LCSW Behavioral Health Consultant

Summary

Provides consultation to primary care team, including the patients’ medical, dental, and psychiatric providers.  Responsible for supporting and coordinating the mental and physical health care of Community Health Net patients’ medical provider and consulting psychiatrist.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform Behavioral Health consultation for primary care providers by providing brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques.
• Conduct screenings and assessment of Behavioral Health / Substance Abuse patients.
• Coordinate patient care and refer to external providers for additional treatment as needed.
• Systematically track treatment response and monitor patients for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
• Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Provide or facilitate in-clinic or outside referrals to evidence-based psychosocial treatments as clinically indicated.
• Collaborate with patients’ medical provider to develop individualized treatment plans.
• Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient’s medical provider.
• Triage patients to determine where their needs can be best met.
• Document and update patient’s chart in electronic health record as per Community Health Net Clinical Policies and Procedures.
• Meet productivity and quality standards set forth by Community Health Net.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Education / Development

Required

Desired

Requirements / Qualifications

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