Behavioral Health Consultant at Primary Care & Hope Clinic

Description

Reports To: Behavioral Health Director

Employee Status: Exempt

Position Summary: Under general supervision, but in line with established PC&HC policies and procedures, provide behavioral health consultation to children, adolescents, adults and families in order to improve psychosocial functioning.

Essential Functions

• Represent PC&HC to patients/visitors in a caring, courteous, and professional manner. Provide prompt, efficient and accurate patient service.
• Work closely with the primary care team to deliver an integrated model of patient care to the patient population.
• Assist the primary care team in developing care management processes such as the use of guidelines, disease management techniques, case management and patient education to improve self-management of chronic disease.
• Provide brief intervention, assessment and consultation at request of Providers.
• Counsel and educate patients on personal issues, such as disease management, mental illness, poverty, abuse and addiction to improve the client’s overall well-being.
• Evaluate crisis situations; intervene and treat appropriately.
• Interview families, individuals and groups and assess their needs.
• Conduct individual, family and group therapy, outreach and crisis intervention.
• Perform psychosocial evaluations and develop a plan of care to help client be successful.
• Assist in detecting patients who are “at risk” and develop a plan to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
• Implement treatment plans.
• Continuously evaluate quality of care, outcomes of treatment, and utilization of services to prevent misuse of resources.
• Facilitate patient’s progress through the health care system including coordination, integration and direct delivery of patient services.
• Develop and maintain a community referral base for the purpose of referring patients to additional services in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Conduct surveys and studies relating to psychosocial status and patterns of population groups as directed.
• Improve the patient experience and health care processes and help assure the provision of high quality health care, as well as an ongoing process of performance improvement.
• Participate in Patient Quality Peer Review of other behavioral health consultants to assist in evaluating and improving the quality of patient care.
• Participate in Behavioral Health quality performance activities across the organization.

Marginal Functions

• Perform all other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

Requirements

• Must have Master of Social Work (MSW) Degree with LCSW or PhD in Clinical Psychology.
• Current State of Tennessee Licensure
• Must be culturally sensitive
• Must follow all HIPAA and OSHA requirements.
• Must be supportive of our mission in order to provide healthcare to the underinsured and uninsured.