HopeCentral is a faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit clinic and serves all families in Southeast Seattle regardless of income, status, or belief system. We launched in 2014 as a primary care practice with the mission of “sharing the love of Jesus through excellent, enhanced primary care for the entire community.” Since 2015, we have been an Autism Center of Excellence for Washington state and have provided pediatric primary care with a focus on special healthcare needs.

Job Summary

At HopeCentral, we believe it is important to care for the whole person; mind, body, and spirit. Toward that end, we have adopted a multidisciplinary team-based approach to health and wellness. Our behavioral health clinician is a core member of the collaborative care medicine (CoCM) team, which works together with our pediatricians and a consulting psychiatrist to address children’s mental health care needs and to facilitate improved functioning. 

This is an exciting opportunity for the motivated candidate who wants to: 

  • Be a part of a growing pediatric care center and a multidisciplinary team

  • Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment 

  • Contribute to a healthcare equity movement 

Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000

Responsibilities:

Direct Services 

  •  Support the behavioral and physical health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload. Closely coordinate care with the patient’s medical provider and, when appropriate, other mental health providers. 

  •  Screen and assess patients for common mental health disorders. Facilitates patient engagement and follow-up care.

  •  Provide parent education and coaching about common behavioral health problems, home behavioral management strategies, and available treatment options. 

  •  Systematically track treatment response and monitor patients (in person or by telehealth) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications. 

  •  Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment. 

  •  Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, RUBI, motivational interviewing, and other treatments as appropriate. 

  •  Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant and who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care. 

  •  Develop and complete maintenance self-management plan with patients who have achieved their treatment goals and are soon to be discharged from the registry. 

Care Coordination 

• Closely coordinate care with the patient’s medical provider and, when appropriate, other mental health providers, schools. 

• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside of HopeCentral (e.g., mental health specialty care)

Consultation 

  • Participate in regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultation with the CoCM psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient’s medical provider. Consultations will focus on patients new to the caseload and those who are not improving as expected under the current treatment plan. Case reviews may be conducted by telephone, video, or in person. 

  • Support physician team in identification and vetting of patient facing psychoeducational materials

Chaplaincy 

  • Serve as a counsellor and guide to the spiritual needs of HopeCentral staff and patients.

  •  Seek to motivate and initiate meaningful engagement of patients’ spiritual beliefs and practices in the management of their difficulties. 

Administrative 

  • Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in EHR and other required systems so as to be shared with medical providers, psychiatric consultant, and other treatment providers. 

  • Generate end of month billing encounters

  • Participate in program development and activities necessary for the sustainability of the position or new initiatives directly related to the position. This may include participation in grant planning, reporting, and execution of deliverables for direct funding.

  • Pursue continuing education activities necessary to maintain licensure.

  • Assist in education and support of staff around mental health and wellness subjects. 

  • Participate in customary group meetings with clinical staff

Qualifications:

Education and Licensure: 

• Licensed providers 

  • Masters-level Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington State 

  • Masters-level Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) 

• OR Associate Licensed Providers 

  • Masters-level Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA)

  • Masters-level Licensed Social Work Associate Independent Clinical (LSWAIC) 

Experience/Training: 

  • Working knowledge of and experience with evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorder (e.g. motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral activation) 

  •  Working knowledge of neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disability, and specific learning disorders. 

  • Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health disorders in children. 

  • Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders that is within appropriate scope of practice for type of provider filling role 

  • 2 years of experience in the field with children preferred


Other Requirements:

• Affirmation of HopeCentral’s faith-based mission

• Desire to help people know Jesus better while simultaneously respecting and honoring the diverse beliefs of HopeCentral’s patients 

• Desire to care for people as image-bearers of God 

• Appetite for personal spiritual growth and formation

Apply by sending a cover letter and resume to jobs@hopecentralhealth.org .

Behavioral Health Clinician

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