Pediatric Behavioral Health Specialist

2 months ago


Leominster, Massachusetts, United States Optum Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Pediatric Behavioral Health Specialist to join our team at Optum. As a key member of our integrated care team, you will work closely with pediatric primary care providers to deliver high-quality behavioral health services to children and adolescents.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide Behavioral Health Consultation and Treatment: Offer consultation and treatment services to pediatric primary care patients ages 0-24, including initial consultations and scheduled follow-up care as needed.
  • Deliver Evidence-Based Interventions: Deliver short-term, effective, evidence-based individual, family, and/or group-based interventions to help children and families achieve targeted behavioral goals.
  • Enhance Patient Engagement: Provide brief problem-focused interventions, behavioral activation, and motivational interviewing to enhance patient engagement and improve outcomes.
  • Collaborate with Integrated Care Teams: Collaborate as a member of multi-disciplinary integrated teams, including prescribers, PCPs, nurses, and medical assistants, to develop and deliver treatment plans.
  • Communicate with Collateral Contacts: Communicate with collateral contacts, including school personnel, community-based behavioral health providers, and state agency caseworkers, to coordinate behavioral health care in collaboration with the PCP.
Requirements
  • Clinical Psychologist or LICSW: Must be a licensed clinical psychologist or LICSW with unlimited licensure in the state of Massachusetts.
  • Experience in Integrated Care: Experience working within an integrated model is preferred, as well as CANS Assessor certification and a minimum of 3 years of practice experience.
About Optum

Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live. We are a community-based, multi-specialty, physician-led medical group in Central and Boston Metro-west Massachusetts. Our culture is one of clinical innovation and transformation, and we are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations.

We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment that allows our clinicians to practice at the peak of their license. We recognize that if you want to provide good care and do it well, you can't do it alone – this is the foundation of our team-based care model.



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