Telehealth Behavioral Health Counselor

Sanitas Medical Centers; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. We are seeking Behavioral Health Counselors to join our medical team in a primary care setting, providing hope, empowerment, and psychoeducation to promote autonomy and self-management through comprehensive mental health care services.

Responsibilities include developing care plans, documenting accurately, collaborating with a wide range of health professionals, guiding patients in coping strategies, and

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement care plans
• Complete and maintain all documentation in a timely and accurate manner according to all federal, state and center guidelines
• Collaborate with a variety of health professionals in the patient’s circle of care including but not limited to primary care providers, care nurses, care coordinators, community health workers, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals and specialists
• Ensure a comprehensive continuity of care
• Provide individual, family or group educational interventions
• Guide patients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their diagnosis
• Assist patients in adjusting to life and making changes
• Participate in regularly scheduled weekly caseload consultation and complex case review meetings
• Facilitate care plan adjusts for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the medical providers
• Facilitate referrals to the appropriate provider or in-house intervention program as clinically indicated
• Connect patients and family members with community and social resources
• Guide clinical staff on how to manage common behavioral health situations
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance abuse disorders
• Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care
• Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment
• Promote early detection, accurate diagnosis, personalized treatment, and ongoing support, ultimately leading to improved overall well-being for individuals facing these challenges
• Track treatment response and monitor patients for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications
• Provide or facilitate in-clinic or outside referrals to evidence-based psychosocial as clinically indicated
• Guide clinical staff on how to manage common behavioral health situations
• Resolve emergency problems in crisis situations
• The position includes providing behavioral health services via telehealth, consistent with state and federal guidelines

Job description

Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. We are seeking Behavioral Health Counselors to join our medical team in a primary care setting, providing hope, empowerment, and psychoeducation to promote autonomy and self-management through comprehensive mental health care services.

Responsibilities include developing care plans, documenting accurately, collaborating with a wide range of health professionals, guiding patients in coping strategies, and