Behavioral Health Consultant

Pay range: $38.59 - $57.89 hourly, varies with experience.
Family Care Clinic - Redmond, Oregon

TITLE: Behavioral Health Consultant – Master’s Level

REPORTS TO POSITION: Outpatient & Integrated Clinical Supervisor

DEPARTMENT: Integrated Behavioral Health

DATE LAST REVIEWED: August 1, 2023

OUR VISION: Creating America’s healthiest community, together.

OUR MISSION: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENTAL

SUMMARY:

The Integrated Behavioral Health Department includes Master’s and Doctoral level clinician who are integrated into primary care settings as well as some specialty care settings.

POSITION OVERVIEW: The Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) works alongside the Primary Care Providers or Specialty Medicine Providers, providing behavioral health assessments and brief interventions. The BHC is an integral member of the medical team whose role is to help address a broad spectrum of behavioral health needs in the medical clinic population. The BHC aids in early identification and provides, brief, solution focused interventions that promote wellness and preventions for as many patients as possible.

The BHC provides same-day consultative services to medical providers and patients for a broad array of behavioral health issues in the form of assessment, brief intervention, and triage of psychosocial problems in the clinic patient population.

This position requires advanced skills in conducting brief assessments using a biopsychosocial model and delivering brief, evidence-based interventions to improve overall health and quality of life of patients with a variety of physical, emotional, and behavioral needs. Functions as an integrated member of the care team by assisting physicians, advanced practice, and other medical staff in managing the overall health of their patient populations.

A Behavioral health Consultant helps improve recognition, treatment and management of psychosocial/behavioral problems and medical conditions in enrolled population. The Behavioral Health Consultant provides consultation services to all patients referred by the medical team.

This position does not directly manage any other caregivers.

• Plans and provides psychological assessment and diagnosis in a primary care setting with brief psychotherapeutic interventions as needed.
• Provides targeted assessment and evaluation, including diagnostic impression and functional status on presenting problem(s).
• Timely and succinct feedback to primary care physicians regarding consultation findings and recommendations.
• Triaging and referring patients to specialty mental health care when appropriate.
• Formulation of behavioral health interventions appropriate to the primary care setting and assisting with implementation of primary care physician(s) treatment plans.
• Providing brief follow-up, including relapse prevention and education.
• Developing, teaching, and providing oversight for classes that promote education and skill-building to enhance psychological and physical health.
• Providing ongoing consultation services for a sub-set of patients who require ongoing monitoring and follow up (e.g. continuity consultations).
• Sharing knowledge with other team members and patients both formally (in-services, consult responses) and informally (hallway conversations).
• Working as a primary care team member to develop specific clinical pathways or best practice programs for targeted patient groups (chronic pain, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obesity etc.).
• Plans, develops, and implements groups and other services for mental health needs.
• Develops behavioral…