Behavioral Health Provider
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Provides consultative, psychosocial education, diagnostic assessment, and treatment services to patients with physical and/or mental health, substance abuse diagnoses, and co-morbid conditions
- Applies behavioral principles and other principles of change for prevention, wellness, and health behavior change
- Assists in the management of the psychosocial aspects of acute and chronic medical conditions, as well as co-managing mental disorders and life stressors
- Performs assessments of patient’s psychosocial needs and together with the patient, health/dental provider, and other members of the integrated care team assists in developing appropriate care plans
- Provides consultant services to medical and dental providers based on an integrated Primary Care Behavioral Health Consultation (PCBH) model utilizing co-visits (i.e.warm handoffs) and short-term, behavioral health 30 minute follow-ups
- Evaluates and/or revises care plan, as indicated, with appropriate documentation in medical EHR and communicates this to relevant inter-disciplinary team members
- Knowledge of the common factors and able to form therapeutic relationships with patients through collaborative goal setting. Monitors and tracks outcomes of delivered follow-up services with appropriate assessment/outcome measures
- Maintains all required EHR documentation on each patient served to ensure coordinated patient services and to help document behavioral health services
- Maintains organization and patient confidentiality (e.g. HIPPA knowledge)
- Performs other duties as deemed necessary by supervisors
- Sustains productivity expectations established by supervisor