Family Medicine Physician Job at El Rio Community Health Center in Tucson, AZ

· Maintains close collaboration with medical leaders in Adult, Family Practice, OB/GYN, Midwifery, and Pediatrics, Nursing, and clinic operations through attending regular and targeted meetings to ensure there is active communication about services and strategic plans.

· Provides a range of services inclusive of primary care behavioral health, crisis management, and coordination of care to patients as part of the integrated health team.

· Provides focused quality clinical services as appropriate to model of care, clinic setting, and patient’s presenting health and behavioral concerns. Range of services may include:

o Consultation.

o Health Behavior/Crisis Assessment and Intervention.

o Coordination of care related to life stressors, acute and/or chronic medical health conditions, acute and/or severe mental health conditions, substance use problems, motivational barriers to healthy lifestyle, and/or other identifiable behavioral health concerns.

o Provide bridge mental health services as needed for patients awaiting Specialty Behavioral Health services.

· Provides appropriate recommendations to medical providers, patients, and other members of the multidisciplinary team, as necessary.

· Assess patients mental/behavioral health related conditions utilizing DSM, PHQ-9, and other relevant screening tools and diagnostics for the purposes of consultation and treatment planning where and when appropriate to the model of care.

· Cultivates education and self-management skills to targeted populations with comorbid medical and mental health conditions, chronic medical disease, behavioral health concerns, and other health related conditions that impact biopsychosocial health and functioning.

· Promotes smooth interface between medicine and behavioral health care throughout the organization through collaborative relationship building, efficiency with patient flow and “warm hand-offs “, accessibility to medical providers, brief consultations with providers and staff, and adherence to scope of practice limitations given the population-based approach while providing expeditious feedback to referring medical providers.

· Provides on-site crisis assessment, triage and intervention while coordinating with community based behavioral health organizations, local hospitals, and public safety officials.

· Maintains accurate electronic patient records while remaining in compliance with all HIPAA, documentation, billing, coding, and procedures for the range of services delivered within Primary Care Behavioral Health and Behavioral Health Specialty Care models of care.