Marriage and Family Therapist

Job Title

The duties of this position include:

• Incumbent independently conducts assessments, evaluating the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their families to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying needs, strengths and coping skills in collaboration with the patient and family as appropriate.
• Incumbent will provide triage assessment, crisis intervention, and counseling/psychotherapy (individual, couple, and group) for veterans using evidence-based practice.
• Incumbent provides clinical case management services to veterans. The incumbent coordinates care and assures that veterans receive needed services to increase functionality, independence, and quality of life.
• The incumbent sets clinical care goals in collaboration with the patient, monitors progress toward goals, and works to achieve outcomes, including reduced hospitalizations.
• The incumbent will serve collaboratively on a behavioral health interdisciplinary program team. Incumbent recognizes complex situations that impact patient care and intervenes, using sound judgment and appropriate resources.
• Incumbent establishes collaborative relationships with mental health providers particularly, as well as other team members and staff outside the department in order to more effectively coordinate.
• Incumbent assesses caregiver burden and makes plan to sensitively address caregiver burden.
• Incumbent establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with veterans and families from diverse backgrounds. Incumbent is able to work while under appropriate supervision with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems utilizing individual, group and family therapy skills.
• Incumbent has knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Incumbent has knowledge of community and VA resources, and makes appropriate referrals to programs in order to best meet veteran's need coordinate veteran's care.
• Incumbent provides education and consultation to staff, students, patients, and families regarding programs and serves as a point of contact for the community for these programs. Incumbent remains current on VA policies and procedures relevant to program areas. Incumbent works with team to meet goals and performance measures within program, including non-institutional care measures.
• The incumbent effectively utilizes electronic resources required for providing services and completing reports. These include, but are not limited to electronic medical record, Microsoft Word, workload reporting, and program referral procedures. Incumbent documents work appropriately and in a timely manner in the medical record.
• Incumbent participates in performance improvement activities and tracks and trends issues as part of performance improvement plan.
• Knowledge and understanding of existing relevant statutes, case laws, ethical codes, and regulations affecting professional practice of marriage and family therapy.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• The incumbent is required to attend ambulatory care center administrative and professional meetings as directed.
• Provide supervision to lower graded therapists requiring clinical supervision.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Telework: Available (Ad-hoc)

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92787-A/92788-A