Location: Kalamazoo,MI, USA
POSITION SUMMARY:
* The Behavioral Health Therapist provides direct integrated behavioral health services to patients currently receiving primary care treatment.
* Behavioral Health services encompass psychosocial education, mental health and substance use disorder prevention, intervention, and recovery treatment planning.
* As a licensed clinician, the Behavioral Health Consultant will work in an integrated team-based model of care to improve patients' health literacy, engagement, psychosocial functioning, compliance, and overall functioning and well-being.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Conducts brief screenings to evaluate the needs of adults, adolescents, and children for behavioral health intervention and activation.
* Provides consultation to medical providers, Family Health Center staff, and other service providers to facilitate a coordinated continuum of care within the primary care setting.
* Provides short-term behavioral intervention to engage and motivate clients to manage their care actively.
* Participates in ongoing training in behavioral health issues and provides consultation and training to primary care staff in mental health and behavioral medicine topics, including communication skills, brief intervention, counseling skills, medicine use and misuse, substance use, and abuse, wellness, rehabilitation, recovery, and self-sufficiency.
* Applies knowledge of evidence-based practice, including empirical bases of assessment, intervention, and other clinical applications, expertise, and patient preferences to individuals, couples, groups, and families, including adults, children, and adolescents, as assigned.
* Provides emergency assessment of patients in crisis and facilitates psychiatric hospitalization if needed.
* Creates and implements integrated treatment plans, ensuring access to organizational and external services within allotted time frames.
* Independently evaluates treatment progress and modifies planning as indicated, even in the absence of established outcome measures
* Assesses discharge readiness throughout the course of treatment.
* Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with community providers, initiates linkages, disseminates information, and makes referrals to appropriate services, as needed.
COMPETENCIES:
Collaborative
* Displays willingness to make decisions, resolve conflict, and delegate work assignments in a timely manner
* Adapts to change, takes responsibility for own actions to advance team goals
* Speaks and writes clearly and persuasively in formal and informal presentations
* Actively participates in meetings and uses listening skills to keep an open mind
* Solicits input from appropriate stakeholders, explains reasoning for decisions, and uses strong interpersonal skills to communicate and influence others
* Gives recognition to others for results
Solid Character
* Balances team and individual responsibilities while assessing own strengths and weaknesses
* Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views
* Welcomes feedback, builds positive team spirit, supports all team members
* Develop alternative solutions, support and share expertise with other team members while building positive morale
* Demonstrates knowledge of company policies and treats people with respect
* Works ethically and with integrity, upholds organizational values
* Keeps commitments, shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences
* Educates others on the value of diversity, and promotes a positive work environment where all feel free to contribute
Organizational Support
* Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time and develops strategies to achieve organizational goals and values
* Supports affirmative action and respect diversity, understands organization's strengths and weaknesses, analyzes market and competition, and identifies external threats and opportunities while adapting strategy to changing conditions
* Prioritizes and plans work activities while understanding the business implications of decisions
* Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness within the approved budget and displays original thinking and creativity
* Displays knowledge of market and competition that aligns with strategic goals
* Meets challenges with resourcefulness, generates suggestions for improving work, develops innovative approaches and ideas
Leadership
* Displays passion and optimism while exhibiting confidence in self and others
* Inspires respect and trust while motivating others to perform well and influencing the actions and opinions of others
* Coordinates projects, develops workable implementation plans, includes staff in planning, decision-making, and process improvement
* Communicates and completes changes and progress of projects on time and budget while managing project team activities to overcome resistance
* Makes self-available to staff, provides regular performance feedback
* Develops individual team member skills and encourages growth
Safety and Security
* Promotes safety precautions and security measures to ensure the safety of both staff and patients
* Adheres to data security guidelines, including appropriate use of EMR systems and IT resources
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
* Work is performed in a clinical setting. Contact with patients and staff.
* Exposed to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinical environment.
* Requires working under stress, in emergency situations, or during irregular hours.
* The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet but occasionally may become disruptive while working with a client.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and must be able to communicate by talking or listening.
* The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit, and occasionally to stoop and kneel.
* The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:
* Master's Degree Counseling and a minimum of three to five years working in an outpatient, behavioral health setting required.
* LLMSW or LMSW licensure preferred.
* Practical experience providing brief, solution-focused, integrated care/behavioral health intervention in a primary care setting preferred.
Family Health Center has the right to modify the duties and functions of the job description based on the needs of the organization.