Overview

Position is located in Brooklyn Park

Join our team in driving a healthier future. M Health Fairview is an award-winning nonprofit health care system with more than 34,000 dedicated and highly skilled employees. We deliver care for people at all stages of life, and we individualize treatment to reflect the strengths and needs of our patients and the diverse, vibrant communities we live and work in.

Passionate, innovative employees are essential to our future as we seek to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives. We work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team to maximize behavioral and overall health care. Innovations in models for health include prioritizing trauma-informed and integrative care, launching patient-centered HUB sites, EMpath units, and Recovery Services.

M Health Fairview is committed to anti-racist practices across all levels of the organization. The HOPE Commission was established in the summer of 2020, to “produce more equitable health care outcomes for all of our patients.” Additional information about the HOPE Commission’s efforts to engage employees, patients, and the community in this necessary change process can be found at: HOPE Commission (mhealthfairview.org) (https://www.mhealthfairview.org/hope-commission/)

Responsibilities Job Description

In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality named MHealth Fairview Clinics as one of eight “exemplar” integrated behavioral health primary care models across the country. Integrated care is a result of an engaged primary care team and Behavioral Health Clinician providing patient-centered care addressing mental health and substance abuse conditions, health behaviors, stressors, social determinants of health, and ineffective patterns of health care utilization. At MHealth Fairview, integrated care is a “team sport.”

We are currently hiring for the Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) position, a key role within a multi-disciplinary team in the Integrated Behavioral Health model. We are looking for behavioral providers with strong diagnostic, clinical, team engagement, and patient care skills who enjoy innovation, variability in your work day, and being a part of an exceptional team.

A Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) is a fully integrated Mental Health Professional and core member of the primary care team that works under the direction of the primary care provider(s). The role of the BHC is to support the primary care team in the early identification and treatment of behavioral health conditions within the defined clinic population. The primary functions of the BHC are to:

• Complete diagnostic evaluations

• Provide consultation to the team regarding diagnostic impressions, recommendations, and strategies to engage patients in health and behavior change

• Support the team with the day to day management of complex patients

• Provide brief evidence-based direct care to patients

• Engage in population health activities to support risk stratified populations

Qualifications

Masters in social work, marriage and family therapy, or psychology with emphasis on clinical practice. MN state license, eligible to be licensed in the State of Minnesota and eligibility to become a credentialed provider with insurance entities. Experience in providing diagnostic assessments and direct evidence-based clinical services to children and adults. Experience with Electronic Health Record systems preferred.

Required:

• Masters or Doctoral Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or Psychology

• Licensed Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) or Doctoral Level Licensed Psychologist (LP)

• 2 years post licensure

Preferred:

• 5 years post LICSW/LMFT/LPCC/LP licensure

• Previous experience completing diagnostic evaluations, and providing individual, couples, family counseling for children and adults

• Healthcare experience

• Knowledge of health conditions and common co-morbidities

• Knowledge of the continuum of behavioral health care services (i.e. within surrounding communities)

• Experience with Epic

EEO Statement

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status