Medical Assistant- Behavioral Health
The Medical Assistant (MA) Integrated Behavioral Health
(IBH) Care Coordinator is responsible for attending to Primary Care patients in
the Health Center setting for behavioral interventions for a variety of patient
issues, including depression, anxiety, pain management, and other chronic
medical conditions for which the patient would benefit from behavior changes,
coaching, or additional support. The MA IBH Care Coordinator may also intervene
for crisis response or to support the patient and care teams in establishing
behavioral norms for the continued care relationship.
The MA IBH Care Coordinator provides psychoeducation and
case management follow-up and referral to improve patient health outcomes. The
MA IBH Care Coordinator directly supports the Behavioral Health providers,
including Behavioral Health clinicians (Psychologists, LCSW, LMFT) as well as
the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, performing vitals...