Behavioral Health Consultant (Pediatric) (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, PsyD, PhD)

Mosaic Community Health - Madras, OR

Part-time - Entry Level

Madras, OR

About the position

If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives 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. Associate licensed providers are encouraged to apply. This is a part-time position at 20 hours/week.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrated behavioral healthcare in a person-centered primary care home.
• Act as an extension of the physician providing consultation on mental health and addiction, brief therapy intervention, referral and coordination of care, and psycho-education.
• Work 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.
• Assist in the development of patient care plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration through referrals and moment-to-moment consultation.
• Direct individual and crisis intervention within behavioral health care model.
• Work with primary care team to coordinate specialty mental health care when needed.
• Assist in execution of clinical assessments such as SBIRT.
• Deliver 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.
• Educate patients, families, and clinical staff in techniques related to self-care.
• Conduct group classes and group visits to promote skill building, education, and improved health for the patient.
• Use current evidence-based guidelines in creating diagnostic and treatment plans.
• Provide care which reflects health care cost consciousness and addresses social determinants of health.
• Effectively utilize team-based care model, leveraging expertise of all members of multi-disciplinary team.
• Act as patient educator, leveraging tools to effectively communicate information with patients regarding diagnoses, treatment options, disease prevention, safe health behaviors, self-care skills, and health promotion.
• Maintain accurate electronic health records of patients and complete documentation in timely manner.
• Reflect critical thinking and follow BHC template in visit documentation.
• Consistently document patient contact outside of schedule visits, utilizing 'patient touches'.
• Respond to patient telephone calls and MyChart messages in a timely manner.
• Accurately code patient charts to ensure correct billing.

Requirements

• Knowledge of methods around behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical, mental health and substance use conditions.
• Plans and provides psychological assessment and diagnosis in a primary care setting with brief psychotherapeutic interventions as needed.
• Advises and consults primary care providers and team members.
• Ability to triage and refer for specialty mental health services.
• Knowledge of psycho-pharmacology and the problems and dynamics in treating medically underserved populations.
• Knowledge of general medical practice models and processes such as office procedures, medical records, health insurance, etc.
• Skilled in support group organization, facilitating, as well as educating.
• Ability to work as successful primary health care team member.
• Ability to be comfortable in role as consultant and resident BH specialist.
• Execute evidence-based brief interventions.
• Ability to design and implement clinical protocols for treatment of selected behavioral conditions.
• Ability to make quick and accurate assessments of behavioral health conditions.
• Interest in gathering, tracking and presenting outcome data.
• Expertise in trauma-informed, culturally sensitive substance abuse and mental health treatment.
• Knowledgeable of local and state resources.
• Able to work with patients from infancy to geriatrics.
• Comfort with electronic medical records and charting.
• Flexible and able to assess and triage on the spot demands of medical staff.
• Ability to train and teach effective behavioral health interventions and integrated health model to medical practitioners.

Benefits

• Work/life balance
• Opportunity to serve a diverse population
• Dynamic team-based environment
• Access to outdoor activities in Central Oregon