Behavioral Health Consultant - Outpatient Primary Care Clinic - Mon Valley South - Full Time

Highmark Health • Belle Vernon, Fayette County, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1w ago

Behavioral Health Consultant - Outpatient Primary Care Clinic - Mon Valley South - Full Time

Company: Allegheny Health Network

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

A BHC is a member of the core healthcare team who assists the care managers in managing the overall health of their enrolled population. The BHC’s goals are to help improve recognition, treatment, and management of psychosocial/behavioral problems and medical conditions in the enrolled population. The BHC provides clinical mental health consultation services within the scope of their state's professional licensure board to all patients referred by the care team. The BHC participates in the management of psychosocial aspects of chronic and acute diseases, application of behavioral principles to address lifestyle and health risk issues, consultation, and co-management in the treatment of mental disorders and psychosocial issues.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Member of Care Team & Population Health Efforts:

Acts as a core care team member to develop specific clinical pathways or best practice programs for targeted patient groups.
Participates in practice staff meetings and trainings.
Provides education and support on a variety of topics from behavioral health and substance abuse background, training, and expertise to multidisciplinary team members during the course of treatment planning for patients.
Participates in daily huddles, listening for behavioral health, substance abuse, and psychosocial needs.
Provides population-based care based on registry to high risk/high need patients.
Provides services to all enrollees (not just those with diagnosable mental disorders).
Participates in system-wide BHC learning collaborative.

Effective Communicator and Change Agent:

Promotes ongoing change efforts in the practice and within the AHN health system around mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Documents in the same medical record as the rest of the team in a place that is easily visible by providers and other team members.
Engages patients via telephone as well as in person.

Clinical Interventions:

Meets patients and providers where they are, usually the same day a patient presents in clinic providing immediate support to include assessment, intervention, and referrals to higher levels of care for mental health and addiction needs when required.
Provides therapeutic counseling services appropriate to the ambulatory care environment: using 15-30 minute interventions.
Treat patients with short term interventions based on “treat to target” approach using solution-focused approaches, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and other short-term counseling interventions.
Helps patients in crisis get urgent mental health and substance abuse needs met.
Triage and refer patients to specialty mental health and substance abuse services when appropriate.

Advocacy, Outreach, Community Linkages, and Coaching:

Advocates for patients who are perceived as difficult to work with or “non-compliant.”
Reaches out to patients who are not engaging (usually via phone) to re-engage them in their care.
Encourages patients to become active participants in their own care and treatment.
Connects patients to a variety of resources in the community related to social determinants of health.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum:

Master’s degree in Mental Health Field.
2 years experience in use of evidence-based counseling techniques, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of common mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

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