Collaborate Care Coordinator-Behavioral Health

COLLABORATIVE CARE COORDINATOR - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Looking for meaningful work in a vibrant outpatient community practice?

Why Lincoln Community Health Center?

• Federally Qualified Health Center located in Central North Carolina whose mission is to serve the community
• Primary and Preventive Outpatient Health Care
• Community and Quality Focused
• Leadership and Staff Positions
• Primarily weekday business hours Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY:

Collaborative Care Management is an evidence-based behavioral health integration model designed to support primary care clinicians in assessing and treating patients with mild to moderate behavioral health conditions. The Collaborative Care Coordinator is a core member of the collaborative care team, including the patient's medical provider and psychiatric consultant, as well as the larger primary care team or medical team. The Collaborative Care Coordinator is responsible for supporting and coordinating the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload with the patient's medical provider and, when appropriate, other mental health providers.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting.

Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with patient and other members of the care team.

Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders.

Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance abuse disorders, when appropriate.

Ability to effectively engage patients in a therapeutic relationship, when appropriate.

Ability to work with patients by telephone as well as in person.

Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders.

Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders, when appropriate (e.g., motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation).

Basic knowledge of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders that is within appropriate scope of practice for type of provider filling role.

Experience with evidence-based counseling techniques

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Behavioral Health or Social Work (LCSW or LCSW-A preferred)

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

At least 2 years of experience, ideally in a clinical setting.

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc. (LCHC), mission is to provide primary and preventive health care in a courteous, professional, and personalized manner.

Key requirements for any position are our "Core Values":

• Courtesy
• Respect
• Quality
• Accessibility
• Teamwork
• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability

LCHC provides comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to our patients regardless of ability to pay. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we provide health care to all members of our community, including low income, uninsured patients and diverse communities. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our key requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so staff must be committed to the mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Understanding that each individual is unique and recognizing our individual differences.