Behavioral Health Professional, Walk-in team - (Licensed Therapist)

Mahec • Asheville, NC

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join MAHEC's interdisciplinary psychiatry team and contribute to a meaningful impact on behavioral health care accessibility in Western North Carolina. This Behavioral Health Therapist role will support walk-in expansion access and provides evidence-based behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults across outpatient psychiatry and integrated primary care settings. In this role, you'll collaborate with physicians, residents, and care team members while delivering high-quality therapy, assessment, crisis support, and care coordination in a mission-driven academic healthcare environment. The Behavioral Health Therapist provides outpatient behavioral health services through a combination of scheduled therapy appointments and same-day walk-in behavioral health support. To support patient access, this position is expected to include limited evening coverage, anticipated to be no later than 7:00 PM one day per week, subject to final operational approval. Our anticipated start date for this hire will be late January - Early February 2027. JOB SUMMARY: The Behavioral Health Professional works as an active member of the interdisciplinary team to provide patient centered care in our outpatient psychiatry clinic. The Behavioral Health Professional provides behavioral health treatment in person and via telehealth using evidenced based practices to address a variety of mental illness and substance use disorders. Behavioral Health Professionals provide psychodiagnostic assessment and psychotherapy and engage in triage and referrals as indicated. This position will be assigned to the general outpatient psychiatric clinic or integrated into a medical clinic (Family Medicine, Internal medicine and OBGYN). Clinic assignment determined by current clinic need as well as applicant’s clinical strengths.

Requirements

• Master's in social work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist preferred.
• Current North Carolina License to practice independently including Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Doctoral level Psychologist (PhD or PsyD)
• Current BLS certification required.

Nice To Haves

• Spanish/English bilingual skills welcome, but not required, and eligible for compensation add on
• Two (2) years relevant experience or comparable combined experience and/or education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Individual, family and group psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults, sometimes involving crisis intervention counseling.
• Evaluates patient’s response to plan of care and works in collaboration with the care team to make any necessary adjustments.
• Provides care that is safe, ethical, patient-centered, culturally congruent and evidence-based.
• Consultation: Through face-to-face meetings with resident and faculty physicians.
• On-call responsibilities on a rotating basis as assigned.
• Coordinate care by identifying and serving as liaison with other agencies and community resources including schools, courts, primary care, hospitals, and psychiatrists.
• All clinical activities involve some degree of collaborative care with residents and/or faculty physicians.
• Assess for and makes referrals to other providers and services in the community both internally and externally.
• May be offered the opportunity to teach residents on a case by case and as needed basis.

Benefits

• Opportunity for additional compensation based on eligible higher education, dual-credentials (LCAS preferred), and bilingual Spanish-English skills
• all full-time therapists are eligible for an annual continuing medical education allowance and dedicated paid time off for that continuous education work
• MAHEC provides in-house supervision hours for associate therapist roles at no cost
• professional liability insurance coverage
• comprehensive healthcare plan options
• deep in-house discounts for care services
• up to 30 paid days off annually
• retirement savings match
• qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

What This Job Offers

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