Minimum Starting Salary: $65,963
The Behavioral Health Consultant will primarily be responsible for providing integrated clinical behavioral health services in a manner that upholds the health center's mission and quality standards and results in better patient health outcomes and overall satisfaction, and stronger operational and fiscal capacity. This position is located at the Hub of Hope. *This job qualifies for National Health Service
Corps Loan Repayment.*
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Consultation with PCPs to enhance understanding of
the patient, provide decision support for treatment planning and assist
in the implementation and monitoring of biopsychosocial treatment plans.
- Providing primary care behavioral health with individuals,
couples, and/or family consultation with patients, including:
- Functional and strength-based assessment and
diagnosis through contextual interviews;
- Conduct mental health, substance use, cognitive, and
developmental screening as needed;
- Psychoeducation for patients and their support
systems;
- Motivational Interviewing to develop behavioral
strategies aimed at improved functioning and improved wellness;
- Brief problem-solving cognitive interventions aimed
at modifying negative thinking and promoting self-efficacy;
- Self-Care Plan development and skills training to
facilitate disease self- management, improved coping, distress
tolerance, stress reduction, and relaxation;
- Conduct substance use/abuse evaluation,
identification of maladaptive coping strategies, and development of
harm reduction strategies.
- Conduct developmental screening on our pediatric
population and assist with childhood behavioral concerns, parent
adjustment concerns, and connection to EI services or other resources
or supports as needed.
- Medication adherence counseling and disease
self-management counseling;
- Identify, refer, and advocate for patients needing specialty
mental health care, and internal and external supports and services to
address social determinants of health and barriers to wellness.
- Facilitate groups to address chronic disease
management, health behavior changes, mental health/substance abuse
support, or other groups as expressed by patient needs.
- Be immediately available to the 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.
- Complete all charting as needed and required by
contracted funding sources: including assessments, progress notes, and
billing.
- Identify quality improvement opportunity or system growth
areas, and work with appropriate staff to resolve these issues by
participating in performance improvement processes.
- Take an active role to contribute to the improvement
of office functioning.
- Other responsibilities as needed
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in social work, or related field,
with a minimum of three years' experience as a behavioral health
provider.
- Current license to practice in Pennsylvania as a
LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or PhD/PsyD in Clinical Psychology or in process of
getting license
Preferred
Experience:
- Competency in providing cognitive and behavioral
interventions to individuals, families, couples, and groups with
behavioral health/substance abuse problems in a primary care setting
- Experience using trauma-informed and social justice
frameworks
- Experience working with homeless individuals and/or
underserved communities
- Experience with all ages of patients
Project HOME is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a drug
screen and background checks.
Project HOME reserves the right to revise or
change job duties and responsibilities as needed. This job description is not
meant to be an all-inclusive statement of the duties and responsibilities of
the job nor does it constitute a written or implied contract.
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