Highmark Health
Behavioral Health Consultant, Autoimmunity Clinic - Pittsburgh/Hybrid - Full Time
Pittsburgh PA, 15224, West Penn 4800 Friendship Ave · Full-time
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About the role
- A BHC is a member of the core healthcare team who assists the care managers in managing overall health of their enrolled population.
- The BHC's goals are to help improve recognition, treatment, and management of psychosocial/behavioral problems and medical conditions in the enrolled population.
- The BHC provides clinical mental health consultation services within the scope of their state's professional licensure board to all patients referred by the care team.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a core care team member to develop specific clinical pathways or best practice programs for targeted patient groups
- Coordinates with patient family members and other support systems (with patient permission)
- Encourages patient to become an active participant in their own care and treatment
Requirements
- It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.
- As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.
- Master's degree in Mental Health Field
- 2 years experience in use of evidence-based counseling techniques, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of common mental health and substance abuse disorders
- Knowledge of the relationship between medical and psychological aspects of health and disease
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) - for out of state license transfers allow 60 days from hire to transfer license
Benefits
- The BHC is the team's go-to expert for mental health and substance abuse assessment, intervention, and connection to higher levels of care for mental health and addiction services as required.
- Member of Care Team & Population Health Efforts
- Provides education and support on a variety of topics from behavioral health and substance abuse background, training, and expertise to multidisciplinary team members during the course of treatment planning for patients
- Participates in daily huddles, listening for behavioral health, substance abuse, and psychosocial needs
- Participates in system-wide BHC learning collaborative
- Promotes ongoing change efforts in the practice and within the AHN health system around mental health and substance abuse disorders
- Documents in the same medical record as the rest of the team in a place that is easily visible by providers and other team members
- Provide brief follow up, including relapse prevention education
- Helps patient in crisis get urgent mental health and substance abuse needs met
- Triage and refer patients to specialty mental health and substance abuse services when appropriate (i.e. Childhood trauma, IOP, inpatient hospitalization, PTSD, psychiatry, etc.)
Company info
- Allegheny Health Network
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