Integrated Health Care Therapist - Closing Date

Integrated Health Care Therapist I - Closing Date: 09/28/26

Full Time 101-630 Lincoln, NE, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $56,305.00 To $83,429.59 Annually

Position:

Integrated Health Care Therapist

Division:

Department:

Behavioral Health

Reports To:

Director of Integrated Health Care

Location:

Lincoln

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

Exempt/Non-Exempt

Classification:

Full Time

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is a federally recognized Tribe with its ancestral homeland located in Niobrara, NE. The Tribe does not have a reservation in the classic definition; rather, the Ponca Restoration Act defined its jurisdiction as a ‘Service Delivery Area’ comprised of 15 counties throughout parts of Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. Within its Service Delivery Area, the Tribe offers a broad range of health, social, educational, and cultural services.

Essential to the mission of the Ponca Health Services, the Integrated Health Care Therapist will work with relevant stake holders to provide holistic and integrated health thereby supporting the collaborative care team, primary care providers, patients, and behavioral health department through regular consultation on an assigned caseload of patients. The Integrated Health Care Therapist advises the primary care provider on appropriate treatment strategies, manages referrals, provides brief interventions, educational support, and diagnosis and management of behavioral health and substance abuse conditions.

They will be devoted to providing both mental health and substance abuse counseling with an emphasis on culturally sensitive interventions to individuals and families.

• Provide consultations with PCPs to enhance understanding of the patient, provide decision support for treatment planning and assist in the implementation and monitoring of biopsychosocial treatment plans.
• Identifies and evaluates health risk behavior(s) and provides brief, targeted interventions to support optimum mental, behavioral, emotional, and physical health, in accordance with the preferred care model at Ponca Health clinic sites.
• Works cooperatively with clinic staff to provide patients with referrals for appropriate specialty.
• Make referrals for community mental health resources as appropriate.
• Maintain a therapy caseload utilizing Evidence Based Treatments.
• Provide outpatient counseling to individuals and families needing short or intermediate term mental health interventions.
• Provide outpatient group therapy, as needed.
• Conduct mental health, substance use, and co-occurring assessments and provide s recommendations
• Complete all charting as needed and required by contracted funding sources: including assessments, progress notes, and billing.
• Participate in weekly case huddles.
• Participate in weekly supervision and case consultation with Behavioral Health Team
• Other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to:
  Assisting in provider training and education in integrated behavioral health-primary care model, assisting with grant data collection, attending rant recipient award meetings, Community Outreach, and participating in Behavioral Health quality improvement activities.

This position has no supervisory authority.

Physical requirements include carrying/lifting up to 5 pounds, frequently; up to 10 pounds, regularly; and up to 25 pounds, occasionally. Visual acuity, speech and hearing; hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to drive an automobile and operate computer keyboard and basic office equipment; subject to carrying, lifting, twisting and reaching to perform essential job functions. Working conditions are primarily in an office environment with occasional travel to other…