Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center Hiring For Behavioral Health Practitioner, Full Time at Lake Linden, MI, United States Full Time

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Behavioral Health Practitioner serves as an integral member of the clinical care team. Responsible for providing a full array of behavioral health services to patients from children and adults, including but not limited to screening and assessment, care planning and coordination, and interventions providing brief, focused prevention, treatment, recovery services, and support for patients with persistent illness, within an integrated primary care clinic environment or via telehealth. Additional substance Use Disorder-related services may be provided if the Practitioner has CAADC or MCBAP credentials. This position will have a focused patient population of school aged children and will provide care within a school-based health center.
Education, Training, Licensing and Credentialing
Required:

• Licensed Master Social Worker
• Evidence of basic life support training (BLS), or willingness and ability to obtain prior to, or upon hire

Preferred:

• Current Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC) credential in accordance with the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP), or eligibility to pursue and willingness to obtain certification.

Experience and Skills
Required:

• Experience maintaining confidential information and adherence to HIPAA and CFR 42 Part 2
• Typing and computer skills including use of email and documentation in electronic medical record
• If recovering from chemical dependency, a minimum of two years of continuous sobriety immediately preceding the date of hire.

Preferred:

• Two-years’ post master’s relevant experience in behavioral health field
• Two-years’ experience working in within a medical clinic
• Experience with tele-medicine
• Knowledge of case management functions and chronic disease model
• Demonstrated experience or understanding of team-based care in a medical home
• Strong understanding of medical terminology and chronic conditions.
• Familiarity in treatment of episodic and chronic BHS/SUD/Medical conditions.
• Experience with solution-focused, brief therapy interventions.
• Experience using motivational interviewing techniques.
• Prior work experience in an FQHC or another integrated clinic environment

Physical Demands, Working Conditions and Travel Requirements
Physical Demands:

• Occasional standing/walking
• Regular sitting for prolonged periods of time
• Occasional lifting; up to 25 pounds
• Requires continuous performance of detailed tasks, interruptions, and changing work priorities.
• Repetitive motion from performing daily tasks including manual dexterity particularly related to computer usage
• Visual abilities including depth perception, ocular focus, close vision, color vision
• Adequate hearing and visual acuity to perform daily work
• Ability to adjust physically and emotionally to a fast-paced work environment

Working Conditions:

• Ability to communicate and respond effectively
• Required to communicate with physicians, patients, families, caregivers, the health care team, and the community
• Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
• Occasional exposure to infections and contagious diseases in clinic environment
• Environment may contain housekeeping/cleaning agents/chemicals, hazards from electrical/mechanical/power equipment, and biohazards and/or radioactive substances
• Subject to many interruptions

Travel Requirements:

• Occasional travel required: local, regional, state, and national
• Occasional regional or national travel for meetings and continuing education requirements

For additional information, please contact Shawn Beaudry, Recruitment & Provider Relations Manager, at [email protected] or 906-372-3265.