Behavioral Health Consultant - Peninsula Family Practice and Saint Vincent Family Medicine, Erie - FT
Core
A Behavioral Health Consultant acts as a core care team member to improve recognition, treatment, and management of psychosocial/behavioral problems and medical conditions in an enrolled population, providing clinical mental health consultation services.
Role type
Licensed Clinical Social Worker / Licensed Professional Counselor (Behavioral Health Consultant)
Builds
Clinical pathways, best practice programs, and population-based care interventions for high-risk/high-need patients.
Domain
Healthcare / Behavioral Health / Population Health Management
Required skills
Evidence-based counseling techniques, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of common mental health and substance abuse disorders, knowledge of medical-psychological relationships, therapeutic counseling (CBT, Motivational Interviewing), relapse prevention education, crisis intervention, triage and referral coordination.
Preferred skills
None stated.
Technologies
None stated.
Responsibilities
Develop specific clinical pathways or best practice programs for targeted patient groups, provide therapeutic counseling services using short-term interventions (15-30 minutes), engage patients via telephone and in-person to encourage active participation in care, advocate for difficult-to-work-with patients, connect patients to community resources related to social determinants of health, triage and refer patients to specialty mental health and substance abuse services when appropriate.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC