License Behavioral Health Clinician

Job Title

Behavioral Health Clinician

Job Description

Minimum Requirements: 1. LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT in the state of Massachusetts 2. Professionally licensed in the State of Massachusetts. 3. Ability to work independently as well as to collaborate with Integrated Care Team. 4. Familiarity with multicultural groups, previous work experience in a multicultural setting. 5. Prior experience addressing the BH needs of patients with chronic medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension). 6. Experience with quality improvement and tracking/reporting on BH indicators. 7. Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills; proven ability to communicate with diverse audiences. 8. Ability to demonstrate professionalism and respect; regard for patient privacy is essential. 9. Organizational skills a must. 10. Ability to work independently and with a team. 11. Computer literacy. 12. Experience with an Electronic Health Record is preferable. 13. Bi-lingual strongly preferred but not required. 14. Experience with facilitating group therapy is a plus.

Principle Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide therapeutic interventions including adult and child individual, group, family, couple, consultation, collateral.
• Provide Behavioral Health Screening Brief Intervention Referral and Treatment services to CHC patients.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the primary care team (including providers, pharmacist, medical assistants etc.) to improve health outcomes.
• Provide "warm hand off" for identified patients when schedule allows.
• Maintain professional, accurate and timely clinical documentation of patient encounters, and services provided to each patient as well as track BH indicators as identified in the BHI grant.
• Attend BH meetings weekly as well as other identified meetings for patient care.
• Attend supervision with Chief of BH as scheduled.
• Other duties as assigned to support the mission of the organization.

Working Conditions

1. This position requires professional behaviors and attitude at all times. 2. This position requires the ability to use a computer workstation. 3. This position requires cultural sensitivity. 4. This position requires willingness to be flexible.

*Salary Ranges* from $33.00-$44.35

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