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Behavioral Health Consultant (Licensed Professional Counselor/Licensed Clinical Social Worker) - UVA Augusta Pediatrics/UVA Culpeper Pediatrics

UVA Augusta Pediatrics/Culpeper Pediatrics is seeking a Licensed Professional Counselor or Licensed Clinical Social Worker to join their team as a Behavioral Health Consultant as they establish integrated behavioral health services in their practice in Fishersville, VA/Culpeper, VA. The Behavioral Health Consultant will work as a member of the primary care team, providing consultation-based services to patients in collaboration with their primary care providers. Responsibilities include:

• Providing access to focused assessment and appropriate collaborative care and treatment in the primary care setting, including regular same-day consultation visits (i.e. “warm handoffs”).
• Delivering evidence-based interventions to patients experiencing mental health symptoms, behavioral health issues, as well as for the promotion of general health.
• Practicing collaborative, stepped and measurement-based care, including appropriate follow-up, that reflects a population health-influenced approach for the primary care population.
• Collaborating with primary care team members to develop clinical pathways for select priority populations (e.g. behavioral parenting classes for families of patients with ADHD).
• Contributing to the optimal functioning of primary care teams through collaborative decision support and interdisciplinary consultation that is mindful of other team members’ roles and workflows.
• Assisting with care coordination and access to outside resources for patients as appropriate.
• Participating in any relevant clinical training, quality improvement activities, and staff meetings.
  
  

Desired experience and skills:

• Experience with providing clinical interventions to pediatric populations.
• Comfort with individual, parent-focused, and family-focused interventions.
• Interest in working in a fast-paced primary care setting and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Willingness to maintain flexibility in the clinic schedule to adapt to the needs of the primary care team.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physicians Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.  We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspective and lived experience.  We are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.