at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Qualified Mental Health Professional-Intake and Engagement Team
101 Truman Medical Center
Job Location: UH Behavioral Health
Department: UHBH Grants and Special Contracts
Position Type: Full time
Work Schedule: 8:00AM – 4:30PM
If you want to work where the action is, University Health (UH) is the place for you. Known as “Kansas City’s Essential Hospital,” UH is the safety net healthcare system for Jackson County/Kansas City. We are an academic medical center, serving as the primary teaching institution for the UMKC Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. A 547-bed, not-for-profit health system, UH delivers the highest-quality medical care for our patients, with compassion, empathy, and unparalleled dedication to service.
Job Description: Provides an advanced level of mental health treatment in both individual and group settings. Primary duties include crisis intervention, risk assessment, diagnostic impression utilizing the DSM, short-term stabilization services, coordinates discharge planning activities, as well as individual and group therapy. Treatment is provided based upon sound theoretical principles, with knowledge of the special issues and needs of the population served. The QMHP role is not case management, but more clinical by offering therapy in the community to meet the needs of the clients served.
- Master’s degree or above in counseling, psychology, social work, family therapy or closely related field.
- Preferred Missouri Licensed as Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
- Knowledge of psychiatric terminology and the process of psychiatric diagnosis.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of the theory and practice of mental health assessment and treatment and have basic research skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required, as is the ability to function as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Must have organizational and leadership skills.
- Must be able to demonstrate good independent judgment, adapt to new duties and work in a changing environment.
- Completion of training as directed through orientation and/or by Leadership, Management or Educators in the established timeline for continued employment.
- If driving is a requirement for the employee, he/she must meet the requirements specified in the Fleet Driving Safety and Compliance Policy and must continue to meet these requirements as a condition of employment.
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