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• A Licensed Professional Counselor works in the primary care clinic as an integral team member and delivers brief consultation-based services to patients and primary care providers
• The Licensed Professional Counselor works with individuals, groups and families providing evidence-based, brief behavioral interventions for psychological, mental, behavioral, and physical conditions in patients of all ages
• Provides brief, evidence-based, solution focused behavioral interventions with active development of psychotherapeutic/psychoeducational behavioral change planning for patients of Mountain Park Health Center (MPHC)
• Provides quality clinical consultation to patients and providers regarding mental, behavioral, emotional, and physical health related issues
• Provides screening and functional assessment of behavioral health issues for MPHC patients
• Collaborates with medical providers, support staff, and operational managers to identify patients with medical, cognitive, behavioral, and/or psychological conditions that could benefit from behavioral health interventions, such as motivational interviewing, and provide these services in a timely manner within the clinic setting
• Develops and implements specific clinical pathways for select populations
• Adapts to the fast pace of primary care and to organizational changes as they occur
• Builds and maintains professional relationships with all medical providers and support staff
• Understands and promotes the guiding principles of Mountain Park and the Primary Care Home Model to better provide for the holistic needs of the population that the clinics serve
• Facilitates groups to address biopsychosocial issues impacting medical issues
• Assists with coordination of care and access to behavioral health agencies in the community to meet the patients behavioral health care needs with consistent, expeditious feedback to referring providers
• Promotes MPHC Providers knowledge of patient behavioral health issues and provides education to assist with enhancing primary care utilization of behavioral health interventions
• Provides on-site availability for crisis triage and intervention
• Helps with de-escalating situations with patients who are upset or frustrated
• Documents the clinical behavioral health aspect of patient interventions in consultation notes
• Completes documentation of all consultations in the EHR clearly, concisely and in a timely manner, in accordance with MPHC policies and procedures
• Attends monthly department staffing meetings, provider meetings, team meetings, and any required supervision meetings
• Assists in assessing social determinants of health and providing resources/collaborative care with agencies in the community who can assist with any identified needs
• Works effectively with bilingual staff and vendors of interpretation services to provide high-quality care to patients for whom these services are needed
• Must be able to embrace differences among people and to interact with internal staff as well as external contacts in a culturally competent and respectful manner
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