Mental Health Provider

Chadron Community Hospital, Corp.; Chadron (NE); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Chadron Community Hospital, Corp. seeks a part-time licensed mental health professional to identify, triage, and manage patients with medical and behavioral health issues within the primary care setting.

You will provide counseling, psychosocial assessments, crisis interventions, and education to patients, families, and staff, working with local care teams to improve integrated behavioral health outcomes. The position offers weekday hours and a 60-day waiting period for benefits for part-time

Qualifications

• Current Nebraska license is required (LIMHP).
• Provisional Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (PLMHP) considered.

Responsibilities

• Identify, triage, and manage patients with medical and behavioral health problems within primary care.
• Provide counseling and psychosocial evaluations, including crisis interventions.
• Work with primary care teams to treat emotional and health problems.

Skills

Counseling skills

Psychosocial assessment

Crisis counseling

Telehealth delivery

Patient education

Case management

Education

LIMHP license (Nebraska)

PLMHP (Provisional)

Job description

Description

Part-time, 20-29 hours/week or PRN/Casual status, 0-19 hours/week.

Hours will be based within Monday-Friday between 8am-6pm.

Benefited position after 60 days waiting period for part-time.

Job Description

Identify, triage, and manage patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting; provide skills training through psychoeducation and patient education strategies. Is responsible for providing comprehensive, integrated mental health care to patients in the community.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Provide counseling/assessments with diagnosis (both in person and via telehealth) for WCHR patients referred by providers and WCHR programs.
• Participate in Clinical Behavioral on-call coverage schedule.
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provide therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals, groups, and families as needed.
• Clinical assessments, treatment, case management, consultation, referral, and education according to the individual’s professional discipline.
• Evaluate the individual and family systems as well as assess client’s functioning within work, family and routines of daily living and identifies areas needing continued support, resources and treatment in order to assist clients.
• Work with primary care teams to treat and manage patients with emotional and health problems, efficiently and effectively.
• Develop, implement, and maintain partnerships with other community providers.
• Teach patients, families, and staff techniques to enhance their care, prevention, and treatment.
• Assess the mental status of patients referred by WCHR staff and primary care providers.
• Provide substance abuse screening, education, and brief interventions.
• Maintain case records to reflect course of treatment and provide required documentation.
• Provide follow-up and aftercare planning services as needed.

Requirements

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION

• Current Nebraska license is required. Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP).
• Will consider Provisional Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (PLMHP)