Overall Summary
This position is responsible for providing culturally competent primary care focused behavioral health services and clinical consultation to primary care patients with mental health needs.
Essential Responsibilities
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Consult and collaborate with primary care providers on the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders, substance use disorders, and psycho-social problems.
- Consult and collaborate with primary care providers on treatment of chronic pain and chronic disease and the related psycho-social problems.
- In consultation with psychiatrist, provide psychopharmacological consultation for primary care providers within scope of practice.
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Provide consultation and training to clinic staff in all areas related to behavioral health.
- Perform behavioral health screening, triage, evaluation, and assessment to determine appropriate level of behavioral health care.
- Implement evidenced-based therapeutic methods, including cognitive behavior therapy, contingency management.
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Provide crisis intervention and behavioral health intervention.
- Provide group interventions (treatment, psycho-education, health education).
- Work closely with Medical Case Managers and providers.
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Provide education and support to patients and their families to encourage adherence with medical and behavioral health issues.
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate referrals to existing community resources when indicated by assessed need.
- Perform comprehensive behavioral health services including: intake evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention, ad hoc counseling, individual/family/group intervention, treatment planning, collateral assessment/intervention, and outreach.
- Develop and maintain procedures, protocols, and paperwork, forms and data on an on-going basis to ensure the program's relevance and usability to patients and clinic staff and funders.
- Maintain current patient case records and prepare reports as indicated.
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Work flexible schedule as necessary.
Secondary Responsibilities
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Reviews operations, procedures, interventions and documentation to adhere with agency, state and county guidelines and quality assurance standards.
- Reviews clinical interventions and case documentation with Behavioral Health Director, participates in staff meetings, training, case conferences, and peer review process.
- Participate in program evaluation, providing input and information as needed.
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Attend workshops, training, and meetings as needed, and as requested.
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Perform other related clinical and administrative duties as assigned by Behavioral Health Director.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Education, Experience, Training
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Master’s degree in social work/social welfare or doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology.
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Current California license - Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or psychologist.
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Current LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counsellor).
Preferred Education, Experience, Training:
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One year of directly related experience, including background in primary care consultation, behavioral medicine, health psychology, or other relevant areas.
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Experience in public/community health settings and/or in serving low-income multicultural populations.
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Bilingual (preferably Spanish) highly desirable.
This position requires:
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Sitting, walking, and standing associated with a normal medical, clinical and administrative office environment, with some bending, reaching, stretching, and lifting up to 25 pounds.
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Manual dexterity for tasks involving standard office equipment and computer keyboard, including repetitive movements, such as typing.
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Traveling to work sites, including some exposure to outside elements.
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Exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations, requiring adherence to extensive safety precautions and possibly the use of protective equipment.
Supervises:
None
