Intergrated Behavioral Health Specialist

The Integrated Behavioral Health Specialist is responsible for providing evidence based behavioral healthcare assessment and clinical services to patients at the Arbor Health Primary Care Clinics for a variety of emotional and psychiatric problems. As part of an integrated behavioral health and primary care practice, they provide initial patient evaluations, triage assessments, crisis intervention management, brief individual counseling, skills training, care coordination, case management, resource management, advocacy, and follow-up. They participate in interdisciplinary case conferences, work with primary care providers, and assist with program development.

Minimum qualifications:

Master’s degree in Social Work OR Master’s or doctoral degree in Mental Health Counseling required from an accredited institution.

Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.

Licensed as a LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) or LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) in the state of Washington.

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification must be obtained within 30 days of hire through the American Heart Association or equivalent organization.

Two (2) years of recent relevant hospital or clinical experience preferred.

Experience mobilizing community resources, navigating through the healthcare continuum, and working with disparate populations.

Primary job responsibilities:

* Completes risk assessments of patients in crisis or with suicidal thoughts using evidence based tools (Such as Columbia Risk Assessment) to assist with safety and planning

* Conduct psychosocial evaluation, screenings, and triage assessments. Provide assistance to patients in dealing with psychosocial factors which affect their health and well-being and detection of high-risk patients to provide care to prevent further psychological deterioration. Uses brief assessments routinely (PHQ, GAD 7, ACES, AUDIT, etc.).

* Developing individualized treatment plans for patients based on psychosocial assessment which identifies: symptoms, areas of life affected by symptoms, mental health diagnosis using DSM V, medical necessity of treatment, patient centered goals and objectives, skills training, and other service needs.

* Conduct SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) screenings requested by primary care providers to assist with identifying substance use and mental health needs, and providing education, support, and appropriate treatment recommendation.

* Consult and collaborate with primary care and behavioral health providers, providing education, support, and real-time consultation to primary care providers.

* Complete legible and legally defensible medical record entries in a timely manner on a daily basis using Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. Entries include patient treatment plans, progress notes, and SBIRT’s summarizing patient subjective, objective, assessment, and treatment data that facilitate continuity of care between visits as well as required documentation needs for HRSA.

* Participates in a comprehensive quality improvement process, which includes routine auditing of medical records to ensure quality clinical care, compliance with clinic protocols, and implementation of the Board’s quality assurance committee recommendations concerning integrative behavioral health care.

* Provides expertise on behavioral health for Arbor Health staff through in-service training, consultations, and other more informal means.

* Development and updating of a comprehensive referral list of community services. Provide and/or oversee referrals to community resources. Develop and maintain relationships and good communication with related health, educational, and social services agencies.

* Advocate for patients and follow-up with both patients and providers.

* May assist in the recruitment, selection, and training of BH program staff.

* Communicates delays, unscheduled time off or requested time off to the health center as soon as possible to assist with timely notice to patients and with scheduling.

* Responding to EMR messages, emails, and voice mails in a timely manner.

* Attends education programs and provides evidence of necessary education completion to upgrade skills and maintain licensing requirements.

* Attends and participates in monthly staff, provider, and other meetings as required or requested.

* Other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

Standard for portrayal of mission and values:

* Employee demonstrates and fosters the Lewis County Hospital District No. 1 core values of – One team, on Mission. Go out of your way, to brighten someone’s day. Own it, embrace it. Care like crazy. Motivate, elevate, appreciate. Know the way, show the way, ease the way. Find joy along the way.

* Employee demonstrates and fosters the mission of Lewis County Hospital District No. 1 to foster trust and nurture a healthy community.

* Is cooperative and supportive to others within the department and hospital providing care and services.

* Treats individuals including patients, co-workers, supervisors, management, patient families, physicians, volunteers, visitors and others with respect, dignity and fairness.

* Behaves professionally and ethically in all interactions with patients, co-workers, supervisors, management, patients’ families, physicians volunteers, and others.

* Is consistently courteous to patients, co-workers, supervisors, management, patient’s families, physicians, volunteers and others; greets individuals and provides assistance and direction in an attentive and helpful manner.

* Willingly strives at continuous quality improvement to achieve quality work the first time every time.

* Is willing to learn new procedures and develop new skills for the purpose of improving quality of care and services.

* Willingly participates as a member of work team(s) supporting the goals and objectives of the department and the district.

* When answering the telephone, is courteous to caller, clearly identifies department, name and takes a message or directs calls as necessary in a helpful manner.

## Approved NHSC site for Behavioral Health.

Education & Experience Requirements:

Master’s degree in Social Work OR Master’s or doctoral degree in Mental Health Counseling required from an accredited institution.

Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.

Licensed as a LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) or LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) in the state of Washington.

Work Schedule:

Weekdays (8-5)

Compensation:

Salary Range $75,629 to $89,400 Starting pay will DOE

Benefits:

Benefits Include:

Medical, Dental and Vision, 403(b) with a maximum match of 6% (match depends on years of experience in the healthcare field), Employer paid life insurance at 1x your annual rate of salary, Employer paid long -term disability, EAP, PTO (.0885/hr up to 40 hours/week) & Sick Leave accrual (.0154/hr up to 40 hours/week. PTO & Sick leave accrual combination meets requirements of Washington Paid Sick leave requirements).

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