Join our team in driving a healthier future. The M Health Fairview Spine Center in Maplewood is looking for a Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) to join their team! The Spine Center is a comprehensive clinic where each patient is treated as a unique individual. Patients are evaluated for their pain and a treatment plan is formulated based upon individual needs and goals. Our full-spectrum approach to spine care incorporates an array of techniques including physical therapy, manual therapy, injection therapy and if needed, surgery. We are looking for a BHC to partner with the multidisciplinary team to help patients learn to manage the emotional and psychological aspects of their spine condition and pain.
Responsibilities/Job Description
Position Description:
In 2015, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality named Fairview Clinics as one of eight exemplar integrated behavioral health primary care models across the country. Integrated care is a result of an engaged primary care team and Behavioral Health Clinician providing patient-centered care addressing mental health and substance abuse conditions, health behaviors, stressors, social determinants of health, and ineffective patterns of health care utilization. At Fairview, integrated care is a team sport .
We are currently hiring for the Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) position, a key role within a multi-disciplinary team in the Integrated Behavioral Health model. We are looking for behavioral providers with strong diagnostic, clinical, team engagement, and patient care skills who enjoy innovation, variability in your work day, and being a part of an exceptional team.
The Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) is a fully integrated Mental Health Professional and core member of the primary care team that works under the direction of the primary care provider(s). The role of the BHC is to support the primary care team in the early identification and treatment of behavioral health conditions within the defined clinic population. The primary functions of the BHC are to:
Complete diagnostic evaluations
Provide consultation to the team regarding diagnostic impressions, recommendations, and strategies to engage patients in health and behavior change
Support the team with the day to day management of complex patients
Provide brief evidence-based direct care to patients
Engage in population health activities to support risk stratified populations
Qualifications
Masters in social work or psychology with emphasis on clinical practice. MN state license, eligible to be licensed in the State of Minnesota and eligibility to become a credentialed provider with insurance entities. Experience in providing diagnostic assessments and direct evidence-based clinical services to children and adults. Experience with Electronic Health Record systems preferred.
Required:
Masters or Doctoral Degree in Social Work or Psychology
Licensed Social Worker (LICSW) or Doctoral Level Licensed Psychologist (LP)
2 years post licensure
Preferred:
5 years post LICSW / LP licensure
Previous experience completing diagnostic evaluations, and providing individual, couples, family counseling for children and adults
Healthcare experience
Knowledge of health conditions and common co-morbidities
Knowledge of the continuum of behavioral health care services (i.e. within surrounding communities)
Together with the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Physicians we have created M Health Fairview. M Health Fairview is the newly expanded collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. The healthcare system combines the best of academic and community medicine — expanding access to world-class, breakthrough care through our 10 hospitals and 60 clinics.Fairview Health Services (fairview.org) is an award-winning, nonprofit health system providing exceptional care across the full spectrum of health care services. Fairview is one of the most comprehensive and geographically accessible systems in the state, with 10 hospitals—including an academic medical center and long-term care hospital—serving the greater Twin Cities metro area.Its broad continuum also includes 60 primary care clinics, specialty clinics, senior living communities, retail and specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, rehabilitation centers, counseling and home health care services, medical transportation, an integrated provider network and health insurer PreferredOne. In partnership with the University of Minnesota, ...Fairview’s 32,000 employees and 2,400 affiliated providers embrace innovation to drive a healthier future through healing, discovery and education.
