Behavioral Health Cover Letter

Please consider me for the behavioral health opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for biopsychosocial assessment and evidenced-based psychotherapy interventions to patients across the lifespan with medical conditions to support their management of recovery from these conditions.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Capacity to work with individuals and families in a culturally sensitive, confidential, respectful, caring, professional manner
• Capacity to demonstrate reflective listening
• Capacity to work with graduate students in health professions such as Nursing and Social Work
• Provides utilization management for post service retrospective reviews to best meet the member’s specific healthcare needs and to promote quality and cost-effective outcomes and appropriate payment for services
• Knowledge of health insurance billing claims is preferred
• Demonstrated working knowledge and proficiency in use of Microsoft office software applications (word, excel outlook, email)
• Experience developing and presenting educational programs (typically a minimum of 6 months
• Demonstrated working proficiency prioritizing and managing multiple projects and tasks simultaneously

Please consider me for the behavioral health opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for direct psychiatric/mental health care, which may be done in person or via videoconferencing at any institution as the need arises (e.g., conducts mental health and psychopharmacological assessments, formulates mental health diagnoses and provides psychotropic medication management consistent with formulary, orders lab tests, may include care for offenders in crisis).

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Experience implementing an externally-funded grant initiative, ideally a services / intervention grant with an evaluation
• Experience coordinating a multi-agency collaborative initiative
• Strong group training and facilitation skills, including staffing an oversight Committee
• Direct work experience or interest in data management and analysis
• Experience working with the Missouri Department of Mental Health
• Psychiatric nursing experience is strongly preferred, some type of leadership experience
• State Licensure in Behavioral Health field to practice as an LCSW, LPC,PSYD,LSW
• Certified Addictions Counselor (CAC) I or II 

In response to your job posting for behavioral health, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for direction and support for in-patient and outpatient BH services such as Psychiatric Services, Substance Use Services, Mental Health, Psychosocial Rehabilitation services, Behavioral Health providers, and other clinical professionals may be part of this care continuum.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Uses effective team-building skills with interpersonal interactions
• Work requires continual attention to detail in composing and entering data, establishing priorities and meeting deadlines
• Experience with teaching and/or residency training preferred
• MSW/LCSW preferred
• Group and group visit activities.*
• Guide members and facilities through the continuum of care, ensuring appropriate discharge plans are in place and coordinating seamless transitions through the levels of care
• Preferred Experience with Eating Disorders and/or Substance Use Disorders
• Preferred Experience in an Inpatient/Acute Mental Health/Chemical Dependency Unit

I am excited to be applying for the position of behavioral health. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for and documents initial psychiatric assessments with patients, including diagnostic formulation, plan of care, and medication recommendations.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Collaborates with a variety of parties
• Monitors through project work plans that projects are meeting timeline milestones, goals, and outcomes
• Identifies and presents opportunities for improvement based upon data and qualitative feed-back, while working collaboratively with all members of the team to foster a positive relationship between external partners
• Creates, maintains, and updates, as needed, program training and curricula materials
• Assists in the development of guidelines and procedures for program implementation
• Analytical skills and prior experience using data reports to drive process and decision making
• Superior leadership, organizational, and communication skills, including excellent customer service
• Strong verbal, written interpersonal, and computer skills, particularly in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the behavioral health position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for the Claims Administration Department with resource for retrospective review of psychiatric/addiction medicine claims.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience working in the behavioral health care industry preferred
• Emergent assessment & crisis intervention skills
• Knowledge of DSM-V, APA Criteria, ASAM Criteria, HIPAA, & community resources
• Highly flexible and quickly adaptable to change with a positive attitude
• Previous working experience in Behavioral Health preferred
• Masters in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Business, or related field
• Project management, analytical, data and IT proficiency
• Previous voluntary or paid experience in mental health is preferred