The primary care behavioral health consultant (BHC) provides behavioral health services within a multidisciplinary primary care medical team. The BHC works with the other health care providers at their clinic to identify and manage patients with mental health, substance use, and health behavior concerns. Activities include the provision of evidence-based behavioral interventions, real-time consultation with providers, and brief behavioral health assessments. The BHC works in partnership with other team members to increase patient access to behavioral health and substance abuse services and achieve Neighborcare’s Mission, Guiding Principles and Goals.

Health, Wellness & Retirement benefits:

• Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Retirement with contribution match
• Life & AD&D, pet insurance
• Employee assistance program, & more!

Compensation:

• The target wage range for this position is $45.33 per hour to $62.89 per hour for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, (LICSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor, (LMHC) or Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, (LMFT)
• Final offers are individually based on various factors, including skill set, years of experience, location, qualifications, work schedule and other job-related reasons.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide brief behavioral health assessment and intervention services for patients across the lifespan (children, adolescents, and adults) who present with a broad range of psychopathology, substance misuse, and health compromising behaviors contributing to chronic medical conditions.
• Provide services in a manner consistent with the Primary Care Behavioral Health Consultant Model of integration, including same day access, team-based care, and a flexible, population-based approach to care and provide screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT).
• Maintain a balance in daily schedule of same-day access to BH services, and a caseload of scheduled follow-up patients. Support PCPs and consulting psychiatric providers with regard to psychiatric medications, including basic patient education and helping to monitor adherence, side effects and effectiveness
• Facilitate time-limited behavioral therapy groups, including psycho-education and skill-building. Maintain patient electronic medical charts in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures, including appropriate use of Disclosure/Consent forms, documentation completed within 72 hours of visit, and accurate use of CPT coding
• Coordinate care with staff at community mental health centers to facilitate exchange of information on services and shared patients. Work with clinic reception and other support staff to maximize patient access to behavioral health services
• Perform other duties as assigned.

KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & ABILITIES

Required for this job:

• Actively promotes team-based care within multidisciplinary medical teams including comfort in communicating with medical colleagues about clinical care
• Demonstrates skill in assessing and intervening on patients with complex presentations, including those with comorbid medical and psychiatric symptoms
• Ability to utilize brief behavioral health assessments to form diagnostic impressions and develop initial care plans. Ability to provide evidence-based treatments for behavioral health concerns in a brief format (e.g., 30-minute sessions and shorter courses of therapy)
• Demonstrates good knowledge of substance use disorders and ability to provide brief screening and evidence-based behavioral interventions for them
• Demonstrates experience in or willingness to become proficient in the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model of managing substance use disorders
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of psycho-pharmacology. Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with persons of varied racial, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds as well as individuals with disabilities
• Ability to utilize interpretation services to provide care to non-English speaking patients. Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with patients, families, co-workers, and community resources

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Required for this job:

• Required: Graduate degree (doctoral or masters) in a clinical mental health field
• Preferred: Experience providing behavioral health care in a team- based medical setting

Required:

• A graduate degree in a clinical mental health field and a full, active, and unrestricted mental health license in Washington State and are able to independently bill for services.
• License types accepted are Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).

Years of Relevant Experience Preferred:

• 2+ years of relevant experience in a team-based setting.

About Neighborcare Health:
Since 1968, Neighborcare Health has been removing barriers to health care for our neighbors. We believe everyone deserves a place to call their health care home, where a team of medical, dental and mental health professionals work in collaboration with each patient to develop a personal health improvement plan.

We are one of the largest providers of primary medical, dental and behavioral health care services in the Seattle area serving low-income and uninsured families and individuals, seniors on fixed incomes, immigrants, and people experiencing homelessness. Each year we care for nearly 60,000 patients at our nearly 30 non-profit medical, dental and school-based clinics. We ask everyone to pay what they can, but no one is turned away due to inability to pay.

Our clinics are located in neighborhoods where health disparities are the greatest, and our care teams, who speak over 55 languages and dialects, are as diverse as our patients. No matter who you are, or where you come from, regardless of your insurance, income or immigration status, you are welcome at Neighborcare Health.

Learn more about us here.

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