Behavioral Health Consultant- LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT Required- Fishers

Community Health Network•Fishers, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Consultant provides direct patient/family care through assessments, collateral consultation and therapeutic interventions. This role involves collaborating with others in a team setting, possessing excellent communication skills, and maintaining a positive attitude toward problem-solving. The consultant will utilize conventional therapies such as CBT, MI, ACT, as well as complementary therapies like meditation, relaxation, and breathing techniques to support health behavior changes related to sleep, smoking, nutrition, exercise, and chronic health conditions. They will also conduct interventions for a wide scope of behavioral health issues, including trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, postpartum depression, adjustment disorder, and anxiety. The role includes triaging patients accurately and efficiently in various settings, utilizing outcome scales, and ensuring timely and appropriate documentation. Additionally, the consultant will assist in staff consultation/supervision and training, integrate research into clinical protocols, plan and facilitate trainings, and manage urgent behavioral health needs with medical providers. Direct clinical services will be provided within a multidisciplinary team, including comprehensive diagnostic assessments and evidence-based interventions within the bio-psychological model. The role emphasizes patient satisfaction, mentoring new consultants, and communicating recommended behavioral health interventions to medical providers. Collaboration with the Team Leader is expected to promote program quality and achieve department goals. Active involvement in professional development, building knowledge of treatment adherence and chronic-disease management, and enhancing medical literacy skills are also key aspects of this position.

Requirements

LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT in the State of Indiana required.
Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a mental health related field required.
2 + years of experience providing mental health treatment required.
Utilization of conventional therapies of CBT, MI, ACT as well as complementary therapies of meditation, relaxation, breathing techniques.
Ability to effectively treat wide scope of behavioral health issues, including trauma, as well as relationship and intimacy issues amongst couples caused by body image issues, low libido, lack of interest, sexual dysfunction, postpartum depression, adjustment disorder and anxiety.
Triages patients accurately and efficiently in a variety of Community Health Network settings (for example, Community Pavilions, emergency departments, medical units, primary care).
Demonstrates effective utilization of outcome scales.
Documentation is appropriate and timely.
Assists in staff consultation/supervision and/or training (primarily HSPP, but could be LCSW depending on need).
Integrates applicable research into clinical protocol (HSPP do the research).
Plans, develops and facilitates trainings on specific bio-psychosocial approaches for the team.
Assists with management of urgent behavioral health needs with medical providers.
Provides direct clinical services for patients within a team of multidisciplinary health care providers.
Conducts comprehensive diagnostic assessments.
Uses evidence-based behavioral health interventions for patient populations within the bio-psychological model for health.
Provide comprehensive links to other treatment programs within the continuum as is appropriate to patient treatment needs.
Recognizes and commits to the critical importance of customer/patient satisfaction.
Mentors, trains and orients new BHC’s and serves as a resource on mental health/treatment challenges for multidisciplinary team.
Communicates with medical providers, and staff, the recommended behavioral health interventions in support of the medical treatment plan.
Works collaboratively with the Team Leader to promote program quality/integrity and to achieve department goals and objectives.
Complies with all applicable Behavioral Care Services policies and procedures.
Actively involved in professional development and education commensurate with state licensure requirements.
Builds knowledge of treatment adherence and chronic-disease management.
Builds medical literacy skills.

Responsibilities

Provides direct patient/family care through assessments, collateral consultation and therapeutic interventions.
Conducts interventions to support health behavior changes related to sleep, smoking, nutrition, exercise and chronic health conditions such as diabetes.
Ability to effectively treat wide scope of behavioral health issues, including trauma, as well as relationship and intimacy issues amongst couples caused by body image issues, low libido, lack of interest, sexual dysfunction, postpartum depression, adjustment disorder and anxiety.
Triages patients accurately and efficiently in a variety of Community Health Network settings (for example, Community Pavilions, emergency departments, medical units, primary care).
Demonstrates effective utilization of outcome scales.
Documentation is appropriate and timely.
Assists in staff consultation/supervision and/or training (primarily HSPP, but could be LCSW depending on need).
Plans, develops and facilitates trainings on specific bio-psychosocial approaches for the team.
Assists with management of urgent behavioral health needs with medical providers.
Provides direct clinical services for patients within a team of multidisciplinary health care providers.
Conducts comprehensive diagnostic assessments.
Uses evidence-based behavioral health interventions for patient populations within the bio-psychological model for health.
Provide comprehensive links to other treatment programs within the continuum as is appropriate to patient treatment needs.
Recognizes and commits to the critical importance of customer/patient satisfaction.
Mentors, trains and orients new BHC’s and serves as a resource on mental health/treatment challenges for multidisciplinary team.
Communicates with medical providers, and staff, the recommended behavioral health interventions in support of the medical treatment plan.
Works collaboratively with the Team Leader to promote program quality/integrity and to achieve department goals and objectives.
Complies with all applicable Behavioral Care Services policies and procedures.
Actively involved in professional development and education commensurate with state licensure requirements.
Builds knowledge of treatment adherence and chronic-disease management.
Builds medical literacy skills.