BH Clinician Licensed - Beh Health Consult & Liaison

Description

Peace Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Clinician Licensed for a Full Time, 0.90 FTE, Variable position. The salary range for this job opening at Peace Health is $42.06 – $63.10. The hiring rate is dependent upon several factors, including but not limited to education, training, work experience, terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement, seniority, etc.

Spotlight on Vancouver, WA:  - A Better Workplace Community

Vancouver, Washington – look any direction and the scenery is astounding! Snow-capped mountains, nationally protected evergreen forests, the waterfall-laced Columbia River gorge, and rugged Pacific-coast beaches – all within a short 90‑minute drive. The northwest is a dream come true for outdoor enthusiasts. And against that magnificent backdrop, Vancouver and neighboring Portland, Oregon offer all the best amenities of city living.

What makes our area so special? A thriving arts scene, varied professional sports teams, unique neighborhoods, and a wealth of diverse culinary destinations.

Peace Health’s community of health care professionals in the Vancouver area include Peace Health Southwest Medical Center, a 450‑bed tertiary‑level hospital with complete services, and Peace Health Ambulatory Services, a multi‑specialty group serving communities throughout Clark County.

Coordinates and oversees the plan of care and service delivery of behavioral health consumers across the continuum of illness; promotes effective utilization and monitoring of health care resources; and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical outcomes. Provide services to consumers with commercial insurance and Medicaid.

• Provides individual, family, group and multi‑family group therapy to patients with complex diagnostic presentations and treatment needs.
• Provides clinical leadership to team of masters’ and bachelors’ level clinical and student interns.
• Assesses, develops, implements and monitors a comprehensive plan of care through an interdisciplinary team process in conjunction with the patient and their self‑identified natural supports.
• Evaluates and provides interventions to improve a patient’s cognitive, social, vocational, spiritual, and emotional functioning, utilizing natural and community supports when possible.
• Provides urgent/crisis evaluations, interventions, and safety planning.
• Together with consumer and natural supports, identifies key problems, strengths and resources to be addressed in the treatment plan.
• May provide case management, coordination with other treatment agencies or outside support services, outreach and engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Master's Degree
  
  Required:
  
  Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy
• Minimum of 3 years
  
  Required:
  
  experience in behavioral health and
• Required:
  
  Experience in diagnosis and treatment of patients with complex mental health conditions and
• Preferred:
  Experience providing clinical supervision to bachelors’ and masters’ level clinicians
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• Interpersonal skills to obtain and interpret information appropriate to patients’ needs and age as required for assessment range of treatment, and patient care (Required)
• Proficiency with DSM‑5 diagnoses and best practice treatment interventions for a variety of behavioral health conditions (Required)
• Demonstrated ability to promote positive…