What are the responsibilities and job description for the Perinatal Mental Health Specialist position at BirthCare & Women's Health LTD?
Job Summary
This is a part-time contract position. You will provide direct patient care and care navigation by delivering evidence-based care that is founded in awareness, education, and prevention for the perinatal mental health issues affecting our patients.
This is a part-time contract position. You will provide direct patient care and care navigation by delivering evidence-based care that is founded in awareness, education, and prevention for the perinatal mental health issues affecting our patients.
We are hiring a creative, thoughtful, and skilled person who is eager to improve access to the highest quality perinatal mental and behavioral care, with a particular focus on reducing disparities. As a member of the clinical team, you would support our whole-person program of emotional, mental and behavioral care for pregnant people before, during, and after pregnancy.
Responsibilities
- Providing one-on-one virtual care visits for BirthCare clients
- Providing behavioral health and health related social needs screenings and appropriate response including diagnostic, therapy, and behavioral health interventions to pregnant and postpartum patients.
- Performing ongoing psychosocial assessment of patients, providing reassurance and building rapport
- Establishing individualized care plans to meet specific health needs based on evidence-based standards
- Developing wellness goals by determining motivating factors and leveraging them for best possible health outcomes.
- Identifying and addressing barriers that have been identified by patients.
- Reducing care gaps (missed appointments, medication management, etc.) by frequent engagements with patient
- Triaging of patients with urgent screening results and concerns to appropriate virtual and in-person emergency services
- Collaborating with all involved teams and support services to ensure that patient and family needs are met.
- Documenting all care/interactions in a timely fashion and escalating to appropriate multidisciplinary teams, as needed
- Supporting group care, as needed
Qualifications
- Independently licensed as an LCSW, LMFT, LPC or LMHC
- Licensed in the state of VA, with the ability to get licensed in DC and MD.
- Have 5-8 years of experience providing therapy services
- Have experience with perinatal mental health care, possibly including: perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, trauma-informed care
- Are enthusiastic for promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of BirthCare's internal and external programs
- Possess strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and follow through on multiple projects in a timely manner
- Are facile with email, spreadsheets, EHRs, and other commonly used software, and willingness to work with new software
- Understand the prevalence and role that birth inequity and structural racism plays in maternal morbidity and mortality
- Are professionally engaged
Bonus points if you have any of the following
- Certification in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) (would need to complete within 1 year of employment)
- Multiple state licenses (must be eligible and willing to be cross-licensed in many states)
- Experience working with trauma patients
- Experience with cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR
- Experience in case management and care navigation
- Experience providing virtual care
- Experience participating in group care
Flexible work from home options available.
