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Associate Clinician
Overview
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Associate Clinician to provide essential therapeutic and case management services to HIV-positive individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. This role requires a strong commitment to client safety, evidence-based practice, and collaboration, often involving travel and in-home care.
Compensation and Schedule
- Pay Rate: $35 - $40 per hour
- Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:45 AM to 5:30 PM (with a 45-minute lunch break)
- Location: The primary location isSan Bernardino, CA 92401, with a requirement to work one day a week at the Hesperia, CA 92345 location.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Service Delivery
- Therapy: Provide a minimum of 25 hours of direct clinical services per week, including individual, family, and/or group therapy to clients.
- Intervention: Deliver evidence-based and direct clinical psychological interventions to support clients in achieving their goals and addressing their specific needs.
- Treatment Implementation: Implement comprehensive services, treatments, and care plans tailored to each client. Note: For unlicensed staff, all implementation must be conducted under appropriate supervision.
- Home Health: This role includes travel and working within patients' homes to provide necessary psychosocial intervention and review treatment plans.
Assessment and Crisis Management
- Assessment: Assist in conducting individual needs assessments and maintaining specific goals and objectives for the client's treatment plan.
- Crisis Intervention: Act as a primary resource during crisis situations, ensuring the safety of both clients and staff is the highest priority.
Education, Resources, and Training
- Community Consultation: Offer effective community consultation and recommended approaches related to mental health and substance abuse issues.
- Client Support: Provide clients with access to relevant resources, education, and training.
- Professional Development: Participate in grant-required continued education conferences and training sessions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Licensure/Registration: Must be registered as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW), or Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS).
- Experience: 1-2 years of experience in the field.
- Case Management: Case Management Experience is required.
- Travel: Ability to travel and work in patients' homes as part of the service delivery model.
Preferred (Nice-to-Have) Skills
- Experience working with the elderly population.
Benefits
- Paid Sick Leave (Medix provides paid sick leave according to state and local sick leave ordinances).
- Health Benefits / Dental / Vision (Medix offers 6 different health plans: 3 Major Medical Plans, 2 Fixed Indemnity Plans (Standard and Preferred), and 1 Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) Plan. Eligibility for health benefits is based on verifying that an average of 30 hours per week during the first 4 weeks of the work assignment has been met. If you meet eligibility requirements and take action to enroll, you will be covered no earlier than 60 days into your assignment, depending on plan selection(s)).
- 401k (Eligible on the first 401k open enrollment date following 6 consecutive months on assignment. 401k Open Enrollment dates are 1/1, 4/1, 7/1, and 10/1).
- Short Term Disability Insurance.
- Term Life Insurance Plan.
Required Employment / Compliance Language
Compliance with employment laws as per the state of California is mandatory.
*We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).
Medix Overview:
With over 20 years of experience connecting organizations with highly qualified professionals, Medix is a leading provider of workforce solutions for clients and candidates across the healthcare, scientific, technology, and government industries. Through our core purpose of positively impacting lives, we’re dedicated to creating opportunities for job seekers at some of the nation's top companies. As an award-winning career partner, Medix is committed to helping talent find fulfilling and meaningful work because our mission is to help you achieve yours.
*As a job position within our Care Management division, a successful completion of a background check may be required as a condition of employment. This requirement is directly related to essential job functions including but not limited to: accessing financial and confidential information, access and handling of patient medical records, providing medical care inside a patient’s residential address, driving, prescription and other drug access and administration, and working with vulnerable populations, such as, minors, elderly and those with physical or mental disabilities. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO), and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).
This position is subject to a background check based on its job duties, which may include patient care, working with vulnerable populations, access to financial and confidential information, driving, working with heavy machinery, or working in a warehouse or laboratory environment. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.
