Behavioral Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the behavioral opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for assessment, evaluation, and disposition services for patients presenting to the Emergency Department with psychiatric concerns or illness.

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:

• LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or PHD
• Solid knowledge of preventive medicine and public health and stays current on public health events
• Expertise in planning and designing long-term epidemiological studies that will help identify risk factors for specific health outcomes
• Skills to supervise medical personnel, senior researchers, and senior employees directly
• Team player and collaborates well with other professionals
• High-level of epidemiology training and experience, including expertise in SAS Programming and extensive experience in longitudinal health-data analyses using SAS Programming language (highly preferred)
• Expertise in ethnographic research methods, product and/or service design research preferred
• Practical experience with inferential statistics, data analysis and experimental design (focus groups, A/B testing) preferred

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for psychiatric evaluation to Behavioral Health Programs as requested by the Department of Psychiatry.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Maintain effective communication with their supervisor, staff, parents and members of the community on a scheduled basis regarding issues pertaining to the status of the student
• Organize resources effectively to support student learning in the classroom, the school, and the community
• Current full-time enrollment in an accredited school in healthcare related baccalaureate (Psychology, Counseling, Biology, Nursing, or related field)
• Understands mental health issues as they affect the individual, the family and the community
• Participates in the development of treatment plans
• Proven demonstration of a flexible and collaborative style who enjoys working with those with diverse ideas and perspectives
• Seeking an expert and committed leader able to develop and be recognized as a mentor by staff, providing resources to nurture leadership skills within the department and be a positive influence throughout the Medical Group, KP as a whole and the community
• Current full-time enrollment in an accredited school in healthcare related baccalaureate (Psychology, Counseling, Biology, or related field) OR Current full-time enrollment in a diploma, associate, or bachelor level nursing program

I would like to submit my application for the behavioral opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for the Outside Utilization Case Managers with a resource for resolution of problems with inappropriate Non-KP psychiatric/addiction admissions.

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

• Prior research and/or relevant research lab manager experience desirable
• Should be proficient in the Microsoft Windows environment
• Will need to be able to multi-task in a fast-paced office environment
• Department will consider significant and relevant professional experience in lieu of education requirement **
• To act as a consultant / advisor to the Strategy and Consulting team by providing specialist advise around behavioural change techniques
• Participate in key working sessions / workshops with both internal and external audiences
• Produce options that tackle the challenge of gaining real engagement from customers so they will repeatedly use the proposed solutions and improve month after month
• Be prepared to travel to France and London regularly, and other locations occasionally

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

Previously, I was responsible for periodic supervision/in-service training to both Optum clinical staff and other staff as needed focusing on medical necessity, reason(s) for continued services, state requirements, appropriate psychiatric practice and engagement, empowerment, recovery and rehabilitation.

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

• Possess strong statistical and quantitative skills
• Able to write in English to the standard of a Fluent/Native speaker
• Guide the teacher learning process toward working with student behavior and classroom management in order to better implement the personal learning plans of students
• Assist teachers to develop class-wide systems of reinforcement to promote a healthy class environment and effective planning, organization and implementation of strategies for optimum behavior management
• Train students and teachers to be well- versed in the Code of Conduct
• Serve as a filter for all office referrals, and make recommendations to the school on consequences based on the student's history and the school's Code of Conduct
• Meet with students whose behavior data warrants intervention, to prevent behavior from escalating to where an office referral is warranted, and develop behavior tracking and intervention programs
• Work with the IEP teams, special education personnel on issues of student behavior

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

In the previous role, I was responsible for crisis intervention and referral for psychiatric hospitalization.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Crisis or emergency room experience preferred
• Experience in mental health crisis unit or ER preferred
• Completed a minimum of 12 semester hours (or equivalent) of college coursework preferred
• Previous work with interviews or qualitative data
• Interest in quantitative data
• Masters or PhD in counseling related field preferred
• Assess behavioral health urgency crisis
• Provide brief intake assessment