Behavioral Health Consultant- JNJ, LPC or LCSW required

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Job Description

Essential Functions
Interacts with co-workers visitors and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
Integrates evidence-based practice clinical expertise patients their family/designated care partner(s) preferences and cultural beliefs and values for delivery of optimal health care.

Partners with patients their family/designated care partner(s) in identifying learning needs and priorities and provides education in ways that are useful understandable and affirming.
Assist primary health care providers in recognizing treating and managing patients with chronic emotional psychosocial substance use and/or physical health problems within the primary care setting.
The BHC will provide functional strengths-based assessments psychoeducation brief problemsolving cognitive intervention medication adherence counseling and disease self-management counseling among others.
Triaging and referring patients to specialty mental health care when appropriate.

Competencies (Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required):
Knowledge of: Medical terminology and disease process; documentation best-practices
Skill in: Work with multidisciplinary teams patients/families/significant others
Ability to: Establish an appropriate plan to safely discharge patients to the next level of care as well as understand and adhere to city state and federal regulatory requirements

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:
Masters degree in Counseling relate field or social work from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or an equivalent degree as determined by the Council on Social Work
Education; or PhD/PsyD in Psychology at an accredited university or college.
AND
Experience:
A minimum of one year of experience in a behavioral health setting is required.
Three or more years of outpatient clinical behavioral health experience preferred.

Minimum Certifications Registration or License Requirements:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical
Psychologist (PhD; PsyD)

Salary Range

The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.

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Primary Location Address

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.