Job Description

descriptionAt Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.Position Summary:This role focuses on providing behavioral health assessment and short-term behavioral health therapy to primary care patients within the setting of the practice. The clinician is a fully integrated team member in the practice, documenting in the patient’s electronic health record, providing behavioral health services to referred patients and providing behavioral health education and consultation as requested.A key component of the clinician’s role is to provide services within best practice standards as outlined in the CMH Integrated Behavioral Health Model and Standards document which outlines the desired mindset, operational standards and clinical standards. The clinician who fits well with this position has broad knowledge of a wide range of behavioral health conditions, openness to taking on a wide range of patients, diagnostic and case formulation skills, willingness to learn about medical conditions that interface significantly with mental health conditions, ability to work in a fast-pace environment and to create treatment plans that help patients achieve reachable goals within a reasonable, limited timeframe