Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician

About the job

Pullman Regional Hospital is hiring a full-time integrated behavioral health clinician for its network clinics in Pullman, WA, working as a behavioral health consultant (BHC) within primary and specialty care teams. The clinician provides screening, triage, education and brief interventions for clinic patients, including people with chronic illness whose emotional or behavioral issues hurt their ability to manage their health.

The job is part of the care coordination department, a multidisciplinary team that works across the health care system.

What you'll do

• Provide brief intervention therapy for clients who don't need longer-term mental health services, or who come in through primary care and need more immediate attention
• Build engagement and relationships with patients, assess them, plan treatment and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team
• Use interventions such as motivational enhancement counseling, stress management, behavior modification and psycho-education, and help with adjusting to illness and with treatment adherence
• Assess each patient's health literacy and tailor treatment to it
• Start and support collaboration between patients and their referring medical providers
• Teach parents and guardians how to manage health conditions
• Know local and regional resources and help families use them when appropriate; as a secondary function, help locate resources and advocate for benefits
• Manage your schedule to best meet clinic patients' needs
• Complete clinical documentation on time and keep EMR records to professional standards
• Submit billing to financial services promptly

What you need

• A master's in social work or in counseling, with appropriate clinical licensing, or a PhD in psychology
• At least two years of experience providing therapy
• A Washington Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) license, or eligibility for one
• Cultural competence with diverse groups
• Knowledge of patient-centered and trauma-informed care models and interventions
• Skill in brief intervention models
• Able to manage time and multitask, meeting hard deadlines
• Computer skills, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and the ability to learn the electronic medical record

Schedule

• Full-time
• Monday through Friday, 8 to 5
• Based at the network clinics

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental coverage, a health savings account and paid leave
• Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability coverage
• A retirement plan with employer matching contributions
• Voluntary benefits, including life, critical illness, accident and short-term disability insurance
• A services discount and employee assistance program (EAP) resources