Behavioral Health Clinician

Metropolitan Pediatrics•Beaverton, OR

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Clinician is part of Metropolitan Pediatrics clinic staff and works alongside the clinic Medical Home care team. The clinician conducts assessments and uses psychosocial health integration tools appropriate to each patient’s illness, injury, disability, or health status. The role helps patients and families address and cope with everyday challenges to improve health outcomes in an integrated care setting. Responsibilities include providing timely behavioral health therapy and care coordination through direct contact with patients and families; supporting behavioral health referrals and prior authorizations; and providing education and community outreach. The clinician works as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team, providing crisis intervention, brief therapy, case consultation, resource connections, support for procedural distress, and ongoing care coordination. The position also contributes to program development, outcome research, and practice improvement.

Requirements

Current Oregon licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
1–3 years of experience in a clinical setting; transferable experience is considered.
Knowledge and understanding of community resources and ability to access them effectively.
Understanding of and experience working with PCPCH (Patient-Centered Primary Care Home) standards.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
Experience working with an Electronic Medical Records system.
Experience interpreting a variety of patient population reports.

Nice To Haves

Epic-specific Electronic Medical Records experience.

Responsibilities

Provide crisis intervention, brief therapy, case consultation, resource connections, care coordination, and program development as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Provide support for patient procedural distress.
Identify and assess behavioral health needs as part of a multidisciplinary primary care team and bill appropriately for services rendered.
Engage and activate patients and families in their care.
Collaborate with the primary care team on preventative care and acute patient needs, providing ongoing support as needed.
Build rapport quickly, assess patient needs, and provide brief clinical interventions.
Support care team function and relationships through professional education, collaboration, and contribution.
Communicate effectively with providers, staff, and patients.
Provide efficient, evidence-based care that meets the needs of the primary care population.
Provide culturally responsive, whole-person, family-oriented care and adapt to the professional cultures of an integrated care team.
Coordinate behavioral health care through direct contact with patients, families, and community partners.
Provide patient, parent, and team education and community outreach.
Contribute to program development and outcome research.
Participate in committees and provider meetings to support practice improvement.
Assist with behavioral health referrals and prior authorizations.