If you’re passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, and thrive in a collaborative healthcare setting, we want you on our team!
Join us as we strive to provide comprehensive care for our patients. As a Behavioral Health Consultant, you’ll be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team, working closely with primary care providers to address the behavioral, physical, and psychosocial needs of our patient population.
Position Summary:
Provides integrated behavioral healthcare in a person-centered primary care home. Acts as an extension of the physician providing consultation on mental health and addiction, brief therapy intervention, referral and coordination of care, and psycho-education. This position provides services to a diverse population across the Lifespan as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Direct Patient Care:
- Works with other members of primary care team to assess, treat, and manage patients with chronic behavioral, physical, and social conditions efficiently and effectively within an integrated behavioral health care model.
- Assists in the development of patient care plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration through referrals and moment-to-moment consultation.
- Directs individual and crisis intervention within behavioral health care model.
- Works with primary care team to coordinate specialty mental health care when needed.
- Assists in execution of clinical assessments such as SBIRT.
- Delivers patient care within HRSA services scope and approved locations, encompassing patient homes, community-based sites, and providing home-based care when necessary and in adherence to defined services and safety protocols. Local travel required.
Education:
- Educates patients, families, and clinical staff in techniques related to self-care.
- Conducts group classes and group visits to promote skill building, education, and improved health for the patient.
Standards of Practice:
- Uses current evidence-based guidelines in creating diagnostic and treatment plans.
- Provides care which reflects health care cost consciousness and addresses social determinants of health.
- Effectively utilizes team-based care model, leveraging expertise of all members of multi-disciplinary team.
- Acts as patient educator, leveraging tools (e.g. EHR, on-line resources, written materials, MY Chart messages, etc.) to effectively communicate information with patients regarding diagnoses, treatment options, disease prevention, safe health behaviors, self-care skills, and health promotion.
Documentation/Indirect patient care:
- Maintains accurate electronic health records of patients and completes documentation in timely manner.
- Reflects critical thinking and follows BHC template in visit documentation.
- Consistently documents patient contact outside of scheduled visits, utilizing “patient touches”.
- Responds to patient telephone calls and MyChart messages in a timely manner.
- Accurately codes patient charts to ensure correct billing.
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