Bilingual Behavioral Health Consultant - PsyD, LPC, LCSW

Responsibilities

• Behavioral Health Consultation in the context of primary care
• Consultation with primary care providers to improve patient care, enhance understanding of patients, provide support for treatment planning, and assist in the implementation and monitoring of evidenced-based assessments and interventions
• Individual, couples, family and group consultation including:
• Functional and strength-based assessment and diagnosis
• Psychoeducation for patients and their support systems
• Medication adherence counseling and disease self management counseling
• Motivational Interviewing to develop behavioral strategies aimed at symptom reduction
• Brief problem-solving cognitive intervention aimed at modifying negative thinking and promoting self efficacy
• Self-Care Plan development and skills training to improve coping, reduce stress, and teach relaxation techniques
• Sobriety use/abuse evaluation, identification of maladaptive coping strategies, and development of harm reduction strategies
• Coordination of Care – Provide consultation to and coordinate care of patients with health center primary care staff. Identify, refer, and advocate for patients needing specialty behavioral health service, and other services as needed
• Crisis Intervention – Be immediately available to other health center staff during working hours in the event of a psychiatric emergency. Participate as a member of the health center staff in the event of any other kind of emergency
• Population Management – Identify population health issues and work with other providers to develop comprehensive strategies to address them
• Charting – Complete all charting as needed and required by contracted funding sources: including assessments, SOAP notes, and billing

Requirements

• Experience working in a medical setting
• Medical literacy
• Experience working in behavioral medicine and health psychology
• Experience working as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Experience with Cognitive Behavioral and Motivational Interviewing, and other evidence-based techniques
• Experience working with opioid dependence and knowledge of medication assisted treatment
• Comfort working with diverse populations (i.e. race, ethnicity, diagnoses, age ranges)

Qualifications

• Licensed Psychologist (in Pennsylvania)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (in Pennsylvania)

Skills

• Medical literacy
• Interdisciplinary team collaboration
• Evidence-based behavioral health practices
• Emergency response and crisis intervention
• Population health management
• Documentation and charting

Benefits

Commensurate with education and experience

Pay

Commensurate with education and experience

Schedule

Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking 2/3 of the time, requires sitting under 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle or feel 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms, under 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl under 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Position requires lifting up to 10 lbs. up to 1/3 of the time.

Benefits

PHMC is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.