Psychologist - Behavioral Health Consultant II Float

Psychologist - Behavioral Health Consultant II Float

Job Category :
Behavioral Health

Requisition Number : BEHAV
001102

• Full-Time

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Redmond
16255 NE 87th Street
Ste 150, Bldg. A-Forest
Redmond, WA 98052, USA

• Pay or shift range: $94,560 USD to $154,130 USD

Annualized salary based on experience and licensing $94,560.00 to $154,13000

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HealthPoint is a community-based, community-supported and community-governed network of non-profit health centers dedicated to providing expert, high-quality care to all who need it, regardless of circumstances. Founded in 1971, we believe that the quality of your health care should not depend on how much money you make, what language you speak or what your health is,
because everyone deserves great care
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Position Summary:

Position responsible for identifying, triaging and co-managing patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting by providing the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model. The PCBH model is designed to provide population-based care services within the setting of primary care. The goals of the PCBH model is for the Behavioral Health Consultant to provide the acronym GATHER:
Be a Generalist;
Be Accessible;
Be a Team Player;
Be Highly productive in number of patient visits per day;
Be an Educator to patients and team about behavioral health needs; and Be a Routine part of patient healthcare.

Compensation is dependent on skills and experience.

Your contribution to the team includes:

• Collaborate with primary care providers and other team members in recognizing and treating mental health conditions, substance use/misuse, subclinical presentations of distress, psychosocial problems, promoting preventive medicine interventions, chronic condition management, and other behavioral needs of our patient population.
• Given primary care can be a fast pace, high needs environment, a BHC needs to be able to provide population-based health approaches to behavioral health care which includes:
  Establishing behavioral health services within the clinic as routine patient care, assessing and triaging patient care in the teachable moment (when patients are engaging medical team members, called a warm handoff), balance scheduled visits with warm handoff opportunities so that behavioral health services are assessable to all, engage in brief assessments/screeners to assess a patient level of functioning and possible risk level, and be a generalist (work with all patients of our healthcare system no matter the age or clinical need).
• Work with primary care providers to refer cases to mental health specialists as appropriate and bridge care to these patients until patient is successful in connecting with more traditional mental health services.
• Provide brief behavioral health visits modeled after the pace and needs of primary care. The PCBH model goal is to reach more patients and have a larger impact on our patient community. A typical scheduled visit is for behavioral health is about 30 minutes in length while warm handoff visits can vary from 15 minutes to 30 minutes. Schedule follow-ups with patients based upon clinical need while keeping access to behavioral health services in mind.
• Be effective in communication with team members about patient care including providing consultation to primary care providers and other team members about assessments of patient care needs and recommended interventions.
• Teach patients evidence supported interventions to assist in self-care, preventive medicine, quality of life improvement, and improved functionality. Equally important is to be an educator of these techniques to patients’ families and primary care team members so they can assist in disseminating and reinforcing strategies as well. There are additional opportunities to participate in presentations to staff on behavioral health topics to assist in further opportunities to educate our teams.
• Conduct, design and co-lead as needed…