Behavioral Health Navigator - FT

$2,000 Sign on Bonus for Full Time perm + $430/mo Living Stipend!

Behavioral Health Navigator - Kremmling, CO

Reports to: Clinic Operations Director

Description: The Behavioral Health Navigator (BHN) serves as a single point of contact for referring physicians, clients, caregivers, and human service organizations to provide resources and assistance with behavioral health care services offered within Grand County and its partnering healthcare community.

The BHN will provide brief interventions in primary care provider and other community settings, educate clients on the importance of Mental Health services, and navigate clients to a long-term provider.

Serves as a liaison between clients, healthcare providers and human service agencies to reduce barriers to care and that assure clients receive the care they need when they need it.

The BHN will focus on behavioral health coaching (e. g. brief intervention), removing barriers to care (stigma, insurance status), navigating to long-term behavioral healthcare, educating and empowering the clients on behavioral health intervention and screening, and advocating for and coordinating client care with PCPs and behavioral health providers.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor’s Degree in social work, human services field such as sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, and psychology and one year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals.
• LCSW (Preferred) or ability to become licensed.
• Pass and maintain Basic Life Support - BLS certification within 60 days of hire
• Ability to use computer for patient documentation and administrative work
• Knowledge of local and state public health systems and local healthcare environment.
• Knowledge of local community resources and state and federal programs.
• Knowledge of state, federal and private insurance systems.
• Knowledge of behavioral health diagnosis and treatment process and effect of illness on client population.
• Ability to produce written documentation of clinical work in a manner readily understood by other service providers.
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate clinical judgment when assessing the level of risk and determining resolution of client emergencies, resulting in safe outcomes.
• Requires excellent leadership, organizational, written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to maintain flexibility and emotional stability while working under intense emotion, time and volume pressure.
• Experience in discharge planning preferred

Status: Full-Time

Location: Kremmling, CO with Granby, Fraser, Winter Park and Grand Lake, CO

Compensation: $35.00 - $59.00 per hour Depending on years experience. FT Perm eligible $2000 Sign-on + $430/mo Living Stipend for residents of Grand, Jackson or Summit County

Benefits

Benefit eligible employees include both full time and part time employees. MPH offers Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability, STD and HSA/FSA, AFLAC and Employee Wellness incentives. All employees (excluding temporary) are eligible to participate in our retirement program.

To apply please send application and resume to jobs@middleparkhealth.org for more information please call/text 970-457-6607