Behavioral Health Specialist 117127

The General Pediatrics Division is seeking a Behavioral Health Specialist in the Department of Pediatrics to provide services at Chesapeake Pediatric & Adolescent Associates as part of the High Five for Prenatal to Five collaborative early learning hub project. High Five for Prenatal to Five is a multisite project focused on healthy equity through the provision of early childhood development supports within the context of pediatric primary care. Chesapeake Pediatric & Adolescent Associates is a private practice on the Eastern Shore with locations in Berlin Maryland and Salisbury Maryland. This position will spend 100 of their time in the Salisbury office located at 106 Milford Street Suite 201 Salisbury MD 21804.

This Behavioral Health Specialist position will work as an early childhood development expert within the pediatric primary care team to provide screening assessment brief interventions consultative services education referral linkages advocacy and followup for families with children ages 05. This person will build strong relationships with families and with members of the care team (e.g. providers social work staff nursing staff frontdesk staff) to support teambased comprehensive care. As part of this position the successful candidate will receive training and supervision in and be expected to implement at least three evidencebased models of care for young children including Healthy Steps the Chicago Parent Program and the Mothers and Babies Program.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Training/Professional Development Activities (on the job trainings)

• Participate in HealthySteps training (Virtual HealthySteps Institute).
• Participate in Chicago Parent Program training.
• Participate in Mothers and Babies training.
• Participate in regularly scheduled reflective supervision meetings.
• Participate in regularly scheduled longitudinal casebased learning sessions through the KKINECT Project ECHO model.

Clinical

• Promote HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers.
• Support the practice in implementation of screening for social emotional behavioral and developmental concerns and family needs for families 05 years old.
• Conduct appointments before during or following the primary care provider visits that are focused on monitoring development socialemotional functioning and relational health and providing anticipatory guidance.
• Conduct consultations on a shortterm basis for child/family needs regarding social emotional developmental and/or behavioral concerns (e.g. sleep issues positive parenting picky eating tantrums).
• Maintain a child development support line and respond to call requests within the designated response time.
• Provide brief developmental and mental health interventions using established evidencebased interventions.
• Facilitate parent/caregiver groups using the Chicago Parent Program and Mothers and Babies curriculums.

Provision of TeamBased Care

• Serve as an active member of the High Five for P5 Implementation Team and attend regular team meetings.
• Work with administrative staff to ensure appropriate scheduling of the Behavioral Health Specialists time in coordination with provider visits.
• Engage in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to ensure the HealthySteps model is delivered with fidelity.
• Collaborate with the High Five for P5 team to implement all core components of the HealthySteps model Chicago Parent Program and Mothers and Babies interventions including universal screenings making positive parenting and early learning guidance information available and adjusting workflows for optimal efficiency.
• Maintain open communication with all members of the primary care team (providers nurses social workers etc.
• Work closely with pediatric primary providers around care coordination goal setting coaching and education about key aspects of a childs development.
• Provide consultation and/or facilitates training to medical professionals and all practice staff regarding early childhood development early relational health infant early childhood mental health and traumainformed practice.
• Participate in occasional trainings for the residents on the HealthySteps model and early child development and socioemotional health.

Referrals and Community Collaborations

• Create and maintain community resource directory/database.
• Provide referrals and track followup as appropriate to help families make successful connections to key resources within the community.
• Reach out to community providers within first 6 months in position to share about HealthySteps their role and receive information to support referrals warm handoffs and ensure appropriate referral criteria is met.
• Participate (when appropriate) in communitywide early childhood and/or mental health meetings.
• Participate (when appropriate) in Project Advisory Board meetings.

Documentation

• Document all patient clinical activity and care coordination in the clinics electronic health record.
• Track all clinical activities completed using the High Five for P5 projects REDCap database within a timely fashion.
• Collaborate with the High Five for P5 team to complete required reporting to the HealthySteps National Office on services provided.
• Respond honestly to surveys and assessments of the program implementation.

Additional Skills Knowledge and Abilities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Commitment to working with underserved populations in a community setting.
• Empathic supportive and patient.
• Strong motivational interviewing skills.
• Ability to work with people of many backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to take initiative and a willingness to learn.
• Ability to work well in teams and independently.
• Ability to multitask and triage multiple appointments and priorities.
• Comfort with an opendoor policy potentially frequent interruptions and warm hand offs.
• Ability to communicate clearly and assertively with primary care providers and other colleagues about patient needs.
• Work requires concentration and constant attention to accuracy and detail for extended periods.

• Work requires regularly handling multiple family member cases involving a variety of providers situations deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Primary care site hospital or communitybased medical environment fastpaced requiring flexibility and adaptability.

Physical Requirements

• Primary care site hospital or communitybased medical environment fastpaced requiring flexibility and adaptability.

• Work is generally sedentary in nature; however some standing stooping and bending are required.

• Work requires concentration and constant attention to accuracy and detail for extended periods.

• Work requires the daily use of a computer.

• Work requires regularly handling multiple family member cases involving a variety of providers situations deadlines and multiple priorities.

• Work requires attendance at High Five for P5 project meetings and offsite meetings on occasion.

• Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology Public Health Social Work Education or related areas such as Women/Gender Studies is required. Eligibility for professional license in Maryland is required.
• Two years of clinical experience in a mental health profession working with clients required; three years preferred.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Classified Title: Behavioral Health Specialist
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MB
Starting Salary Range: $41300 $72300 Annually $65000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: MF 8:30 5pm
Exempt Status:Exempt
Location:School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Ped General Pediatrics
Personnel area: School of Medicine