Behavioral Health Consultant – Family Practice & Counseling Network – Philadelphia, PA

Job Summary:

The Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) functions as part of the primary care treatment team. This individual provides behavioral health consultation, assessment and brief intervention to all patients in the primary care setting. The BHC will administer and review screenings and assessment tools to identify psychosocial, psychological and developmental struggles. It is the role of the BHC to advocate for all patients and to connect patients and families to community resources as needed. The BHC will uphold the health center mission by assuring the delivery of high quality clinical services that result in better health outcomes, strong consumer satisfaction; and that help maintain the fiscal and operational capacity of the Behavioral Health Department.

Team members are expected uphold the health center mission by assuring that patients receive health care that is competent, caring, and meets with a high degree of satisfaction. In addition, staff must support FPCN’s commitment to the creation of a trauma-informed system of care that continually recognizes and responds to the impact of traumatic stress on all those who have contact with the organization, including children, adults, families, caregivers, and staff.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Brief consultations – Assist primary health care providers in recognizing and treating mental health disorders and psychosocial struggles within the primary care setting.
Assess the clinical status of patients referred by primary care providers.
Provide options counseling and referral to prenatal care as needed.
Collaborate/consult with Nurse Practitioners & other clinical staff regarding all patients seen by Behavioral Health Consultant.
Work closely with Providers at the site to identify at risk patients and collaboratively develop plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
Crisis Intervention – Be immediately available to the Family Practice and Counseling Network staff during working hours in the event of any psychiatric emergency.
Coordinate care of patients with medical/social work/outpatient and outreach staff to treat and manage patients’ chronic emotional and/or health struggles efficiently and effectively.
Refer patients to other levels of care or additional services as needed.
Participate in monthly clinical supervision with IBH Director.
Participate in monthly clinical/administrative group supervision within Integrated Behavioral Health Department.
Attend and participate in team meetings, case conferences and interdisciplinary work groups/huddles as scheduled within primary care/behavioral health departments.
Ability and cooperation to provide BHC coverage at other clinic sites as needed and requested by Director.
Maintain competencies in mental health as required by all licensing and funding entities; maintain PA license to practice.
Charting – Utilize electronic medical record to document all patient interactions and complete all charting required by contracted funding sources to include assessments, progress notes and billing in a timely fashion.
Productivity – Meet productivity standards as established by the corporation.
Member of Family Practice and Counseling Network’s Multi-disciplinary Team- Attend and participate in meetings and quality improvement activities as required.
Respond to patient or co-worker complaints and work toward a positive resolution of any dispute.
Serve as a member of site committees as requested.
Participate in evaluation of peers and support staff when requested.
Any other duties assigned by supervisor.

Required Education:

Masters in Social Work OR Ph.D./Psy.D. in Psychology

Required Experience:

1 year of experience providing behavioral health treatment preferred

Required Qualifications:

Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LPC, or Licensed Clinical Psychologist.
Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical, behavioral, and mental health conditions.
Maintain and uphold Social Work/Psychology ethical and legal guidelines.
Ability to work with a culturally diverse population
Ability to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral health conditions via brief patient contact
High level of comfort in working with primary care medical providers using a consultative style.
Ability to complete clinical documentation with concise, clinically relevant information in a timely fashion.
Demonstrates good time management skills and follow-through.
Ability to design effective psycho-education curricula and lead effective psycho-educational group visits.
Ability to work effectively as a team, interfacing with patients, primary care providers, behavioral health staff, as well as with administrative and support staff.
Ability to exercise balanced judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions, and to handle difficult or confrontational situations in a calm, consistent, and equitable manner
Ability to effectively represent health center’s interests in the community and maintain effective working relationships among co-workers, public, private, and professional groups.
Ability to create a space for staff and those we serve to feel physically and emotionally safe.
Ability to support individuals on their paths to recovery and healing and resist re-traumatization of staff and patients.
Demonstrate exemplary problem-solving, communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.

Program Summary:

Family Practice and Counseling Network, a program of Resources for Human Development, is a network of community health centers providing comprehensive primary care, dental and behavioral health services. The Network consists of four health centers in Philadelphia – Abbottsford-Falls Family Practice & Counseling in the Northwest, the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University in the North, the Health Annex in the Southwest, and Annex West Philly housed in Action Wellness (formerly Action AIDS). Today the Network serves more than 23,000 patients annually and is an NCQA certified Patient-Centered Medical Home.

RHD employees and programs in the City of Philadelphia are required to follow the COVID vaccine mandate. The City of Philadelphia has issued an Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Mandating Vaccines for Healthcare Workers and In Higher Education, Healthcare, and Related Settings (“Vaccine Mandate Regulation”), which mandates vaccine for healthcare workers and in higher education, healthcare, and related settings. This mandate became Effective on August 16, 2021 and requires Healthcare Workers and certain workers at Healthcare Institutions to be fully vaccinated by October 22, 2021. Fully vaccinated means it has been two weeks since the final dose of vaccine. Thus, we now require vaccination prior to start for all new hires.

Resources for Human Development is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, veteran, or disability status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $62,000.00 – $74,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Health savings account
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

Psychiatry

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Day shift

COVID-19 considerations:
As a healthcare center, we are currently following CDC guidelines. We provide staff with PPE, including gloves, masks, and face shields, and work stations are partitioned with plexiglass. We require all staff to wear masks and be vaccinated.

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