Behavioral Health Provider - LCSW - Glen Oaks

FMOL Health; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

FMOL Health in Louisiana seeks a licensed clinical social worker to join its behavioral health team. You will collaborate with medical providers and a psychiatry consultant to coordinate mental and physical health care for an assigned caseload. Independence in patient sessions and advocacy for holistic care are expected.

Responsibilities include screening, education, psychotherapy, EHR documentation, and contributing to treatment plans and outcomes tracking within a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with knowledge and experience in mental health therapeutic processes and counseling techniques.
• Master of Social Work.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders (e.g., motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation).

Responsibilities

• Support the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload.
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance abuse disorders. Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care.
• Provide patient education about common mental health and substance abuse disorders and the available treatment options.
• Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, motivational interviewing, or other treatments as appropriate.
• Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in EHR so that the information can be shared with the care team.
• Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant which includes more intensive specialized mental health care outside of the primary care clinic.
• Develop and complete relapse prevention self-management plan with patients who have achieved their treatment goals and are soon to be discharged from the caseload.
• Systematically track treatment response and monitor patients (in person or telephone) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
• Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient's medical provider.
• Track patient follow up and clinical outcomes using a registry.
• Patient Records and Billing
• Ensure accurate and timely billing for therapeutic services provided.

Skills

LCSW experience

Evidence-based therapies

Behavioral interventions

Motivational interviewing

Education

Master of Social Work

LCSW licensure

Job description

Job Description

The behavioral healthcare provider is a core member of the collaborative care team, including the patient's medical provider and psychiatric consultant. The behavioral healthcare provider is responsible for supporting and coordinating the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned caseload with the patient's medical provider and consultant psychiatrist. The behavioral healthcare provider meets with patients independently as a professional therapist and serves as an advocate for holistic patient care.

Job Description

The behavioral healthcare provider is a core member of the collaborative care team, including the patient's medical provider and psychiatric consultant. The behavioral healthcare provider is responsible for supporting and coordinating the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned caseload with the patient's medical provider and consultant psychiatrist. The behavioral healthcare provider meets with patients independently as a professional therapist and serves as an advocate for holistic patient care.

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Responsibilities

• Support the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload.
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance abuse disorders. Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care.
• Provide patient education about common mental health and substance abuse disorders and the available treatment options.
• Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques such as behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, motivational interviewing, or other treatments as appropriate.
• Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in EHR so that the information can be shared with the care team.
• Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant which includes more intensive specialized mental health care outside of the primary care clinic.
• Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant which includes more intensive specialized mental health care outside of the primary care clinic.
• Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical provider and the psychiatric consultant which includes more intensive specialized mental health care outside of the primary care clinic.
• Develop and complete relapse prevention self-management plan with patients who have achieved their treatment goals and are soon to be discharged from the caseload.
• Systematically track treatment response and monitor patients (in person or telephone) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
• Participate in regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient's medical provider. Case reviews may be conducted by telephone, video or in person.
• Track patient follow up and clinical outcomes using a registry. Document in-person and telephone encounters.
• Patient Records and Billing
• Ensure accurate and timely billing for therapeutic services provided.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with knowledge and experience in mental health therapeutic processes and counseling techniques.
• Master of Social Work
• Working knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial treatments and brief behavioral interventions for common mental health disorders (e.g., motivational interviewing, problem-solving treatment, behavioral activation).
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

About Us

FMOL Health is a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi. We bring together outstanding clinicians, the most advanced technology and leading research to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality and safest care possible.
This commitment is grounded in a history that is more than 100 years old, but reflected today by our strategic vision of transforming healthcare through superior performance and excellent patient care.
Strong SEO and digital marketing optimization, and the implementation of electronic medical records, paved the way for comprehensive outcomes and a culture of data-driven excellence and evidence-based research.
On top of this, our experienced and dedicated staff helps us to develop innovative solutions in the rapidly changing healthcare environment, helping us create a culture of ongoing learning.
At FMOL Health, we also commit to using state-of-the‑art infrastructure, high-quality evidence-based patient care and thorough measurement to ensure continuous model optimization.
Our Health System is, as a 100% fee-basis platform (sic), located in Honolulu, Hawaii, with multiple hybrid wage apartment offerings & a campus plan for blowfish.
As a nonprofit, mission‑focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.
Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with local organizations, we are able to hold the…

In The Last Fiscal Year, FMOL Health Had

• 1,747 Licensed Beds
• 65,322 Discharges
• 44,592 OR Procedures
• 10,827 Full Time Employees
• 331,360 Inpatient Days
• 1,915 Active Medical Staff
• 229,296 Emergency Visits

As a nonprofit, mission‑focused Catholic healthcare ministry, we give special attention to our citizens who are most in need. During the most recent fiscal year, we provided more than $39 million in unreimbursed care and community support to the underprivileged.
Our health system is one of the largest in Louisiana, with hospitals, clinics and physicians located throughout Louisiana and in Mississippi. In fact, we provide care to almost half of Louisiana’s citizens, and serve in Mississippi's largest metropolitan area. Because of our size and the partnerships we have with local organizations, we are able to hold the…