Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Requirements:

• Degree/Education: The Clinical Social Worker shall possess a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) from an accredited school.
• Licensure/Certification/Registration: The Clinical Social Worker shall possess and maintain throughout the course of the contract a current, active, valid, unrestricted (with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse actions) state license to practice psychology in any one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Clinical Social Worker shall have at least one (1) year of experience with assessing and providing evidence-based individual counseling to patients within a mental health or health care facility within the past five (5) years

Duties:

• The Clinical Social Worker shall function in a specialty mental health clinic or in a Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) location as a behavioral health consultant (BHC).
• The Clinical Social Worker shall perform continuing and comprehensive mental and behavioral health care for individuals, families, and groups to support the 51st Medical Group’s Primary Care Behavioral Health.
• The Clinical social worker cannot be used by the MTF’s Mental Health service to provide any non[1]Internal Behavioral Health Consultant (IBHC), or BHCF related functions; nor is the social worker allowed to provide any clinical services that warrant use of the BFDA MEPRS code.
• The health care worker (HCW) shall serve as a member of the primary care clinic’s health care team and assist the primary care manager (PCM) in managing the overall health of their enrolled population.
• Internal Behavioral Health Consultant in the Primary Care Behavioral Health. The type of work may include, but not limited to, the following:
• Participates in and successfully completes two phases of Air Force IBHC training. Demonstrates core competency skills to IBHC independent practice within 90 days of starting.
• Provides brief (typically no more than four appointments) cognitive/behavioral interventions in primary care under the Air Force consultation model (i.e., per the Air Force Behavioral Health Optimization Program Practice Manual). Services shall mimic the pace of primary care (i.e., patients seen for 15- to 30-minute appointments).
• Shall provide classes in format appropriate for primary care (e.g., stress management class, sleep enhancement class, chronic pain class).
• Shall participate in group medical appointments, including Shared Medical Appointments (SMA) and Drop in Group Medical Appointments (DIGMA), as requested by the PCM.

Successfully consults with PCMs on-demand about general issues and specific patients.

• Deliver brief presentations/trainings to primary care team members regarding behavioral health issues and IBHC services.
• Participates in team efforts to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise clinical pathway programs needed in the clinic.
• Provide technical direction and clinical insight into relevant projects being conducted at the site of service.
• Provide concise documentation of care and recommendations in the patient’s electronic medical record within the allowable timeframe defined by the MTF standard after the patient is seen.
• Effectively manage a full daily patient load, as defined by the Mental Health Business Practice Standards and PCBH Manual of completing approximately 8-14 patient encounters per day.
• Duties may include orientation of providers who are in training or not fully licensed.
• Consults with medical personnel, legal authorities, and military commanders as required.
• Contact referred patients to assess medication treatment adherence for depression, anxiety, and PTSD disorders.
• Use validated brief symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity.
• Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help patient problem-solve solutions to barriers. Provide patients with education regarding their behavioral health condition and treatment regimen.
• Maintain patient information in a patient registry.
• Attends and participates in meetings during normal duty hours and professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities such as, but not limited to the following: quality improvement meeting, professional staff meetings, commander's staff meetings, primary care staff meetings, and others required by applicable regulations, MTF guidance, or as directed by supervisor