Behavioral Health Consultant - Everett

Ingham County•Lansing, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Medical Director or their designee, this position provides behavioral health services independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role involves assessing the social and emotional needs of health center patients across various clinics to identify risks related to health conditions, pregnancy, parenting, families in crisis, and adolescents and adults with psycho-social needs. The position offers direct counseling services and promotes healthcare integration through primary care behavioral health. Essential Functions include delivering behavioral/mental health care to patients of all ages, assessing, diagnosing, treating, managing, and monitoring acute and chronic mental illnesses. The role involves assessing behavioral health needs within a Primary Care setting to support overall physical and emotional health, administering and interpreting screening tools, and providing counseling services and psychosocial assessments using evidence-based interventions. This includes individual, couples, and family treatment, motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, brief behavioral interventions, self-care plan development, medication adherence counseling, HIV transmission risk reduction planning, crisis intervention, and substance use/abuse evaluation and harm reduction strategies. The position also involves developing and updating individualized treatment plans, collaborating with primary care practitioners, attending staff meetings, referring patients for specialized treatment, maintaining clinical documentation in the electronic health record, meeting productivity standards, and adhering to patient recipient rights and confidentiality rules. Continuing education and clinical supervision are expected, and the role may involve peer reviews, training, and precepting social work students. Other duties as assigned, including adherence to HIPAA and potential duties during public health emergencies.

Requirements

Possession of a Master’s Degree in Social Work, or a Master’s in related Human Services field with eligibility for Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
One year of professional experience.
LMSW, LLMSW or LPC.
For LLMSW full licensure required within two years of employment.
Must complete Basic Life Support certification.
Demonstrates effective communication skills by engaging, interacting and working with all individuals to ensure clarity and understanding in all interactions.

Responsibilities

Delivers behavioral/mental health care to patients of all ages.
Assesses, diagnoses, treats, manages, evaluates and monitors acute and chronic mental illnesses.
Assesses patients’ behavioral health needs, primarily in the context of a Primary Care setting to support patients’ overall physical and emotional health.
Administers and interprets a variety of developmentally-based screening tools.
Provides counseling services and psychosocial assessments to individuals utilizing evidence-based therapeutic interventions and psychotherapy modalities.
Assists patient/families in coping with medical and psychosocial illnesses, diagnoses, treatment options and prognosis.
Provides individual, couples, and/or family treatment with patients, including: Functional and strength-based assessment and diagnosis, Motivational Interviewing, Psychoeducation, Brief behavioral or psychotherapeutic intervention, Self-Care Plan development and skills training, Medication adherence counseling and disease self-management counseling, HIV transmission risk reduction planning and counseling.
Provides crisis intervention on behalf of patients with immediate availability when requested by medical providers, case managers or patients.
Conducts substance use/abuse evaluation, identification of maladaptive coping strategies, and development of harm reduction strategies.
Provides crises intervention to patients as required.
Assesses the type and nature of the emergency and triages as necessary.
Develops, generates and updates, in conjunction with the patient/health care team, individualized treatment plans that include the patient’s strengths, needs and has measurable goals and objectives.
Monitors the implementation of treatment plans, provides follow-up and assessment of services in relation to goals and objectives of the treatment plan.
Collaborates with primary care practitioners/medical providers to enhance understanding of the patient, provide decision support for treatment planning, and assist in the implementation and monitoring of biopsychosocial treatment plans.
Attends and participates in all staff meetings, team huddles, and/or interdisciplinary team meetings, as required.
Referral of patients to psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, or substance abuse treatment services for longer term care when indicated by diagnostic impression of patient.
Responsible for succinct case documentation utilizing the electronic health record system.
Maintains clinical documentation related to patient treatment and intervention in accordance with Ingham County Health Department requirements, accreditation standards and third party billing standards in a timely manner.
Maintains productivity standards that are directed by management.
Responsible for knowledge about patient recipient rights and procedures governing them.
Observes all rules of confidentiality as it relates to patient information, both internally and in dealing with outside individuals and/or agencies.
May lend professional expertise in quarterly peer reviews, peer training and small group in-servicing.
Adheres to the expectations of participation in continuing education to maintain and increase professional competence which may include unit seminars or theoretical issues, in-service training programs, or conferences that are relevant to the clinical work.
Participates in clinical supervision related to the effective treatment of patients.
May participate as a Field Supervisor and preceptor for Social Work students.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Must adhere to departmental standards in regard to HIPAA and other privacy issues.
During a public health emergency, the employee may be required to perform duties similar to, but not limited, to those in his/her job description.