Providence
Mission Viejo, CA, USA
Description
The Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist (BHS) is a key behavioral health provider embedded as a core member of the multi-disciplinary integrated care team, led by the primary care provider, and including clinical nursing staff, case management, pharmacy and psychiatrists. The role of the BHS is to help the primary care provider and team improve their effectiveness and efficiency in managing the whole patient, focusing on the mental, behavioral and psychosocial challenges that often emerge in the primary care setting.
The BHS provides a high volume of brief consultation-based interventions to individuals and families in the primary care setting without restrictions in gender, age, complexity or medical comorbidity; engages in constant communication with other care team providers to ensure clear team expectations and outcomes; utilizes a biopsychosocial approach to assessment and intervention; clarifies mental health diagnosis...