Mental Health Provider

Chadron Hospital; Chadron (NE); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits after 60 days

Job summary

Paylocity in Chadron, NE seeks a part-time Mental Health Practitioner to identify, triage, and manage patients with medical and behavioral health needs within primary care, providing psychoeducation and integrated care to the community.

Responsibilities include counseling and assessments (in person or via telehealth), on-call coverage, psychosocial evaluations, crisis intervention, and collaboration with primary care teams for comprehensive treatment and patient education.

Qualifications

• Current Nebraska license is required.
• LIMHP or PLMHP eligible within Nebraska licensure grid.
• Ability to work within a primary care setting and collaborate with care teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide counseling/assessments with diagnosis (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 and assess functioning to identify needs for ongoing support, resources and treatment.
• 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 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.

Skills

Counseling

Telehealth

Crisis counseling

Case management

Psychoeducation

Patient education

Education

Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP)

Provisional Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (PLMHP)

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)