Behavioral Health Clinician - Integrated

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Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician

La Clinica Student Health and Wellness Center at SOU

Full‑Time during the school year | Exempt

We’re committed to compassionate care for all. Our patients. Our employees. You.

At La Clinica, we love our patients and enthusiastically treat them with the same care, respect, and dignity that we would give our friends, family, and neighbors because that's who they are. If this appeals to you, La Clinica might be the right place to build your career. We’re looking for the right team members to treat our patients with this level of care.

We extend our commitment to compassionate care to our employees as well. We invest in our employees’ lives through competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages, easy access to wellness, personal and professional development.

“Working for La Clinica allows me to work in a great environment of cooperative and kind people who are as passionate and dedicated to our population as I am. Also, it is giving me the opportunity for professional growth in this expanding field of integrated health care.” – current La Clinica LPC

“The patients and the teammates who are equally as passionate about working with this underserved population. I’m fortunate to be able to be some individuals first experience with mental health and the peace that crosses their face when they know we are trying to help is a wonderful feeling.” – current La Clinica LPC

Since 1989, La Clinica has strived to improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve by providing culturally appropriate, accessible, and affordable quality health care. We serve all people in the Rogue Valley, especially those who face barriers to care. We commit to engage everyone in a welcoming, respectful, and loving way to maintain the dignity and value of all people.

We do this work as a committed team that offers high‑quality, prevention‑focused services with an emphasis on wellness.

Our organization maintains an HPSA rating of 20 and qualifies for National Health Scholars, National Health Service Corps and other Loan Repayment Programs.

We are seeking a Full‑time Behavioral Health Clinician to be part of our fast‑paced patient‑centered primary‑care team and their patient panels at La Clinica’s Southern Oregon University Health Center. We are dedicated to the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) integration model and support early learner Integrated Behavioral Health Clinicians (IBHC) by offering:

• 4‑hrs/month group and individual clinical supervision which meets licensing board requirements
• Opportunities for experiential didactics/case conferences with a PCBH focus
• Monthly offerings to shadow both internal and external continuum of care service providers

The Integrated Behavioral Health Clinician (IBHC) is part of the primary care team and works closely with the primary care provider, nurse, medical assistant, and other team members targeting behavioral health needs to include the mental health and substance use challenges of our patient population. The IBHC provides evidence‑based time‑limited assessment, consultation, and therapy services to promote behavioral health across the lifespan through easy‑access, excellent interdisciplinary teams, and integrated care to children, teens, adults, and families, both individually and in group settings making referrals when necessary.

Our IBHCs work in collaboration with the primary care team, as well as community agencies to foster patient wellness and satisfaction in a warm, therapeutic, and respectful manner.

• Collaborate with La Clinica medical and dental providers to ensure delivery of comprehensive clinical services to primary‑care patients that target interventions to improve patient functioning, behavior and clinical outcomes.
• Respond to the referring provider’s referral concern or question and provide focused feedback in both written and verbal form.
• Identify and evaluate health risk behavior(s), assess and diagnose mental health and substance use conditions, develop care plans, and provide brief, targeted…