Behavioral Health Counselor - Medical Weight Management Clinic, Westwood

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Tuesday-Saturday 8:00am-5:00pm

Posted Date

02/18/2025

Salary Range: $64800 - 137600 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

22417

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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In this role you will:

• Provides a primary service of weekly, ongoing Cognitive-Behavioral group sessions for the Bio-Behavioral, UCLA Medical Weight Management Program.
• Influence program development - plan, research, write, and implement subject material for weekly group sessions.
• Provide psychological support, establish clinical interventions, and teach adaptive, sustainable skills.
• Understand the complexities of long-term weight maintenance.
• Experienced in the treatment of eating disorders, specifically, Binge Eating Disorder.

Salary Range: $64,800.00 - $137,600.00/annually

Job Qualifications

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• California Marriage and Family Therapist license (LMFT)
• Master in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) or Master in Psychology or Master in Counseling Psychology or Masters of Art in Counseling
• Experience and skill interacting with health care providers in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Working knowledge of general theoretical and clinical models.
• Ability to develop effective rapport and working therapeutic alliances with patients.
• Skill writing clear and complete clinical notes and summaries of clinical evaluations.
• Skills and experience documenting/charting to ensure current and accurate medical records are entered and documented in patient files in accordance with established Medical Records policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of social work ethics and scope of practice.
• Ability to perform a complete mental status exam and recognize changes in mental status.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and mutually respectful relationship with professionals and support staff.
• Knowledge of pertinent current community resources, including income maintenance, mental health treatment, special education, residential and vocational supports.
• Ability to provide and maintain appropriate coordination of care with existing providers and/or variety of community agencies and demonstrate assertiveness, persistence, and diplomacy as advocate for patient.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.