Behavioral Health Pedi Lead - LMHC, LCSW, LICSW, PhD, PsyD (5812)

PAY TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT:

In accordance with The Massachusetts Pay Transparency Act, BNHC provides reasonable pay range for each posted position. Actual compensation will be based on multiple factors such as relevant experience, education and training to determine offered rates. This range represents the organization's good faith estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting.

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Lead Pedi/OB Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) functions as a core member of a collaborative care team that involves the patient and his/her family (when appropriate), the patients’ primary care provider, nursing, and community health workers.  The BHC provides consultation/assessment and bio-psychosocial evaluations on an urgent basis, support and linkage services, advocacy, education, brief interventions, counseling, and information in order to ensure adequacy of health care, increase access of services, enhance physical and psychological well-being and facilitate patient self-care.  Patients are referred (optimally via warm hand-off) by BNHC medical providers who are at high risk due to medical diagnoses, who are frequent users of the hospital emergency rooms; and/or who have behavioral health/mental health, social or environmental concerns that impede their overall health.  

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Provide culturally sensitive assessment, consultation and brief intervention for psychological/psychiatric problems and/or disorders and diagnostic clarification utilizing DSM-5  

1. Evaluate crisis situations and apply appropriate interventions and treatment planning (Suicidal/Homicidal Risk Assessment)  

1. Assist the primary care team in developing care-management processes such as guidelines, disease management techniques, case-management and patient education to improve self-management of chronic diseases  

1. Provide an array of clinical services for pediatric and OB/GYN behavioral health problems and areas of behavioral medicine (treatment planning/provision) to assist patients with meeting goals including, but not limited to:  

• Behavior and Mood Management  

• Anxiety Management  

• Support with patient advocacy related to BH issues in school context 

• Substance Use Screening & referral to treatment  

• Interim Check of Psychotropic Medication Response (when appropriate) 

• Stress & Anger Management (particularly for parents) 

• Health Behavior and Disease Management  

• Medication Adherence  

• Weight Management  

• Sleep Hygiene and counseling  

• Psychosocial & Behavioral Aspects of prevention of Chronic Disease  

Some Interventions that may be used include 

• Psychoeducation 

• Advocacy 

• Positive Parenting interventions 

• Relaxation Training and Skill Building  

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy  

• Child based mindfulness Strategies  

• Behavioral Structure/Behavioral Scheduling 

• Goal Setting  

• Problem Solving   

• Exercise  

• Solution Focused Strategies  

1. Facilitate consultation between PCP and Social Services staff for co-management of patients  

1. Facilitate initial connection between internal and/or community-based social service agencies (Mental Health), community-based benefits agencies, school etc. for management of patients 

1. Participation in Clinical Treatment Team to assist with treatment planning to provide comprehensive care for clients and families  

1. Participation in Administrative Treatment Team meetings to identify problems related to patient services and make recommendations for improvement  

1. Assist with Grow Clinic 

1. Manage Reach out and Read program which includes ordering books, organizing two main events, keeping lightly used books for waiting area and doing quarterly reports. 

1. Assistance with outcome measures and data collection (when requested) 

1. Documentation of Services to include behavioral health services and documentation in EHR as appropriate 

1. May provide supervision to other Behavioral Health staff (when appropriate) 

1. Perform other duties as assigned 

Additional Requirements  

1. Excellent working knowledge of pediatric behavioral health and evidence-based treatment for medical and mental health conditions (particularly for Pedi/OB populations) 

1. Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessment of mental and behavioral conditions.  

1. Should be comfortable with the pace of primary care, working with an interdisciplinary team, and have strong communication skills.  

1. Good knowledge of child psychopathology and psychopharmacology  

1. Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions.  

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Must be licensed in Social Work (LCSW, LICSW), Mental Health Counseling (LMHC), Psychology (PhD, PsyD). Language and cultural diversity (Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, and Spanish) preferred, CPR/BLS certified. 

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

A busy community health center located in a downtown business district.  Occasional long hours may be required. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 

Physical demands requiring lifting of small pieces of equipment and/or boxes not to exceed 20 pounds.  Mostly sedentary, with interoffice walking required.  Visual acuity is sufficient for frequent reading.  Hearing acuity sufficient for holding conversations with or without audio devices. 

At Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, we are dedicated to providing high quality health care that is delivered by Committed, Competent, Compassionate staff who respects the dignity, privacy, and equality of each patient and colleagues. Our team believes that Teamwork, Diversity, Respect, Customer service and Collaboration are essential for everyone to be successful in their role.  

Salary : $75,000 - $103,824