Behavioral Health Specialist I

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Description: POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Behavioral Health Specialist I (BHS-I) is an integral member of the Behavioral Health Collaborative Care (BHCC) team that involves the patient’s primary care provider, a psychiatric consultant and other mental health providers. Essential responsibilities for this role include mental health assessment, delivering evidence-based behavioral interventions and assisting with medication management. The Behavioral Health Specialist I provides consultation for mental health conditions within the scope of their license. In addition, the BHS-I may coordinate referrals to clinically-indicated services outside the office, depending upon office-specific need. The Behavioral Health Specialist offers diagnostic assessment and symptom monitoring, collaborative care management, detailed consultation with a psychiatrist and brief interventions surrounding behavioral health. This role provides BHCC service delivery involving use of psychoeducation and monitoring, provision of patient education tools, brief tele-health and face-to-face interventions in primary care office and collaboration with primary care clinicians to ensure appropriate support and management of mental health symptoms. The position does not include providing long-term therapy. #J-18808-Ljbffr Trinity Health MI