Integrated Behavioral Health Provider (LCSW or LPC required) (4291)

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Work within a transdisciplinary primary care team, provide integrated behavioral health care and advance care management for patients with chronic conditions.
• Support and closely coordinate mental health care with the patient’s medical provider; screen, assess and offer focused treatment within the medical setting for patients with common mental health disorders.
• Deliver time-limited, target-based treatments such as brief cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy. Common interventions include behavioral activation, problem-solving therapy, stimulus control therapy, sleep hygiene, acceptance-based strategies, psychoeducation, relaxation training, motivational interviewing, and parent training.
• Advanced care management tasks include pre-visit planning, patient education, registry monitoring and patient self-management training.
• Provide care coordination service to address short- and long-term medical and behavioral health treatment goals.
• Communicate with physician and care team members about relevant patient needs or changes.
• Identify cost-effective protocols and paths for improving population health and participate in developing guidelines for care.
• Promote health equity by recognizing the close link between the elimination of disparities and health outcomes.

OTHER DUTIES:

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Visual and auditory accuracy
• Shift length - 8 hours
• Indoor setting
• Continuous use of computer and calculator
• Long periods of sitting
• Frequent use of telephone
• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands
• Continuous conversational communication
• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting and climbing
• Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling of up to 25 lbs.
• Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas
• Frequent use of personal car
• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions
• Memorize and retain instructions
• Read and interpret detailed specifications
• Mental competency
• Tobacco non-user
• Physical accommodations will be implemented where necessary and feasible