Behavioral Health Provider - Oscar Primary Care

Hi, we're Oscar Medical Group. We're hiring a LCSW or LPC to join our Oscar Primary Care Team.

At Oscar Medical Group, we are refactoring healthcare. We want to help each of our members achieve their healthcare goals in a personalized way. To help us achieve that goal we are looking for innovative leaders who think big and push boundaries to refactor healthcare and the healthcare delivery system.

About the role:

You will provide direct patient care to a panel of Oscar Primary Care patients with Primary Care Providers (PCPs) under the collaborative care model, to deliver high quality, evidence-based, integrated behavioral health care in an integrated primary care setting. You will work as a primary member of a collaborative primary care team that involves the patient's primary care provider, a psychiatric consultant (i.e. psych nurse practitioner) and a behavioral health coordinator (i.e non-licensed team member) in the primary care clinic. You will report into our Behavioral Health Program Supervisor, under the direction of the Oscar Primary Care Medical Director.

You will report into the Supervisor, Integrated Behavioral Health Program.

Work Location:

Oscar is a blended work culture where everyone, regardless of work type or location, feels connected to their teammates, our culture and our mission. 

This is a remote / work-from-home role. You must reside in one of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, or Virginia. Note, this list of states is subject to change. #LI-Remote

Pay Transparency:

The base pay for this role is: $64,000 - $84,000 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, and annual vacation grant of up to 18 days per year and annual performance bonuses.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a panel of patients with mild to moderate behavioral health conditions in close collaboration with the primary care provider (200-250 per month for 1.0 FTE = 40 hrs / week)
• Provide brief interventions using evidence-based techniques such as Behavioral Activation, Problem-Solving Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, or other treatments appropriate for primary care settings.
• Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by PCPs, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and other complications, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Perform assessments, and brief, short-term treatment interventions to patients meeting program criteria
• Work with medical assistants, behavioral health coordinators and PCPs to support care plans
• Document patient progress and treatment recommendations so they can be easily shared with PCPs, the psychiatric consultant, and other treating providers
• Facilitate treatment plan changes and referrals for patients not improving/progressing or needing a higher level of care
• Participate in ongoing care collaboration, through team-based case conferences, maintaining a patient registry, electronic communication channels, and with provider partners.
• Additional responsibilities may include presenting on behavioral health topics at staff meetings, and covering for the supervisor in clinical support of non-licensed staff when needed.

Requirements:

• LCSW or LPC with 2+ years of outpatient work experience 
• Experience with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Problem Solving Treatment).
• Must be licensed in Georgia

Bonus points:

• Experience in an integrated primary care setting
• Spanish language fluency
• Screening skills, assessment, and knowledge for common mental health and substance use disorders
• Basic awareness and familiarity of psychopharmacology for common mental health disorders
• Willingness to obtain licensure in current + expansion states if not licensed (CT, FL, OK, TX, NY, CA)
• Understand primary care pace and focus on patient access
• Understanding of Counseling Compact licensing requirements in 2024