Behavioral Health Consultant - Alpine

THE PROGRAM

Vista Hill has an opportunity for a Behavior Health Consultant in the rural community of Alpine & surrounding areas. This is part of our innovative and award winning Smart Care program. In this program our employees work autonomously to partner with local health care providers, identify community health and wellness needs, and find out-of-the-box solutions for an underserved population. You can learn more about the Smart Care program at: ...

THE POSITION

The Behavioral Health Consultant is a mental health clinician who works under the supervision of the Licensed Behavioral Health Consultant/Program Manager, and provides behavioral health care of patients in the health clinic setting.  He/she coordinates with the Primary Health Care team to ensure a seamless and integrated experience of care.  The Behavioral Health Care Consultant is responsible for the clinical care of the patients, providing brief, strategic behavioral health interventions in the clinic, community and patients’ homes.  You will have the opportunity to create, and participate in health activities, interventions, screenings and assessment.  An example of tasks include:

 ·         Receives “warm hand-offs” from Health Care Providers at health care clinic, as first contacts/ patients’ first exposure to SmartCare Integrated Behavioral Health.

·         Provides screening and triages in the SBIR model within the context of a local health care clinic.  Ensures that all patients feel welcome and that all issues, including co-occurring disorders, can be addressed through the clinical team and by supported referrals.

·         Ensures that clinic meets Outcome goals:  screening of all patients, Satisfaction Surveys of all patients receiving an intervention.

·         Partner with the Behavioral Health Educators and the Health Care Providers, and appropriately advocates for the needs of the patient and partner with other agency personnel in the delivery of services.

·         Assists Primary Health Care staff in understanding the range of alternative healing modalities that may be utilized, especially by Latino and Native American patients, such as the use of complimentary medicine and wellness activities.

·         Provides consultation and professional development to primary care staff to promote integrated patient care and assessment.

·         In collaboration with Behavioral Health Educators and the patient, develops a brief intervention plan, to include a transition/ discharge plan.

·         Provides follow-up services (clinic based, community based or home based, per patients’ needs and comfort).

·         Links patients in need of specialty mental health services to appropriate service providers.

·         Maintains documentation (screenings, progress notes, wellness activity notes, Satisfaction Surveys, Discharge Notes) in the Care Manager system that complies with Vista Hill and County documentation standards and within required timeframes (within 2 days of service).

·         Provides CSS treatment services to eligible patients, to accompany primary care practitioners’ treatment of uncomplicated SMI and SED patients when appropriate, preventing referral to separate mental health resources whenever possible.

·         Develops and implements curricula for activities and classes such as stress management, healthy relationships, teen violence, drug and alcohol use, good nutrition and healthy recreational activities.

·         Responds quickly and appropriately to crisis situations.

REQUIREMENTS

·         Master's degree required;

·         Licensed (LCSW, MFT, PhD)

·         Experience with health and wellness issues for both adults and children;

·         Knowledge of East County rural communities preferred.

·         Bilingual Spanish preferred.

HOURS

This program operates Monday – Friday, 8am to 5pm. 40 hours per week.

 PAY

Starting salary at $23 per hour for unlicensed and $27 per hour for licensed. BOE.

BENEFITS

This position receives full benefits, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off (vacation and sick leave), paid holidays, and employer-paid pension. See below for more details on employer benefits.