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MOUNTAIN PARK HEALTH CENTER Registered Dietitian (Sign On Bonus Included) South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona
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- A Licensed Professional Counselor works in the primary care clinic as an integral team member and delivers brief consultation-based services to patients and primary care providers
- The Licensed Professional Counselor works with individuals, groups and families providing evidence-based, brief behavioral interventions for psychological, mental, behavioral, and physical conditions in patients of all ages
- Provides brief, evidence-based, solution focused behavioral interventions with active development of psychotherapeutic/psychoeducational behavioral change planning for patients of Mountain Park Health Center (MPHC)
- Provides quality clinical consultation to patients and providers regarding mental, behavioral, emotional, and physical health related issues
- Provides screening and functional assessment of behavioral health issues for MPHC patients
- Collaborates with medical providers, support staff, and operational managers to identify patients with medical, cognitive, behavioral, and/or psychological conditions that could benefit from behavioral health interventions, such as motivational interviewing, and provide these services in a timely manner within the clinic setting
- Develops and implements specific clinical pathways for select populations
- Adapts to the fast pace of primary care and to organizational changes as they occur
- Builds and maintains professional relationships with all medical providers and support staff
- Understands and promotes the guiding principles of Mountain Park and the Primary Care Home Model to better provide for the holistic needs of the population that the clinics serve
- Facilitates groups to address biopsychosocial issues impacting medical issues
- Assists with coordination of care and access to behavioral health agencies in the community to meet the patients behavioral health care needs with consistent, expeditious feedback to referring providers
- Promotes MPHC Providers knowledge of patient behavioral health issues and provides education to assist with enhancing primary care utilization of behavioral health interventions
- Provides on-site availability for crisis triage and intervention
- Helps with de-escalating situations with patients who are upset or frustrated
- Documents the clinical behavioral health aspect of patient interventions in consultation notes
- Completes documentation of all consultations in the EHR clearly, concisely and in a timely manner, in accordance with MPHC policies and procedures
- Attends monthly department staffing meetings, provider meetings, team meetings, and any required supervision meetings
- Assists in assessing social determinants of health and providing resources/collaborative care with agencies in the community who can assist with any identified needs
- Works effectively with bilingual staff and vendors of interpretation services to provide high-quality care to patients for whom these services are needed
- Must be able to embrace differences among people and to interact with internal staff as well as external contacts in a culturally competent and respectful manner
- *HYBRID SCHEDULE OPPORTUNITIES**\ *SIGN ON BONUS**