Behavioral Health Clinician - Pediatrics and Internal Medicine Spotlight
Location: Portland, ME
Schedule: Full Time - Day Shift
For a limited time MaineHealth is offering up to $10,000 Sign-on bonus for all eligible Clinicians!
Eligible candidates are hired (offer accepted) into a Full or Part-time Clinician position. Bonus amount prorated for Part-time hires, per diem hires are ineligible. Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible; former MaineHealth Members are ineligible until greater than 3 months separation from employment.
~ 40 Hours/week, Full-time, Monday – Friday, Day shift ~
Maine state licensure to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) is required. May consider Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) or Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT).
Be ready to bring value to primary care that has become desired for providers and patients. Integrating behavioral health services in a medical setting enhances the overall care of patients. It increases provider comfort with treating behavioral health and increases access to services while reducing stigma.
We are offering a position that is 40 hours per week. This is a unique opportunity for a clinician with interest, training and/or experience integrating behavioral health services into primary care settings. This position is located at Maine Medical Center's Pediatric and Internal Medicine Clinic, a well-established clinic offering complete, integrated care to patients of all ages.
In addition, your role would include providing screening, assessments, and brief focused treatment to patients of the practice. Treatment structure includes individual, family, and group work, meeting with patients in person and virtually through telehealth. In addition to clinical treatment, the clinician helps connect patients with additional resources, provides consultations and training to providers, and has the opportunity to participate in population health activities that target the health and wellbeing of specific groups of people.
Persons interested in this position must be comfortable working with kids of all ages (0-18), as well as adults.
The work is enhanced by being part of a medical team with solid experience in integrated work, in addition to collaborative work with psychiatrists and other integrated clinicians in the MaineHealth system. Individual supervision, psychiatry consultation, group supervision, and quarterly trainings are added benefits of this position.
This position will be a generalist master's level mental health Clinician with interest, training and/or experience integrating mental health services into the primary care setting. This position will be placed in primary care practices, work with adults, families, and children; and provide assessment, screening, and referral services. Additionally, brief individual therapy, prevention, and educational services will be provided and include collaborative work with primary care physicians and their office staff, psychiatrists, and other behavioral health providers.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: See 'License/Certifications'
- License/Certifications: Licensure by the Maine State Board of Social Worker Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (preferred), or licensure as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (by exception). Must have a valid Driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Experience: 2+ years of work experience in a health or mental health setting preferred, in order to have proficiency in psychosocial assessment and treatment. Must have considerable knowledge of community resources and agencies and how to use them in resolving complex problems related to health, illness, and disability. Knowledge of social work theories, therapies, and techniques, as used in individual, family, and group treatment, as well as principles of social welfare. Ability to teach basic social work principles and applications to the medical setting.
MaineHealth values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
