What are the responsibilities and job description for the SBHC Behavioral Health Provider position at Elevated Community Health?
Position Summary:
The Behavioral Health Provider is an independent clinician who provides behavioral health counseling to children, adults, and families in a school-based healthcare setting. The behavioral health provider works closely with primary care providers, dental providers, psychiatry, and school systems in treating behavioral health conditions while upholding the ASQ (Access, Stewardship, and Quality) pillars. As a part of the primary care team, the Behavioral Health Provider will provide comprehensive diagnostic and behavioral health services, including brief assessments, interventions, psycho-education, referrals, and consultations for patients in school-based health clinic settings. Behavioral Health Providers work from a systems and community perspective to formulate treatment conceptualizations, interventions, and case management goals.
Behavioral Health Providers will develop treatment plans with their patients/family system and care teams and utilize evidence-based psychosocial interventions to achieve treatment goals. Behavioral Health providers may engage in several therapeutic modalities in this clinical setting, including play therapy, individual therapy, group therapy, and case management. The Behavioral Health Provider must demonstrate regard for the rights of all patients and provide respectful and considerate care focused on the patient's needs.
Behavioral Health Providers who work in the School Based Health Centers are hired with the knowledge that their regular hours are commiserated with the academic calendar year. Due to the seasonality of these positions, this position will maintain a yearly contract, renewed annually in commiseration with the academic school year. The contract intends to establish an agreed-upon prorated payment and Time off schedule that reflects the school schedule in which you work. It also wants to establish clear expectations for days worked and not worked throughout the academic school year and summer breaks. This contract will be established upon hire. ECH and the employees agree that full-time benefits will be maintained during extended leave due to school closure. Documentation by employees and ECH may be required to maintain benefit eligibility.
Why Join Us?
- Live, work, and play in 'Colorado's Playground'! Summit County offers four world-class ski resorts, with Vail Resort just 45 minutes away. With rivers, lakes, hiking, and mountain biking trails, it's a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts. Year-round activities include skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, hiking, mountain biking, rafting, fishing, and boating. Music, art, cultural, and social events are plentiful. The communities include Frisco, Breckenridge, Dillon, and Silverthorne, with ski resorts like Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone, and Arapahoe Basin. This is your dream job location!
- Mission-Driven Work: Be part of a nationally recognized Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) providing integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health services in a collaborative team-based model of care.
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a flexible schedule that supports both professional growth and outdoor adventure.
- Competitive compensation: Attractive salary, benefits, and bonus potential.
- Sign-on Bonus: This bonus is available for all entry-level positions and select professional roles based on eligibility.
- Loan Repayment Opportunities: We offer loan repayment assistance for qualifying candidates.
- Growth Opportunities: We're committed to helping you grow professionally through continued education and development.
- Comprehensive Benefits:
- Insured group health, dental, and vision plans.
- 401k retirement plan with employer match.
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, and long-term disability plans.
- Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, one floating holiday, and sick pay.
- Free access to confidential resources through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Additional voluntary benefits include accident insurance, critical illness, short-term disability, and group pet insurance.
- Lifestyle Spending Account for full-time employees.
- Fringe benefits like a shared ski medallion discounted Rec Center membership, and more.
Essential Functions:
- Use evidence-based psychosocial interventions to provide quality clinical counseling to adults, children, and families.
- Assess, diagnose, and treat a variety of mental health disorders following DSM diagnostic criteria and evidence-based practice guidelines.
- Provide education, outreach, and case management to populations with psycho, social, emotional, and behavioral health issues.
- Perform warm referrals with medical and dental clinics as indicated by PHQ results and as requested by treating providers.
- Respond to on-site crises and other patient crisis needs according to policy.
- Promote team-based care by engaging medical providers and other clinical staff to facilitate teamwork and improve patient care processes and outcomes.
- Conduct outreach to patients about scheduling, response to medication, and other case management needs.
- Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings, in-service meetings, supervision, and client staffing.
- Participate in program development through quality initiatives and discussions with team members and supervisors.
- Work with care teams and providers to increase their understanding of mental health issues with patients.
- Collaborate with necessary entities to provide aftercare planning and treatment following hospitalization or a higher level of care.
- Work with the primary care team to treat and manage patients with chronic behavioral, social, and emotional health problems.
Additional Requirements:
- Complete all required training as designated by HR and the position supervisor.
- Adhere to all policies within the organization and those outlined within the ECH Employee Handbook.
- Comply with all ECH Vaccine Mandates.
- Willingness to travel and work at other ECH locations as determined by the supervisor.
- Comply with all applicable Credentialing and Privileging requirements in a timely manner.
- Embrace the ECH Mission and Vision and agree to work within the ECH Guiding Principles and the principles set by the position supervisor.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to engage in each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Education/Experience:
Must Haves to be successful:
- Master's degree or higher in a recognized mental health profession (counseling, social work, marriage, and family therapist). M.A., M.S. in Clinical Counseling (or related area), LSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT. Being licensed in Colorado is preferred, and being license-eligible is considered.
- Registered with the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).
- Knowledge in lifespan development and experience in assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental health conditions in child and adolescent populations.
- Academic and/or job experience in legal and ethical decision-making, individual and cultural diversity, diagnosis and treatment planning, evidence-based practice and interventions for psychotherapy, theoretical and conceptualization skills, psychopharmacology and behavioral medicine, professional consultation, integrated care, clinical administration, and utilization of electronic health records.
- Reading, writing, and speaking the English language is required.
- Read, analyze, and interpret complex documents.
- Knowledge of word processing software, spreadsheet software, and database software.
- Ability to work in a team and to share responsibilities and duties.
- Ability to resolve interpersonal conflict in a straightforward, empathic, and timely manner.
- Ability to be friendly and empathic regarding co-workers and patients.
Nice to Haves:
- Being licensed in Colorado is preferred, and being license-eligible is considered.
- Experience in evidence-based therapies is preferred (e.g., EMDR, DBT, CBT, etc.).
- Knowledge and experience in psychopharmacology and behavioral health medicine are a plus, and willingness to grow in these areas is required.
- Two years of directly related experience is preferred.
- Couples and family therapy experience is a plus.
- Read, write, and speak the Spanish language preferred.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
No direct supervisory responsibility.
Work Environment:
The work environment in a healthcare setting can be fast-paced and involves working directly with patients and healthcare professionals. The environment is primarily a clinical setting, but the individual may also work in a clerical setting. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Physical Demands:
An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Below are the minimal knowledge/physical requirements of this position.
Knowledge
Occasionally
Frequently
Constantly
Reading, speaking, writing English
X
Communications Skills
X
Computers
X
Physical
Walking
X
Bending
X
Standing
X
Sitting
X
Driving
X
Lifting up to 50 lbs. with or without assistance
X
Stretching/Reaching
X
Distinguish smell/temperature
X
Hearing/Seeing
X
Exposure to bloodborne pathogens and infectious disease
X
Exposure to hazardous material
X
Climbing
X
Hand/finger dexterity
X
Stooping (bend at the waist)
X
Sensory Activities
Talking in person
X
Talking on the telephone
X
Hearing in person
X
Hearing on the telephone
X
Vision for close work
X
Other (specify)
X
