Behavioral Health Pedi Lead - LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, PhD, PsyD (5812)

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center•Brockton, MA

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Pedi/OB Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) is a core member of a collaborative care team involving patients and, when appropriate, their families, primary care providers, nursing, and community health workers. The clinician provides urgent consultation and assessment, biopsychosocial evaluations, support and linkage services, advocacy, education, brief interventions, counseling, and information to promote adequate health care, improve access to services, enhance physical and psychological well-being, and support patient self-care. Patients are referred by BNHC medical providers because of medical risk, frequent emergency-room use, or behavioral health, social, or environmental concerns affecting overall health. The position provides culturally sensitive behavioral health services for pediatric and OB/GYN patients, including assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, brief counseling, care coordination, and connections to internal and community resources. The clinician also participates in clinical and administrative treatment teams, supports care-management processes, contributes to outcome measures and documentation, and may supervise other Behavioral Health staff when appropriate. Additional program duties include assisting with the Grow Clinic and managing the Reach Out and Read program. The role is based in a busy community health center in a downtown business district. Occasional long hours may be required. Physical requirements include mostly sedentary work, interoffice walking, lifting small equipment or boxes weighing no more than 20 pounds, and sufficient visual and hearing acuity for reading and conversation.

Requirements

Must be licensed in Social Work (LCSW or LICSW), Mental Health Counseling (LMHC), or Psychology (PhD or PsyD).
CPR/BLS certified.
Excellent working knowledge of pediatric behavioral health and evidence-based treatment for medical and mental health conditions, particularly for pediatric and OB populations.
Ability to work through brief patient contacts and make quick, accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions.
Comfort working at the pace of primary care and with an interdisciplinary team; strong communication skills.
Good knowledge of child psychopathology and psychopharmacology.
Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions.

Nice To Haves

Language and cultural diversity, including Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, or Spanish.

Responsibilities

Provide culturally sensitive assessment, consultation, and brief intervention for psychological or psychiatric problems and disorders, including diagnostic clarification using DSM-5.
Evaluate crisis situations and apply appropriate interventions and treatment planning, including suicidal and homicidal risk assessment.
Assist the primary care team in developing care-management processes, guidelines, disease-management techniques, case management, and patient education to improve chronic-disease self-management.
Provide clinical services and treatment planning for pediatric and OB/GYN behavioral health problems and behavioral medicine needs, including behavior and mood management, anxiety management, school-related patient advocacy, substance-use screening and treatment referral, interim checks of psychotropic medication response when appropriate, stress and anger management, health behavior and disease management, medication adherence, weight management, sleep hygiene, and psychosocial and behavioral aspects of chronic-disease prevention.
Use appropriate interventions, including psychoeducation, advocacy, positive parenting interventions, relaxation training and skill building, cognitive-behavioral therapy, child-based mindfulness strategies, behavioral structure and scheduling, goal setting, problem solving, exercise, and solution-focused strategies.
Facilitate consultation between primary care providers and Social Services staff for patient co-management.
Facilitate initial connections to internal or community-based mental health and social service agencies, benefits agencies, and schools for patient management.
Participate in Clinical Treatment Team meetings to assist with treatment planning and comprehensive care for clients and families.
Participate in Administrative Treatment Team meetings to identify patient-service problems and recommend improvements.
Assist with the Grow Clinic.
Manage the Reach Out and Read program, including ordering books, organizing two main events, maintaining lightly used books for the waiting area, and completing quarterly reports.
Assist with outcome measures and data collection when requested.
Document services, including behavioral health services, in the EHR as appropriate.
Provide supervision to other Behavioral Health staff when appropriate.
Perform other duties as assigned.