Behavioral Health Consultant, LSCSW

at  Hutchinson Clinic

Job Summary: Provide behavioral health consultation utilizing a team-based model to children, adolescents, adults, and families to improve psychosocial functioning.

OTHER SKILLS:

• Knowledge of Medical Terminology
• Excellent working knowledge of behavioral medicine and evidence-based treatments for medical and mental health conditions.
• Ability to work through brief patient contacts as well as to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of mental and behavioral conditions.
• Should be comfortable with the pace of primary care, working with an interdisciplinary team, and have strong communication skills.
• Good knowledge of psychopharmacology.
• Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for treatment of selected chronic conditions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provided comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of behavioral health clients.
• Provide effective treatment planning and assist clients in successfully achieving goals.
• Evaluate crisis situations and apply appropriate intervention.
• Provide individual therapy to referred patients.
• Assist in the detection of “at risk” patients and development of plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
• Assist the primary care team in developing care management processes such as the use of guidelines, disease management techniques, case management, and patient education to improve self-management of chronic disease.
• Provide assessment, consultation, and brief intervention for psychological/psychiatric problems and/or disorders.
• Teach patients, families, and staff care, prevention, and treatment enhancement techniques.
• Monitor the site’s behavioral health program, identifying problems related to patient services and making recommendations for improvement.
• Participates in Quality Improvement (QI), Quality Assurance (QA) and Continuous Quality Improvement Activities (CQI) as appropriate.
  Qualifications
  Education: Master’s degree in social work
  Licenses: Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)