Hybrid Behavioral Health Specialist, LCSW/LCPC/LMFT, Bilingual Spanish Preferred

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About the role

  • Behavioral Health Specialist providing care management and evidence-based psychotherapy for behavioral health needs at Oak Street Health. Collaborating with primary care teams and psychiatric resources for patient care.

Responsibilities

  • Provide care management services and evidence-based short-term psychotherapy to patients with behavioral health needs.
  • Collaborate with primary care teams to identify appropriate patients to refer to the Oak Street Behavioral Health Program
  • Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance use disorders
  • Develop care plans and provide or facilitate referrals to Oak Street’s psychiatric consultant and/or external resources
  • Provide short-term counseling and evidence-based treatments
  • Coordinate care with Oak Street’s psychiatric consultant, including warm handoffs for telehealth visits and collaboration on care plans
  • Develop relationships with primary care teams and consistently communicate changes in behavioral health care plans
  • Accurate and timely documentation of patient encounters and counseling sessions in Oak Street’s electronic medical record
  • Participate in regional and organizational efforts to advance Oak Street’s Behavioral Health Program through workshops, feedback sessions, and surveys
  • Possibly covering multiple clinics, depending on the maturity and panel sizes of those clinics
  • Other duties, as assigned

Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in the field of mental health counseling/healing arts required from an accredited school (Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, etc.)
  • Highest clinical level of license (or local equivalent)
  • Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
  • Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders
  • Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Problem Solving, Cognitive Behavioral, etc.)
  • US work authorization
  • Proficiency in providing brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation, Cognitive Behavioral)
  • Working knowledge of differential diagnoses of common mental health and/or substance use disorders
  • Proficient PC skills

Benefits

  • Affordable medical plan options
  • 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
  • Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

Job title

Behavioral Health Specialist, LCSW/LCPC/LMFT, Bilingual Spanish Preferred

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$66,575 - $142,576 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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