Licensed Therapist - Behavioral Health Urgent Care

The Licensed Therapist – Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) conducts assessments, evaluations, and diagnostics in a Tier IV BHUC, driving care direction for urgent/emergent crises, ensuring timely CCAs, LOCUS/ASAM, and person-centered planning.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts CCAs/Diagnostic Assessments per NC Policy 8A-5, DLA-20, APSM 45-2: includes presenting problems, history, medications, biopsychosocial review, participation evidence, ASAM/LOCUS, DSM-5 diagnoses, recommendations.
• Initiates crisis/risk assessments within 2 hours; signs/dates diagnostics; documents interdisciplinary team reviews.
• Ensures documentation is accurate, timely, objective, specific, consistent, comprehensive, logical, person-centered.
• Collaborates with agencies; provides in-community therapy; promotes wellness, recovery, supports, coping, advocacy, independent living.
• Supports triage, IVC evaluations, interventions (e. g., motivational interviewing), discharge planning, PAD education.
• Assists self-determination/decision-making; models recovery; teaches advocacy/rights.
• Respects confidentiality (HIPAA); other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position can provide supervision to QP’s and peer support staff.

Qualifications

Education/Experience

• Master’s in Psychology/Social Work/related
• NC clinical license (PHD, LCSW, LPC, LCMHC).

Required Skills/Abilities

• Engagement/communication/synthesis/diagnostic/LOC/documentation skills
• EMR familiarity
• Knowledge of NC policies
• Fast-paced independent/collaborative work.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• CPR/First Aid/NCI/role-related (or within 3 months)
• NC license