Behavioral Health Specialist
- Req Number: 27918
- Department: Pain and Spine Care
- Job Type: Full Time
- Shift: Days
- Address: 2201 Lexington Avenue
- City, State: Ashland, KY
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JOB SUMMARY
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Assists patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties, which predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care, by performing the following duties.
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DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Works in close collaboration with physicians and other health care personnel in patient evaluation and treatment to further their understanding of significant social and emotional factors underlying patient’s health problem.
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Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
- Helps patients and families through individual or group sessions to understand, accept and follow medical recommendations.
- Develops, evaluates, revises and implements psychiatric evaluations and educational materials.
- Prepares psychosocial assessments with diagnosis and treatment recommendations, follow-up plans and documents in the medical record as needed.
- Provides follow-up care to restore patient to optimum social and health adjustment within patient’s capacity.
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EDUCATION/LICENSE/ CERTIFICATIONS/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum requirement:
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Master’s degree (M.S.W.) in Social Work
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Two years psychiatric patient experience
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (L.C.S.W.) in the State of Kentucky
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Preferred qualifications:
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NA
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WORKING ENVIRONMENT
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Works indoors in an office/clinic setting
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The noise level is usually moderate
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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Frequently required to maintain a stationary position behind a computer
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Frequently required to move about in dept. and to other areas of the hospital
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Constantly required to operate a computer and telephone
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Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
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