case management through appropriate triaging and referrals, consultation with other providers, contact with members and their families, and reporting to outside agencies.
- Document all member care in the electronic medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards.
- Provide other member or department services, such as program development, in-service training, crisis intervention and supervision of members during residential activities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Master's level degree in counseling, social work, or closely related field (M.S.W., M.S., M.A., and M.Ed.), postmaster's experience not required, if completed one (1) year departmental internship.
- Certified alcohol and drug counselor; or licensed professional counselor - LPC; or licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT; or licensed clinical social worker - LCSW.
- Current license to practice without restriction and/or A/D Certification in practicing state.
- NPI.
- Thorough and working knowledge of current best practice treatment for; members and their family members needing Addiction intervention and/or treatment services; including treatment principles for individual, family and group counseling; adolescent development; family systems theory, and treatment/intervention options for sexual/physical and other trauma survivors.
- Thorough and working knowledge of legal requirements for reporting abuse and maintaining confidentiality.
- Thorough and working knowledge of accepted best practice protocols and ethical guidelines and behaviors for counselors.
- Ability to assess, diagnoses, and treat members affected by substance use/dependence.
- Ability to recognize, assesses, and initiates treatment for members with co-occurring issues.
- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment and tools.
- Ability to carry a large caseload.
- Ability to interface with large multidisciplinary systems - both internal and external.
- Basic electronic mail communication skills.
- Basic computer skills in windows applications.
- Basic computer skills including ability to access and utilize web-based resources, and communicate in writing using electronic mail.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Training and experience related to counseling/treatment principles for; individual, family and group counseling; adolescent development; family systems theory, and treatment/intervention options for sexual/physical and other trauma survivors preferred.
- Master's level degree and two (2) years of post-masters experience preferred.
- Ability to diagnose and treat members with co-occurring issues preferred.
- Proficient electronic mail communication skills preferred.
- Proficient computer skills in windows applications preferred.
- Provides clinical services with emphasis on addiction treatment utilizing knowledge of current best practices in field of substance use disorders preferred.
- Considers cultural nuances and health care beliefs in the provision of care to a diverse member base preferred.
- Provides substance abuse consultation to other professionals, members and referents preferred.
- Proficient in computer skills including Windows applications, access/utilization of web-based resources, keyboarding preferred.

Salary Range:
$30.96 - $42.88

Hospice & Palliative Medical Social Worker - (Portland, Oregon)

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Req Id: 175056

The medical social worker provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide social services to patients in the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other programs under the direction of
the patient's physician(s) to provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community. This care is provided through coordinating the delivery of high quality, cost-effective, skilled, rehabilitative or palliative care as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Essential Functions:
- Provides social work services consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patient's physician. Activities include assessment of social and emotional factors related to the patient's illnesses, financial and community resources and patient safety.
- Develops and implements an individualized care plan, utilizing department and community resources in a cost effective manner.
- Actively participates in multidisciplinary care planning to facilitate coordination of care.
- Assures personal competency through maintaining working knowledge of current social work practice, available community services, member benefits and resources and regulatory standards.
- Utilizes Kaiser Permanente Continuing Care Services departmental and community resources in a cost-effective manner. Consults with other interdisciplinary team members and shares social work expertise and perspective.
- Actively participates in quality management and quality improvement activities within the department including, but not limited to, clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review and continuous quality improvement projects.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum of 1 years of experience in a health care setting
- Master's degree in social work
- License in Oregon (Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Master of Social Work) & Washington (Washington Counselor Agency Affiliated Registration). Requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire.
- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact & within two weeks of hire.
- Valid driver's license
- Medical terminology
- The psychosocial impact of specific illnesses
- How to perform a mental status exam
- Keyboarding or typing skills (this position requires completion of a typing test)
- Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation
- NPI
- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to & from patient homes.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous work in a medical setting
- Experience with interdisciplinary team function
- A minimum of 1 year of experience as a medical social worker in a home care setting
- Have obtained a certification as a licensed clinical social worker in Oregon State
- Working knowledge of the managed care industry, Medicare regulations/requirements
- Excellent time management, problem solving & customer service skills
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Kaiser Permanente & community resources
- Knowledge about Family dynamics
- Knowledge about the dying process
- Able to work autonomously & manage patient case load
- Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation & office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook computers
- Principles of documentation
- Counseling skills
- Ability to make accurate assessments of psychosocial needs

Salary Range:
$30.96 - $42.88

Psychologist Autism Specialist - (Portland, Oregon)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Req Id: 167676

Provide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.
Essential Functions:
- Completes diagnostic evaluations for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including treatment planning.
- Monitors member's clinical progress in treatment.
- Coordinates multidisciplinary care with external and internal providers.
- Demonstrates ability to problem solve clinical issues and direct others in behavioral interventions.
- Demonstrates leadership with calm and effective communication and evidence based clinical decision making.
- Demonstrates proficiency in child developmental assessments, including the ability to identify psychopathology appropriate to the age of the patient evaluated and differentiate ASD from other conditions.
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge with the most current treatment interventions available for ASD.
- Ability to direct clinical interventions for ancillary providers.
- Ability to build clinical programming.
- Provide high quality health care through direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for mental health patients (may include treatment of psychosis, depression, anxiety, etc.).
- Document in writing all care in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards.
- Provide all treatment in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and state licensing guidelines.
- Provide case management through appropriate triaging and referrals, consultation with other providers, telephone contact with patients and their families, and contact with outside agencies.
- Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Two (2) - three (3) years of assessing, diagnosing and treating autism spectrum disorders. Pre-licensure experience may count.
- One (1) year of clinical experience.
- Doctoral degree required (Ph.D., Psy. D.).
- High school diploma or GED.
- State licensure.
- NPI.
- Program development.
- Fully competent in using standardized ASD assessment tools.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Self-directed work.
- Ability to assess primarily children and occasional adults.
- Thorough and working knowledge of brief therapy techniques and principles, individual and group therapy techniques and principles, and child and adult techniques and principles.
- Working knowledge of legal requirements for confidentiality, child abuse, homicidal threats and psychiatric hospitalization reporting.
- Ability to assess, diagnose and treat child and adult mental health patients.
- Individual, couple, family and group therapy skills required.
- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Five (5) - ten (10) years of assessing, diagnosing and treating autism spectrum disorders preferred.
- Two (2) or more years of clinical experience preferred.
- Licensed psychologist in Oregon and Washington preferred.
- Certified as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board preferred.