Position Overview
Are you passionate about helping kids be their best selves?
UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics is hiring a Full-Time Behavioral Health Therapist I to support the offices in Cranberry.
Weekend availability required to support the hours of operation.
Sign on bonus available if applicable.
The purpose of this job is to be part of a collaborative care team to provide behavioral health assessments and brief treatment in the primary care medical home. This level of service is equivalent to outpatient.
+ Screen and assess patients for common behavioral health disorders. Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care.
+ Systemically track treatment response and monitor patients (in person or via telemedicine) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
+ Provides brief evidenced based intervention (behavioral activation, PMT, MI, Psycho-education, PST) to patients and families in the program and engages fa...