License Behavioral Health Clinician

Minimum Requirements

• LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT in the state of Massachusetts
• Professionally licensed in the State of Massachusetts
• Ability to work independently as well as to collaborate with Integrated Care Team
• Familiarity with multicultural groups, previous work experience in a multicultural setting
• Prior experience addressing the BH needs of patients with chronic medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension)
• Experience with quality improvement and tracking/reporting on BH indicators
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills; proven ability to communicate with diverse audiences
• Ability to demonstrate professionalism and respect; regard for patient privacy is essential
• Organizational skills a must
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Computer literacy
• Experience with an Electronic Health Record is Preferable
• Bi-lingual Strongly Preferred But Not Required
• Experience with facilitating group therapy is a plus

Principle Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide therapeutic interventions including adult and child individual, group, family, couple, consultation, collateral
• Provide Behavioral Health Screening Brief Intervention Referral and Treatment services to CHC patients
• Cookordinate and collaborate with the primary care team (including providers, pharmacist, medical assistants etc.) to improve health outcomes
• Provide "warm hand off" for identified patients when schedule allows
• Maintain professional, accurate and timely clinical documentation of patient encounters, and services provided to each patient as well as track BH indicators as identified in the BHI grant
• Attend BH meetings weekly as well as other identified meetings for patient care
• Attend supervision with Chief of BH as scheduled
• Other duties as assigned to support the mission of the organization

Working Conditions

• This position requires professional behaviors and attitude at all times
• This position requires the ability to use a computer workstation
• This position requires cultural sensitivity
• This position requires willingness to be flexible