Behavioral Health Therapist

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke Primary Care

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Primary Care, which offers family, adolescent, and internal medicine services as well as urgent, general pediatric, and virtual care at nearly 50 clinic locations across central North Carolina.

External candidates eligible for $5000.00 Commitment Bonus paid over 1 year and up to $8000.00 relocation for those relocating 50 miles or more. 

General Description of the Job Class

Provide psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and psychotherapy treatment. It is an expectation to maintain a patient panel as outlined by departmental or team leadership with at least 80% of time dedicated to direct patient care. Scope of role, working schedule, and location may adjust with business need.
 
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

- Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.

- Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate treatments and interventions.

- Interventions may include crisis intervention, individual, marital, family and/or group therapies.

- Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance use problems in patients.

- May participate in on-call or after-hours coverage.

- Provide consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed.

- Maintain a working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact patient care.

- Provide education to patients and loved ones around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation.

- Participate in multi-disciplinary healthcare teams and provide leadership in representing clinical perspective.

- May provide teaching and training for staff and faculty.

- Contribute to the academic mission of the health system by participating in academic activities.

- Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources.

- Knowledge of health system resources to access and provide for patient care needs.

- Document assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards.