Behavioral Health Clinician 2 - Care Management - Talbot

The Ohio State University

8d • Onsite

About The Position

OSU Harding Hospital/East Hospital-Talbot Hall provides comprehensive behavioral healthcare services for adults in central Ohio, offering a wide range of treatment options and a diversified staff. Services include psychiatric emergency, behavioral health urgent care, inpatient, outpatient, IOP, and partial hospitalization, all involving comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and individualized treatment plans. Specialized evidence-based services are available for various conditions including psychiatric emergency & crisis, mood and anxiety disorders, OCD, psychosis, trauma- and stress-related disorders, and sexual dysfunction. Specialty programs focus on women’s behavioral health, addictions, trauma, adolescent school-based care, and neurocognitive disorders. Talbot Hall specifically offers comprehensive addiction services, including traumatic brain injury treatment and Medicated Assisted Treatment for opiate and alcohol use disorders. Services include detox, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC), and various outpatient and continuing care groups. Patient care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team, emphasizing patient-focused care through integrated skills. The BHUC-Talbot Behavioral Health (BH) Clinician 2 - Care Management is a key part of the clinical team, providing short-term outpatient services to bridge gaps in mental health and substance use treatment. BHUC offers adults immediate support through walk-in or scheduled visits (in-person or telehealth) as an alternative to the Emergency Department for routine or urgent behavioral health needs, and provides rapid follow-up appointments. BHUC has multiple locations: Harding (focus on mental health with substance use support), Talbot (focus on substance use with mental health support), and Powell (opening August 2026). These locations operate under a unified framework with differentiated focuses, expanding access and reducing fragmentation. All BHUC locations focus on stabilizing immediate concerns and connecting patients to long-term treatment resources. Services include medication management, brief psychotherapy, care-management, and short-term interventions, with care provided for up to two months. BHUC-Care Management BH Clinicians are licensed providers who function as members of the interdisciplinary treatment team, offering time-limited care management, crisis intervention, resource linkage, brief therapeutic intervention, and follow-up care coordination.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work or Counseling or education accepted by the State of Ohio for licensure.
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), or Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor II or III (LCDC) required.
• 0 years of relevant experience required.
• Maintain licensure(s).
• Maintain credentials and CBL’s.
• Practice within the parameters of the Ohio Counselor and Social Work Board.

Nice To Haves

• LPC or LSW Preferred.
• 0-2 years of relevant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides care-management and, as needed, crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, and brief therapeutic interventions, for behavioral health patients seen in BHUC locations and related Harding and Talbot programs.
• Facilitates safe stabilization and transition of patients to and from BHUC to appropriate levels of care, including withdrawal management, residential, outpatient treatment, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, inpatient admission, or community services.
• Coordinates care, links patients to community resources, supports continuity of care, conducts assessments, develops treatment plans, initiates short-term psychosocial intervention, and creates discharge plans.
• Collaborates with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, and other mental health and substance use disorder professionals to achieve patient care outcomes, enhance patient engagement in treatment, reduce unnecessary hospitalizations or readmissions, avoid relapse, maintain risk reduction, promote efficient use of healthcare resources, and facilitate linkage to social determinants of health.
• Maintains knowledge of behavioral health and substance use disorder best practices, regulatory requirements, and community resources.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, with Ohio State paying a significant portion of the cost.
• Paid time off, including sick and vacation time and 11 holidays.
• State retirement plan or an alternative retirement plan, both with generous employer contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level