Behavioral Health Clinician

Position:
Behavioral Health Clinician I

The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center mission is to provide high quality, culturally appropriate healthcare to low-income residents of Washington and Yamhill Counties with a special emphasis on seasonal and migrant farm-workers and to others with barriers to receiving health-care.

The Behavioral Health Clinician works as a member of the primary care medical team. The clinician assists PCP and dental teams in managing the overall health of clients in a primary care setting, providing consultation to clients and working with PCPs to improve recognition, treatment, and management of psychosocial/behavioral problems and conditions for clients.

• Provides targeted evidence-based assessments and evaluations, including brief neuropsychological screens, diagnostic interviews and impressions, and functional status focused on the presenting problem, which may include assessing and justifying a complete DSM mental health diagnosis.
• Provides brief solution focused empirically based interventions to clients experiencing a myriad of bio-psychosocial problems.
• Provides timely and succinct feedback to PCPs or dentists regarding consultation findings and recommendations.
• Available as needed for all medical and dental team members during work hours for consultation and crisis support.
• Develops, teaches and/or provides oversight for classes that promote education and skill-building to enhance psychological and physical health.
• Determines the appropriateness of the patient receiving services in primary care.
• Formulates evidence-based behavioral health interventions appropriate to the primary care setting and assists with implementation of treatment plans.
• Provides concise documentation in electronic healthcare system of care and recommendations in the patient's medical record within 24 hours of seeing the patient.
• Provides brief follow-up, including relapse-prevention education.
• Provides consultation services (continuity consultation) for a sub-set of patients who require on-going monitoring and follow-up (e.g., “high-utilizers,” chronic pain, unmanaged diabetes etc.).
• Shares knowledge with other team members and clients, both formally (in-services, consult responses) and informally (curbside consultations).
• Identifies patients who would benefit and are willing to receive specialty mental health care, and makes referral to onsite specialty options or off‑site programs or community resources.
• Will carry small caseload of mental health clients for ongoing specialty mental health services.
• Works as part of multi-disciplinary team in making recommendations for clients who abuse, misuse or divert controlled substances.
• Assists in registry management for patients with higher mental health needs.
• Coordinates services with the psychiatric provider.
• Provides training and consultation to clinic staff regarding prevention and management of disruptive behavior.
• May be responsible for case management: coordinate/collaborate with physicians, staff, families, caregivers, etc.; maintain chart notes related to external contracts, obtaining pertinent records from other treatment and tracking client’s involvement, follow-through and progress in varied treatment activities.
• Documents and maintains client records to ensure compliance with agency and contract guidelines and confidentiality.
• Provides crisis intervention.
• Provides back-up for other staff when needed.
• Checks messages within EHR throughout the day responding as appropriate.
• Provides appropriate resources and support linkage, culturally appropriate advocacy and community collaboration, and culturally appropriate client evaluation and treatment.
• May be required to participate in projects assisting with metrics specific to population‑based health.
• Participates in a culture of feedback at the agency by eliciting feedback to promote professional growth and assess work effectiveness.
• Meets performance standards for productivity, documentation (including progress notes, assessments, treatment plans and authorization requests) proficiency in clinical model and evidence-based practices, quality of care…