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Behavioral Health Clinician - TRIAD ADULT AND PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

Location: High Point, NC

Job Type: full-time

Company: Aledade

Category: Provider

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Behavioral Health Clinician

 

Position Summary:

 

The Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) is integrated within a primary care clinic and functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to provide mental health and substance use screening protocols, brief treatment, and services, including referrals and coordination of care for patients in need of specialty mental health and substance abuse treatment services.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of community resources and placement options for mental health and substance use disorders

• Knowledge of substance use dependencies, withdrawal symptoms, and addiction/abuse related issues

• Knowledge of psychopharmacology, behavioral health medications, and drug interactions

• Knowledge of psychosocial aspects of chronic and acute diseases

• Knowledge of laws, policies, and regulations regarding mental health and substance use disorder treatments

• Knowledge of current evidence-based treatments for mental health and substance use disorders

• Skills in demonstrating cultural competency in serving diverse populations

• Skills in providing consultation and co-management of patients presenting with mental health, substance use disorders, physical health conditions, and/or psychosocial factors that affect overall health in collaboration with the primary care team

• Skills in administering and interpreting mental health and substance use screens in a primary care setting

• Skills in providing brief, targeted, evidence-based behavioral interventions to address mental health, substance use health, psychosocial, and/or physical health condition risk factors with an emphasis on prevention or early intervention

• Skills in demonstrating the practical application of therapeutic approaches, group dynamics, crisis intervention, and case management

• Ability to coordinate/monitor specialty mental health and substance use disorder treatment referrals

• Ability to provide as-needed case management and crisis intervention services

• Ability to demonstrate strong organizational and computer competency

• Ability to provide clear and concise documentation

Clinical Goals:

• Improve patient adherence to healthcare goals

• Support patient self-management of conditions and/or risk factors

• Agent of behavioral change

• Decrease over or underutilization of health services

• Reduce health-risk behaviors and increase health-enhancing behaviors

• Monitor and improve population outcomes

Quality Improvement:

 

BHCs must understand and help enforce the meaning of quality improvement, which is identified as the combined and unceasing efforts of everyone – healthcare professionals, patients and their families, researchers, payers, planners, and educators – to make the change that will lead to better patient outcomes, better system performance, and better professional development (Batalden 2007). BHCs will demonstrate a commitment to promoting TAPM as a medical home and incorporating the core components of a Patient-Centered Medical Home into their position on a daily basis.

 

Preparation and Training:

• Minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology, social work, or a related human services field

• Proficient verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient organization/record-keeping skills

• Ability to accurately prioritize patient needs

• Ability to provide/track resource/referral assistance

• Ability to assist the clinical team in crisis situations

• Bilingual candidates with previous behavioral health experience and accurate knowledge of behavioral health resources in our area are preferred.

• Licensure through the corresponding NC agency (LCSW and/or LCAS) at the provisional level or higher is required.

• For provisionally licensed individuals, licensing requirements will be adhered to according to the appropriate board, including documentation of hours, supervision, and continuing education.

• All degrees/licenses must be from appropriately accredited institutions.

Experience:

• Three years of clinical experience providing therapeutic treatment services with mental health and/or substance use disorders with adult/adolescent populations preferred.

• Knowledge of public/private mental health/substance use treatment delivery system.

• An equivalent of knowledge and experience may be considered.

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