Behavioral Health Fellow 26/27 Atrius Health

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The program provides in-depth training in time-effective therapy within the context of an integrative primary and multi-specialty medical group. Fellows practice and receive supervision at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates (HVMA), a non-profit, multi-specialty medical group practice that provides health care to 740,000 adult and pediatric patients at 34 offices in eastern Massachusetts. All fellows provide Behavioral Health care to a caseload of general psychotherapy patients, and will also elect a subspecialty focus in Trauma, Eating Disorders, Addictions, or Women's Mental Health. A weekly seminar at the DPM supports the learning in the clinical placement and promotes cohesion and shared experiences among the fellows.

Primary Responsibilities:

The fellowship includes three training components: general and subspecialty-area psychotherapy skill development; subspecialty research and program development; and teaching / consultation-liaison experience. The major tasks, duties and responsibilities of the job.

• Psychotherapy skill development
  • Skills for the practice of effective, time-limited therapy in an integrative Behavioral Health context will be developed through weekly didactic seminars and individual / group supervision. Fellows attend seminars that feature presentations by and consultation with experienced behavioral health clinicians with expertise in a wide variety of clinical areas. The seminar also offers consultation on clinical cases, on practice management, and on administrative issues relevant to contemporary behavioral health practice.
  • Fellows will also complete rotations in which they will receive intensive training in modalities of time-limited therapy (for example, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Motivational Interviewing; and Trauma-Informed Care) taught by expert trainers. Upon completion of this training, fellows will participate in ongoing supervision and consultation to allow them to refine their tools and skills in each modality
  • The third component of fellowship training is focused upon the development of clinical expertise in the four subspecialty areas within the Department of Behavioral Health at HVMA: Trauma, Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Women's Mental Health. Led by content-area experts and programming leaders, the seminars will complement the general clinical skill development by providing in-depth knowledge of the unique challenges and opportunities presented by providing care for these diagnoses and patients in a medical setting. All fellows will receive training in each subspecialty area
• Research / Program Development in Subspecialty Area
  • Each fellow will select an area of subspecialty interest and will be assigned to a faculty mentor. The fellow will collaborate with their mentor to develop, implement, and evaluate a project that addresses the needs of the subpopulation of Behavioral Health patients or the clinicians who care for them within the subspecialty area. Examples of projects include development of group protocol; identification of best practices for clinical care and creation of curricula based on these practices; analyses of outcome data for current patients; and creation of in-service programming for medical and nursing providers
• Teaching in the Subspecialty Area
  • Under the guidance of their faculty mentor, fellows will develop and facilitate training in their identified subspecialty area. This might include providing consultation to medical staff about working with challenging patients or diagnoses; creating in-service trainings for department clinicians; or teaching fellows from other disciplines or subspecialty areas.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Doctoral psychologists or master-prepared social worker that have completed requirements for MSW and has obtain their Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) in Massachusetts prior to treating patients in the fellowship program
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Social work applicants are required to have completed requirements for their MSW and must obtain their Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) in Massachusetts prior to treating patients in the fellowship program

Preferred Qualification:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) may be required based on identified specialty

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