Behavioral Health Consultant II

HealthPoint Careers • Kent, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

FTE: 1.0 Join HealthPoint in launching our new Kent East Hill clinic—an exciting opportunity to help expand access to care in our community. This brand-new location will deliver integrated services including primary care, behavioral health, pregnancy care, and dental, bringing comprehensive, patient-centered care to meet growing community needs. Be part of building something new while advancing HealthPoint’s mission to provide equitable, whole-person care. HealthPoint is a community-based, community-supported and community-governed network of non-profit health centers dedicated to providing expert, high-quality care to all who need it, regardless of circumstances. Founded in 1971, we believe that the quality of your health care should not depend on how much money you make, what language you speak or what your health is, because everyone deserves great care . Position Summary: Position responsible for identifying, triaging and co-managing patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting by providing the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model. The PCBH model is designed to provide population-based care services within the setting of primary care. The goals of the PCBH model is for the Behavioral Health Consultant to provide the acronym GATHER: Be a Generalist; Be Accessible; Be a Team Player; Be Highly productive in number of patient visits per day; Be an Educator to patients and team about behavioral health needs; and Be a Routine part of patient healthcare. Compensation is dependent on skills and experience.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Psychology.
• Licensed in Washington State as a Psychologist.
• Experience in a health care/medical setting is required.
• Maintain current psychology licensure with Washington.
• Basic operating knowledge of computers.
• Beginning level of Word, Excel and Outlook required.
• Proof of vaccination for COVID-19 is required, prior to start. HealthPoint does not accept the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as proof of vaccination. If you have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, we ask that you provide documentation demonstrating proof of an alternate COVID vaccine or vaccine series.
• All new employees are also required to show proof of immunizations and/or immunity to MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Varicella, annual Influenza and TB QuantiFERON Gold Titer .
• Additionally, if you work in a HealthPoint clinic, Tdap (within last 10 years) is required.
• Hepatitis B. is required for clinical employees with potential exposure to blood/blood products.
• All immunizations are a condition of employment.
• Upon hire, employees must provide proof of their immunizations and/or immune titer results prior to starting or no later than their fifth (5) business day of employment.

Nice To Haves

• If you are providing immunizations from an electronic health record, please ensure that you obtain a copy of your full records rather than a screenshot. Each page of your records should include your first and last name, date of birth, and the name of the health system from which the records are pulled. If records do not show any data, please seek guidance from your provider for further assistance. If you are unable to provide proof as noted above, you can choose to have a lab titer drawn to check immunity or to be re-vaccinated. If you receive vaccination(s) or lab titers, you may obtain them through HealthPoint at no cost to you. This is a great opportunity to get your immunization record up to date at no additional expense.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with primary care providers and other team members in recognizing and treating mental health conditions, substance use/misuse. subclinical presentations of distress, psychosocial problems, promoting preventive medicine interventions, chronic condition management, and other behavioral needs of our patient population.
• Given primary care can be a fast pace, high needs environment, a BHC needs to be able to provide population-based health approaches to behavioral health care which includes: Establishing behavioral health services within the clinic as routine patient care, assessing and triaging patient care in the teachable moment (when patients are engaging medical team members, called a warm handoff), balance scheduled visits with warm handoff opportunities so that behavioral health services are assessable to all, engage in brief assessments/screeners to assess a patient level of functioning and possible risk level, and be a generalist (work with all patients of our healthcare system no matter the age or clinical need).
• Work with primary care providers to refer cases to mental health specialists as appropriate and bridge care to these patients until patient is successful in connecting with more traditional mental health services.
• Provide brief behavioral health visits modeled after the pace and needs of primary care. The PCBH model goal is to reach more patients and have a larger impact on our patient community. A typical scheduled visit is for behavioral health is about 30 minutes in length while warm handoff visits can vary from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.
• Schedule follow-ups with patients based upon clinical need while keeping access to behavioral health services in mind.
• Be effective in communication with team members about patient care including providing consultation to primary care providers and other team members about assessments of patient care needs and recommended interventions.
• Teach patients evidence supported interventions to assist in self-care, preventive medicine, quality of life improvement, and improved functionality. Equally important is to be an educator of these techniques to patients’ families and primary care team members so they can assist in disseminating and reinforcing strategies as well.
• There are additional opportunities to participate in presentations to staff on behavioral health topics to assist in further opportunities to educate our teams.
• Conduct, design and co-lead as needed group classes and group visits to promote skill building, education, and improved health for the patient.
• Monitor the site’s behavioral health program, identifying problems related to patient services, making recommendations for quality improvement and clinical pathways, and identify linkages to beneficial community resources and external specialty services.
• Attend and participate in behavioral health meetings, site meetings, and Quality Improvement activities as required.
• Respond to patient or co-worker complaints and work toward a positive resolution of any dispute.
• Serve as a member of site committees as requested.
• Participate in evaluation of peers, support staff, and supervisor as required.
• Provide assistance in the efforts to grow Behavioral Health services in the organization as required.
• Assist in the evaluation of the behavioral health program: review utilization data, establish outcomes to measure quality of life improvements, and cost effectiveness of population-based programming.
• Support our Behavioral Health Education Program by being willing to provide mentorship to a trainee (pre-intern, intern, or resident) as well as provide some secondary individual and/or group supervision to trainees as needed. Per state licensing laws, can only provide up to 25% of individual supervision to a trainee within a training year.
• Maintain good attendance, be punctual and work full scheduled shifts as a condition of employment.
• Demonstrate respectful, professional and appropriate behavior that supports a team-oriented work environment.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the mission, core values and goals of HealthPoint and its healthcare delivery including the ability to integrate values of integrity, wisdom, creativity, cooperation, responsibility and respect into appropriate programs and services.
• Attend staff meetings, in-service meetings and participate in agency committees and task force activities as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Position may be responsible for providing some supervision of Behavioral Health Trainees per program requirements

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision for employees and their families/dependents
• HSA, FSA plans
• Life Insurance, AD&D and Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• PTO Plan for full-time benefited and part-time benefited employees. 0-.99 years of service accrual of 5.23 hours per pay period. (pro-rated accruals for part-time benefited employees)
• Extended Illness Time Away of 40 hours (pro-rated for part-time benefited employees)
• 8 holidays and 3 floating holidays
• Compassion Time Away up to 40 hours
• Opportunity Time Off (extended time off for staff to invest in themselves) up to 8 weeks
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Voluntary plans at a discount, such as life insurance, critical illness and accident insurance, identity theft insurance, and pet insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree