Outpatient Integrated Behavioral Health Consultant

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

The Integrated Behavioral Health Consultant will act as an independent clinician and will be consulted by physicians to offer assistance to patients when habits, behaviors, stress, worry, or emotional concerns about physical or other life problems are interfering with daily life and/or overall health. Highlights of the position include the opportunity to work closely with medical professionals including PCPs and psychiatrists while independently diagnosing and treating patients using evidence-based psychosocial interventions such as CBT, motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, problem-solving, and distress tolerance. This position offers a gratifying blend of both therapist and case manager duties, and is engaging, dynamic, team-based, challenging, and community-oriented. Additionally, our Integrated Behavioral Health Program is rapidly expanding, so the ideal candidate will take advantage of the many opportunities available to shape the future of Integrated Behavioral Health.

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• State of employment Licensed Clinical Social Worker or LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) or LSCSW (Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker)
• Master Degree Social Work or related field required
• Minimum 2 years direct clinical experience delivering behavioral health care in a relevant setting
• Comfort with using clinical expertise in an independent manner
• Prior formal training and experience in brief, structured counseling techniques (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or Problem Solving Treatment (PST), etc.)
• Competence with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and treatment planning based on these conditions
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to establish rapport quickly with a wide range of people
• Proven ability to work within and coordinate a care team comprised of internal team members and community-based member

Preferred experience:

• Experience with design, implementation, or maintenance of the IMPACT model, SBIRT model, or other appropriate evidence-based models of behavioral health care delivered in primary care settings. Experience working with medically ill patients in a primary care setting. Experience working with all age ranges of patients.

Ambulatory Care at Penrose Home Health services a 60-mile radius from our office here in Colorado Springs. Our interdisciplinary team includes skilled nursing, physical/occupational/speech therapy, social work and CNAs. We care for a diverse population of patients, aged 18 and above and deliver skilled care in the patient's home environment. Skilled nursing addresses a wide variety of patient education such as medications and disease processes, as well as direct skills including wound care, ostomy teaching and IV/PICC infusion. We strive to deliver exceptional care and educate patients on how to manage their health conditions at home. Being a part of Penrose-St. Francis allows our clinicians to take advantage of growth opportunities within the system and access to the amazing benefits. The flexibility in home health is second to none. Our clinicians self-schedule their caseload, working around their own and the patient's schedule. Our team is very close-knit and has excellent clinical nursing skills with critical thinking that allows us to practice with autonomy.