Therapist (UBS)

Ozark Center; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Ozark Center is seeking a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) to deliver a full range of behavioral health services within Urgent Behavioral Solutions. The QMHP will provide stabilization, interviews, assessments, and person-centered treatment plans for new patients, while coordinating follow-up with other service providers and ensuring trauma-informed, empathetic care.

The role emphasizes crisis intervention principles, rapid access to services, and collaboration with community

Qualifications

• QMHP requires a master’s degree in a behavioral health or human services field meeting QMHP criteria.
• 1 year of behavioral health experience preferred.
• Familiarity with crisis intervention and trauma-informed care is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide stabilization to patients presenting at Urgent Behavioral Solutions when requested.
• Coordinate with patients’ regular service providers or continue services using evidence-based practices.
• Be knowledgeable of involuntary detention laws and procedures.
• Report to the Director of Urgent Care Services for supervision.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Trauma-informed care

Empathy and patient engagement

Education

Master’s degree in behavioral health or human services

Job description

The Urgent Behavioral Solutions (UBS) Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) is responsible for maintaining standards of professional and ethical practice in the provision of therapeutic services. They are responsible for delivering a full range of UBS services. UBS QMHP will provide services to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health (substance use and mental health) issues, recognizing that the individuals we serve often have experienced trauma that affects their development and adjustment. Demonstrate a warm and welcoming empathic, hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. UBS QMHP will be trained in trauma-informed care and will work to help provide services in an environment that is sensitive and responsive which will prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma as a result of the care received.

Education:

• A master’s degree in behavioral health or human services field meeting the criteria as a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) as outlined by Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Work Experiences:

• One (1) year of experience in behavioral health, preferred.
• One (1) year experience in crisis intervention work, preferred.

Responsibilities:

1. QMHP shall provide stabilization to patients presenting at Urgent Behavioral Solutions when requested.
2. QMHP shall assure that the following basic principles of crisis intervention underlie delivery of these services:
   • Assistance must be easily accessed and immediately available.
   • Crisis should be viewed in systems terms, suggesting the need to involve significant others or other community safety net providers to resolve the precipitating event or crisis, if possible.
   • Medication may be a necessary strategy to reduce stress.
   • Active intervention includes advocacy, supportive guidance, and identification of adaptive responses that are generally required to resolve the crisis at hand as well as restore the client to a higher level of self-sufficiency.
3. QMHP performs interviews and assessments, identifying present problems and generating preliminary, person-centered treatment plans for all new patients.
4. Provide follow-up services for those seen. QMHP will coordinate with the patient’s regular service provider(s) or provide continued service using evidence-based practices. Those patients without a regular provider until outpatient services are established or services are no longer necessary.
5. QMHP shall be knowledgeable in involuntary detention laws and procedures.
6. QMHP shall report to and shall be under the administration of the Director of Urgent Care Services for program specific supervision.

Physical Requirements:

Normal office environment. Typical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional lifting up to 25 pounds. Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed. Requires the ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals. TB test upon hire

Locally owned and nationally recognized, Freeman Health System is a not-for-profit health system serving communities across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas through a network of hospitals, physician clinics, outpatient locations, and specialty services. The system includes Freeman Hospital West, Freeman Hospital East, Freeman Neosho Hospital, and the Freeman Health System facilities in Bentonville, Springdale, Willow Creek, and Siloam Springs. Freeman Health System also operates Ozark Center – the region’s largest provider of behavioral health services, and offers comprehensive cancer, cardiology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s services. The system is supported by more than 7,000 employees and is the only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in a 70-mile radius. For more information, visit Freeman Health System.