Behavioral Health Counselor

Sanitas • Katy, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Behavioral Health Counselors are core members of the Sanitas medical team. They provide hope, empowerment, and psychoeducation to promote patient autonomy and self-management by arranging comprehensive mental health care services in a primary care setting. The role includes providing behavioral health services through telehealth in accordance with state and federal guidelines.

The position is full-time and hybrid in the Houston Region – Fort Bend – Katy, Texas, with up to 5% travel. The counselor works with patients, families, medical providers, and other professionals to support continuity of care and improved well-being. The position has no supervisory, financial, or budget responsibilities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in counseling or a related field, such as social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and couples’ therapy, from an accredited program.
• One year of relevant experience.
• BLS certification.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people with mental or emotional disabilities and their families.
• Ability to work a flexible weekday and weekend schedule.
• Good communication and listening skills.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy and compassion.
• English language proficiency is required.
• Ability to travel within the assigned region.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience providing CBT-based interventions to adults with depression and anxiety is preferred.
• Registered Mental Health Counselor Interns are preferred.
• Spanish is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement care plans.
• Complete and maintain documentation accurately and on time in accordance with federal, state, and center guidelines.
• Collaborate with professionals in patients’ circles of care, including primary care providers, care nurses, care coordinators, community health workers, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals and specialists.
• Ensure comprehensive continuity of care.
• Provide individual, family, or group educational interventions.
• Guide patients in developing skills and strategies for dealing with their diagnoses.
• Assist patients in adjusting to life and making changes.
• Participate in regularly scheduled weekly caseload consultations and complex case review meetings.
• Facilitate care-plan adjustments for patients who are not improving as expected, in consultation with medical providers.
• Facilitate referrals to appropriate providers or in-house intervention programs as clinically indicated.
• Connect patients and family members with community and social resources.
• Guide clinical staff on managing common behavioral health situations.
• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance abuse disorders.
• Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care.
• Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness.
• Promote early detection, accurate diagnosis, personalized treatment, and ongoing support.
• Track treatment response and monitor changes in clinical symptoms, treatment side effects, or complications.
• Provide or facilitate in-clinic or outside referrals to evidence-based psychosocial services as clinically indicated.
• Resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
• Provide behavioral health services via telehealth in accordance with state and federal guidelines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time