About this role
SUMMARY: The Behavioral Health Specialist is a member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) responsible for performing assessment and treatment activities for PACE Southeast Michigan participants presenting with behavioral health related issues and diagnoses.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:
• Provides behavioral health services to PACE Southeast Michigan participants, including comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment, urgent consultations and crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy, substance use disorder treatment, and psychiatric hospitalizations. • Follows up on recommendations, interventions, and treatment plans to ensure adherence and favorable outcomes. • Educates and counsels participants on physiological and psychosocial correlates of health. • Produces timely, complete, and accurate electronic health record documentation for participants. • Assures continuous and ongoing quality, accessibility, and safety of behavioral health services to participants. • Collaborates with and provides consultation services to Primary Care Providers and serves as a liaison between Primary Care and Psychiatry. • Actively collaborates with the IDT in treatment planning and delivery of care, including assisting with clarifying complex diagnostic presentations. • Serves as a liaison, and rounds as appropriate, during psychiatric hospitalizations and substance use disorder treatment, as necessary. • Provides behavioral health expertise and case consultation, individual and team supervision, and in-service trainings. • Plans and provides staff development on topics related to behavioral health related issues including but not limited to: diagnosis, collaborative treatment models including non-pharmacologic approaches to care, and ethical and legal aspects of behavioral health services. • Assists with ongoing improvement of clinical policies and guidelines for the provision of behavioral health services to PACE Southeast Michigan participants. • Participates in committees and workgroups, as assigned by the Director. • Assists with other important functions, as time permits, including clinical research, outreach, and clinical training. • Performs other related duties, as assigned by the Director.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Master’s Social Worker from an accredited school of social work. • Licensed to practice in the State of Michigan. Limited License may be considered depending on experience and number of supervised hours. • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience working in an integrated, Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model. • Extensive experience working with people with mental illness, serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, and primary health care problems. • Expertise in diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 and advanced concepts, principles and practices of psychological practices, treatments, and techniques with an older adult population. • Demonstrated knowledge and skill in evaluating, planning, implementing, and monitoring patient-centered approaches to care. • Knowledge of and compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations. • Cultural competence and an ability to care for a diverse population. • Ability to learn and use electronic health record system. • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. • Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude with ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.