Behavioral Health Clinician II Integrated Services

About the role

The Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Consultant functions as a core member of a Collaborative Care team that involves the patient's primary care provider (PCP) and a psychiatric prescriber. The consultant is responsible for coordinating and supporting mental health care within the provider's practice and for coordinating referrals to clinically indicated services outside the practice.

Responsibilities

• Support the treating physician in his/her role by coordinating treatment, providing proactive follow-up of treatment response, alerting the physician when the patient is not improving, supporting medication management, and facilitating communication with the psychiatric prescriber regarding treatment changes.
• Offer brief counseling using evidence-based techniques such as motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, and problem-solving treatment.
• Help facilitate changes in treatment if patients are not improving as expected.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Counseling or Social Work, or Doctoral degree in Psychology.
• Licensed as LCSW-C or LCPC or Psy.D.
• Behavioral Health care experience required.
• Experience with screening for mental health and substance use disorders.
• Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques.
• Experience working with patients that have co-occurring mental health, substance use, and physical health problems.
• Experience with evidence-based counseling techniques.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in team setting.
• Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with patient and other members of the care team.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to effectively engage patients in a therapeutic relationship.
• Ability to work with patients in person or by telephone.
• Experience with brief assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders.
• Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health/substance use disorders.
• Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments.
• Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques.
• Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders that is within the appropriate scope of practice.
• Computer skills required.
• Flexibility to work within changing environments in healthcare.
• Works well in fast paced environment.

Skills

• Demonstrate knowledge/skills of behavioral health clinical practice in a variety of settings, including:
  • Completing psychosocial assessments
  • Provision of trauma-informed individual, group, and family therapy services
  • Developing and implementing discharge and aftercare plans
  • Coordinating services for patient/family with community providers including knowledge of community resources, Medicare/Medicaid and commercial insurances
  • Knowledge of state and federal regulations as it pertains to scope of clinical practice in multiple settings
  • Effective critical thinking
  • Professional and effective written and verbal communication
  • Prioritize work assignments and manage time effectively to complete duties
  • Work effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with both internal and external partners (i.e., behavioral health team, medical team, community stakeholders and patients/families)
• Ability to assess, adapt, and calmly respond to changing and/or crisis environment
• Ability to make independent decisions consistent with current policies, procedures, health care and ethical standards
• Ability to be available to adapt hours to meet the needs of partners

Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Pay

$35.08 - $52.64