Behavioral Health Clinician

• Title: Behavioral Health Clinician
• Department: Behavioral Health
• Status: Exempt
• Position Classification/Category: Behavioral Health Clinician
• Level: N/A
• Location: Multiple possible sites; Assigned clinic(s)

Hourly Pay Range: $26.92 – 31.25/hr. OR $ 56,000 – 65,000/yr. (BoE and other qualifications)

• Reports To: Associate Behavioral Health Director
• Direct Reports: none
• Summary of Position

A Behavioral Health Clinician at Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers will assist in promoting, providing, and expanding behavioral health and substance abuse services in the community.

The incumbent will provide depression, substance abuse, and other wellness screening, evaluation, and treatment to patients during visits to the clinic and other service sites.

They will assist with identifying, diagnosing, treating, and referring patients to behavioral health and/or substance abuse treatment, in coordination with a team of health care providers.

The Behavioral Health Clinician will also provide patients with brief educational interventions, such as work-life balance and strategies to reduce distress.

The Behavioral Health Clinician will also provide support and direction to patients that require assistance developing a care plan for managing chronic physical and/or mental health condition(s).

Minimum Qualifications

Ability to assess, treat, prevent, and provide strategies and care planning for patients with chronic physical health, mental health, behavioral health, and substance use conditions. Experience in the use of motivational interviewing, prevention education, and behavioral health modalities; particularly the transtheoretical model. Ability to interact and render service in a sensitive manner to diverse populations. The incumbent will interact respectfully and professionally with patients, caregivers, staff, and external customers. The incumbent must be able to commute independently between CRCHC sites and other service locations.

• Experience: 2 years professional experience working in a primary care, behavioral health, or a community-based setting. OR two years of behavioral health screening, social work, patient / child advocacy, or related work, independently or under the supervision of a licensed independent mental health provider, OR 2 years of experience providing substance abuse, mental health, or chronic disease-related assessments, screenings, prevention campaigns, or educational sessions.
• Additional skills required: Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of behavioral health care. Excellent interpersonal and coaching skills. Desire to develop leadership skills. Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office products, cloud-based platforms, and familiarity with documentation in electronic health records (EHRs). Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to work both independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

Additional skills preferred: Spanish language fluency.

Education

Master’s Degree (or greater) in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or related field.

Licensure/Certification: Licensed Clinical Social Worker OR Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor OR Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Supervision: The incumbent must maintain documentation of supervision provided by an approved supervisor of the corresponding professional credentialing board of the incumbent’s discipline, according to the professional board’s current guidelines.

The incumbent is responsible for communicating any changes in the status of supervision to the CRCHC Associate Behavioral Health Director or Chief Behavioral Health Officer and to their professional board.

The incumbent is expected to fulfill their supervision hours in a reasonable and timely manner, to fulfill requirements for independent licensure, and to advance to the Behavioral Health Clinician role.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequent walking, standing, bending, kneeling, crouching and moving about.
• Use of stairs, ramps, and elevators.
• Repetitive movement of hands and fingers – typing and/or writing.
• Ability to talk and hear.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the integrated care team with facilitating screenings, providing treatment, under supervision, and referrals to appropriate support services, including behavioral health and substance abuse treatment
• Administer behavioral health, substance abuse, or wellness assessments, including Audit-C and PHQ-9 and provide treatment using evidence-based interventions.
• Assess and intervene with, when possible, social determinants that may interfere with achieving positive health outcomes
• Identify, assess, treat, refer, and promote substance abuse and behavioral health services
• Provide educational interventions to support behavioral health, substance abuse, and chronic disease management
• Develop, review, and evaluate patient care plans and lifestyle planning goals through shared decision making
• Participant in and/or facilitate behavioral health integration workgroups, seminars, and trainings
• Participate in and/or facilitate quality improvement activities by initiating or contributing to monitoring, measuring, analyzing, improving and/or guiding program goals, objectives and/or services.
• Support current incentive, regulatory, and certification requirements (such as Meaningful Use, PCMH and UDS) through documentation, participation in initiatives, and other activities as directed.
• Other tasks as assigned