JOB DESCRIPTION
The behavioral health specialist, as part of the primary care treatment team, identifies, triage and manages patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting. In addition, the behavioral health specialist provides skill training through psycho education and patient education strategies and develops specific behavioral change plans for patients and behavioral health protocols for target populations.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Competencies:
Work Environment:
This position works in an outpatient mental care facility. There will be frequent interaction with persons who are mentally ill, disabled, elderly and emotionally upset.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and hear sufficiently to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes. The employee's vision must be adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc. The position requires good manual dexterity.
Type: Full Time/Part Time
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