What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Provider position at InnovAge?
Monday through Friday position with no on-call or weekend hours required.
Our Behavioral Healthcare Provider (BHP) is an integral part of developing and delivering a personal care plan ensuring high quality, clinically appropriate, team-based behavioral health care. Provides initial assessments, clinical intervention, referrals for participants and families, and treatment recommendations. Physical attendance at an InnovAge centers is essential to performing the job duties with the ability to travel to meet participants outside of center as needed. This is a multicenter position.
You will
- Confidently navigate ambiguous situations
- Multitask, be flexible, and comfortable in transforming environment
- Adapt interpersonally to meet participant and Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) clinical needs in real time with insight into personal strengths
- Familiarity with Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Be open to feedback and able to reflect productively
Clinical Care – 70%
- Completes mental health assessments and document in the EMR (diagnosis, recommendations, team-based care planning, and other regulatory requirements)
- Provides solution-focused (monitoring, therapeutic, or crisis) intervention to participant and/or caregiver(s)
- Consults with team members regarding clinical findings, provide interventions, and case conferencing
- Collaborates with IDT/external providers/caregivers to support participants at risk for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization (e.g., referral and coordination with outside resources to promote stabilization)
- Monitors response to psychotropic medications and coordinate with psychiatric consultant to ensure continuity of care
Administration – 30%
- Educates IDT to manage and resolve behavioral complexities or placements
- Liaisons with external psychiatric providers to ensure appropriate referrals, continuity of care, monitoring/follow up and report back to IDT
- Participates in IDT meetings, conferences, committees, and events as requested
REQUIRED
- Minimum of Master’s degree in behavioral health, social work, or psychology
- 1 year working in an integrated care setting
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Licensed Mental Health Professional
- Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or
- Licensed Psychologist (PsyD or PhD) or
- Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) or
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- Current CPR certification or the ability to obtain CPR certification in first 30 days of employment
PREFERRED
- Knowledge working with geropsychiatric populations
- Training or experience with group and family interventions
- Experience with conflict management, mediation, de-escalation, and crisis mitigation
- Knowledge of the chronic disease management and its psycho-social implications
- Bi-lingual preferred based on location
- A doctoral degree in clinical psychology or integrated primary care experience
- Licensure or certification in substance use treatment
- Licensed as Psychologist
Job Title: Behavioral Health Provider
The pay offered for the position will take into consideration the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity, among other factors. InnovAge offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision insurance, short and long-term disability, life insurance and add, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) savings, paid time off, and company paid holidays.
Salary : $70,000 - $95,000