Behavioral Health Provider - MFT-C
About The Position
The Behavioral Health Provider is the primary interface for patients seeking services such as peer and family counseling and support, screening, assessment, brief treatment, consultation, education and engagement, linkages, outreach, and advocacy. The role provides brief, short-term, solution-focused assessment and interventions aimed at functional restoration rather than symptom elimination. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the provider consults with primary care providers and develops clear treatment plans for the primary care team to manage. The provider delivers behavioral health services and substance-use screening to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Using a team-based approach, the provider supports patients and families with self-management, self-efficacy, and behavior change. In collaboration with interdisciplinary professionals, the provider also orients, consults with, and trains relevant primary care staff as needed to strengthen the relationship between primary care and behavioral health services at MarillacHealth.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in clinical social work.
- Current Colorado license, such as LCSW, LPC, or LMFT.
- Knowledge of electronic medical record systems.
- Computer skills, including Microsoft Suite.
- Ability to work independently, organize tasks, problem-solve, make decisions, and handle multiple priorities.
Nice To Haves
- At least 3 years of experience.
- Previous experience working with adults within ethnically and culturally diverse families.
Responsibilities
- Provide brief assessment and evidence-supported interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral activation, to older adults, adults, and children with behavioral health needs in primary care.
- Provide patient and family education sensitively and effectively to encourage adherence to medical and behavioral regimens.
- Conduct functional, strength-based assessments and diagnosis.
- Discuss common psychotropic medications with patients, including indications, effects, and side effects, and appropriately recommend medication initiation to primary care physicians.
- Administer standardized, validated mental-health and substance-use-disorder screenings across age groups; understand adult and pediatric screening instruments and consult with the primary care team.
- Provide early interventions and referrals to specialty mental-health services, including more intensive psychological or psychiatric support when needed.
- Use motivational interviewing to develop behavioral strategies aimed at symptom reduction.
- Develop self-care plans and provide skills training to support disease self-management, coping, distress tolerance, stress reduction, and relaxation.
- Evaluate substance use and abuse, identify maladaptive coping strategies, and develop harm-reduction strategies.
- Use a brief consultation model to communicate effectively with primary care providers.
- Consult with and train primary care team members in mental health and behavioral medicine; support patient understanding, treatment-planning decisions, and implementation and monitoring of biopsychosocial treatment plans.
- Consult with primary care providers on psychosocial aspects of chronic and acute diseases and collaborate with the team to manage patients with chronic mental and medical problems.
- Collaborate with the primary care team to develop clinical pathways or best-practice programs for targeted patient groups.
- Identify referral resources and facilitate referrals for further assessment and additional services as appropriate.
- Provide services appropriate to patients’ age-specific needs across infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric life stages.
- Use an electronic medical record to document patient and caregiver interactions and use electronic tracking tools and measures; assist with program tracking and evaluation.
- Be immediately available to staff during working hours for crisis intervention and psychiatric emergencies.
- Meet the productivity expectation of an average of 8–10 behavioral consultations per clinical day for a trained behavioral health consultant.
- Participate in ongoing training and quality-improvement activities.
- Assist with educational opportunities for onsite healthcare providers to integrate and sustain motivational interviewing, brief counseling, and SBIRT services.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
