Collaborative Care Manager-Behavioral Health

Lincoln Community Health Center, Inc., a federally qualified community health center located in Durham, NC is recruiting for a Collaborative Care Manager. Durham is known as the Bull City, the City of Medicine, the Tastiest Town in the South, and the Startup Capital of the South. It’s a two-hour drive from the beach, a three-hour drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is North Carolina’s fourth largest city by population. Along the East Coast, Durham is located conveniently along I-85. For those outside of driving distance, travel to and from is made easy as the City and County of Durham co-own the top-ranked Raleigh-Durham International Airport that services more than 45 nonstop destinations.

Position 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 Manager will serve as the central member and coordinator of the Collaborative Care team that includes the patient’s medical provider, clinical support and psychiatric provider, as appropriate, and will be responsible for maintaining a registry/caseload of patients to track and outreach patients while monitoring progression towards improvement. The Collaborative Care Manager 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:

•Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting
•Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team in a compressive approach consistent with the Collaborative Care Model. •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 use 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.
•Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance use 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/Experience:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in behavioral health or social work (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor/Professional Counselor, Licensed Social Worker, Registered Nurse, Licensed Psychologist, Masters-level licensure candidate/trainee LCSW) and must be licensed in NC.

Previous experience in an ambulatory setting as a part of a multi-disciplinary team is desired. Experience leading and supporting team members desired.

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.

Apply to www.lincoln chc.org