STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

A Behavioral Health Consultant is a member of the Sun Life Family Health Centers healthcare team who works in collaboration with the primary care providers in managing the overall health of their patients. The Behavioral Health Consultant will provide skill training through patient education strategies and develop specific behavioral change plan to address maladaptive behaviors as well as other psychosocial factors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide quality clinical consultation addressing patient psychosocial concerns in collaboration with the integrated primary care team. Capable of assessment and interventions for patients of all ages regarding psychosocial concerns that may be related to life stressors, acute and/or chronic mental health conditions, motivational barriers to healthy lifestyle, and/or other identifiable behavioral health concerns, while making appropriate recommendations to medical providers and patients
• Capable of assessing the patients behavioral health related issues utilizing DSM-IV-R, PHQ-9, and other relevant diagnostics for the purposes of integrated primary care treatment planning and/or referrals to community based specialized mental health providers
• Provide brief, health, and behavior focused assessments and interventions with active development of behavioral change planning that can improve psychosocial functioning and impact patients bio-medical health outcomes
• Provide follow up appointments to deliver psychotherapeutic care related to the mind/body connection including relapse prevention education
• Function in the role of educator to patients as it pertains to identifying psychosocial needs and appropriate treatment techniques and self-management skills
• Attend monthly department staffing and weekly supervision meetings
• Promote smooth interface between medicine and behavioral health care throughout the organization through collaborative relationship building, efficiency with patient flow, accessibility to medical providers, brief consultations with providers and staff, and adherence to scope of practice limitations given the population based approach
• Establish and build collaborative relationships with SLFHC Medical Providers through familiarization with provider patient panels, provider-directed psychosocial screenings, integrated medical visits, walking the halls, and other methods helpful to promoting the integrated primary care model
• Provide on-site availability for crisis triage and intervention
• Provide concise documentation of the behavioral health aspect of patient interventions and tracks the patient referrals to specialty behavioral health care in a timely manner
• Provide education to the primary care team regarding the latest information and knowledge pertaining to integrated behavioral health assessment and intervention, related behavioral health conditions, safety and risk assessment, in order to assist with enhancing primary care utilization of the Behavioral Health Services

Salary: $29.00 - $36.00
****Compensation is dependent on relevant years and months experience**

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Master's degree in the Behavioral Health field (Psychology, Social Work) with two (2) years of directly related experience is required. Must be an Independently Licensed Behavioral Health Professional in the State of Arizona (LCSW, LPC or PsyD). Computer literacy is required. Bilingual (English/Spanish) candidates a plus