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Clinical Program Manager I BHC, LCSW
Mental health is an essential component of total health. As mental health professionals, we’re on the front lines every day, using the latest advances to help those in need. If you share our passion for care and our commitment to helping those around us, you’ll have the resources you need to make a real difference. Our services include adult and child therapy as well as help with addiction and eating disorders.
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Job Type:Standard
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Job Level:Team Leader/Supervisor
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Travel:Yes, 50 % of the Time
Success Profile
These are the traits of the most successful members of our behavioral health team.
- Adaptable
- Compassionate
- Good listener
- Proactive
- Results Driven
- Versatile
Benefits
Our compensation and benefits are designed to help you and your family stay healthy and thrive in and beyond work.
Our Culture
We offer a mental health environment that's unique both in the way we treat our patients and in the way we support our health care professionals. Here, we practice evidence-based care in a team setting that’s focused on the needs of the individual, the family and the population as a whole. This gives your patients the opportunity to work towards achieving their physical, mental, and behavioral health goals. On our teams, we hold social justice as a shared value and are committed to addressing and eliminating stigma associated with mental health and addiction. Working as part of a team also helps support your own career growth while you provide high-quality strengths-based, brief, solution-focused, and episodic mental health care.
Hear From Our People
Aaron
Psychiatric Social Worker
Kaiser Permanente has been an excellent platform for me to grow as a professional. The organization has demonstrated its commitment to the continued growth of its employees through the training it offers and encourages. I’ve always resonated with the organization’s integrated approach to health care, and its recognition of how essential good mental health is to a person’s overall well-being.
Breeza
Licensed Certified Social Worker
I would recommend and do recommend workingfor Kaiser Permanente. It’s a professional, clean,friendly, fast-paced environment and there is a real trustand respect for clinical staff no matter what role weserve. I love feeling valued and heard and am thankful tohave found an environment that providesthat.
Janice
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
This is the best place to work because ofthe commitment to the total health of our members, thework/life balance, the possibilities to use clinical skillsin a variety of capacities within the organization andopportunities for personal and professional growth. Asemployees of Kaiser Permanente, we all have a voice and areencouraged to use it.
Gabriela
Clinical Program Manager
At Kaiser Permanente, I have opportunities to learn and work in a professional setting with people who are passionate about patient care. I love my career as a therapist and now as a manager! I really enjoy helping others and learning new interventions and modalities. These ensure my personal and professional growth.
Laura
Psychotherapist
Kaiser Permanente is a health care leader who sets trends and makes a difference in industry practices and protocols. I like the extraordinary resources available to do my job, the servant leadership of my manager and director, and the high standard of business and clinical ethics.
Amie
PsyD, Clinical Psychologist
We’re an innovative, vision-forwardcompany. While Integrative-Care models are relatively new,we’ve been on the frontlines of building out ahigh-functioning integrated team for over a decade. Withinthis model of care, we’re pushed to think out of the boxwhen it comes to patient care, be collaborative, andsucceed in a fast-paced environment.
Carol
PhD, Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical
Kaiser Permanente demonstrates itscommitment to their employees’, has a top-notch salary andcompensation package, and has a leadership body that iswell trained and supportive. As a Clinician and a Manager,I am very impressed with our commitment to qualityoutcomes. I have truly found a home here and would behonored for Kaiser Permanente to be my last professionalstop in my career.
Michael
PsyD, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Psych Social Worker
Kaiser Permanente, in my opinion, is agreat mix of professional, friendly and fast-paced. Theyallow me to be who I am and let me have a voice. I lovebeing a therapist and I’m very proud and excited about theGender Assessments and transgender group work beingconducted. I’m helping the LGBT community and making thispopulation feel comfortable throughout their care journey.Kaiser Permanente is a breath of fresh air to me in mywork.
Kashonda
Psychotherapist
I appreciate how Kaiser Permanente strivesto reflect inclusivity and representation throughout theorganization. I’m excited about an internal cliniccomprised of African American clinicians dedicated tosupporting the health needs of the African diaspora. I’mproud to be part of committees that intentionally promoteequity, inclusion and diversity. These things combined withthe benefits, opportunities and people make KaiserPermanente a great place to work.
Clinical Program Manager I BHC, LCSW
These positions are responsible at one site (established clinic) for the coordination, planning, design, development, delivery and evaluation/continuous improvement of out-and/or in-patient psychotherapy programs for groups of patients and/or individual patients (adults, adolescents, children and families); managing psychotherapeutic programs for Addition Medicine and/or Psychiatric patients that add value and are integrated with Behavioral Health Care service priorities and performance standards, as well as with strategic organizational goals/objectives; providing clinical and administrative direction for licensed non-MD clinicians/providers.
- Manages the delivery of timely, appropriate, cost-effective and high quality services/ programs for assigned site.
- Assures continuity of care and appropriate utilization of resources both within and outside of Behavioral Health Care.
- Assists physicians and department managers in short and long-range planning of psychotherapeutic/psychiatric social work programs/services that meet identified needs of members and purchasers.
- Ensures that the professional practice standards for group and/or individual therapeutic modalities and psychodiagnostic testing are maintained by clinicians.
- Evaluates the professional clinical practice of staff and provides professional staff with regular/appropriate training, direction, supervision and consultation.
- Integrates and coordinates psychiatric and/or addiction medicine programs with other in-and out-patient departments as well as with community resources.
- Achieves a continuum of care within Behavioral Health Care Services.
- Develops systems and methodologies for continuous improvement of group and/or individual treatment modalities.
- Evaluates effectiveness of program and services.
- Review/evaluates group therapy designs.
- Establishes group protocols.
- Delineates inclusion/exclusion criteria and utilizes pre-and post testing evaluations.
- Conducts on-going program evaluation of individual and/or group modalities and, in concert with the department manager and/or Chief of Service, develops/maintains systems and processes for outcomes management/improvement and for identifying the need for revised and/or new clinical treatment programs, designs and/or protocols.
- May develop and implement policies, procedures and systems to ensure customer/ member/patient/purchase satisfaction and member/patient access.
- In concert with other personnel and physicians, responds to and resolves service, access and provider concerns/issues.
- Develops and maintains departmental policies and procedures to meet Behavioral Health Care and organizational operational, business and strategic goals/objectives.
- Conducts performance evaluation of professional staff.
- Hires, trains/orients, coaches, disciplines or terminates professional staff.
- In concert with the Chief, and department manager maximizes and manages physical, fiscal and human resources and manages/reduces associated costs.
- Analyzes departmental volume/workload indicators and evaluates/improves utilization and productivity of staff.
- Less than 50% of working time, may provide direct psychotherapeutic services to individual patients and/or patient groups.
- Minimum three (3) years of clinical experience as a staff clinician in a mental health setting.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in managing/supervising the development, delivery and evaluation of clinical mental health programs.
- Master's degree in a field/discipline related to mental health such as psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral science, or psychiatric/chemical dependency nursing specialty.
- Registered Nurse License (California) OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (California) OR Psychologist License (California) OR Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California) OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (California)
- Demonstrated knowledge of individual and/or group psychotherapeutic treatment modalities and techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate/improve multi-discipline group and/or individual program for patients (children, adolescents, adults, and families).
- Interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- LCSW preferred.
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