Behavioral Health Therapist (Remote)

Mindoula Health•Vancouver, WA

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Mindoula Health’s Collaborative Care Program is expanding in Oregon to improve quality of life for patients with behavioral health challenges and chronic medical conditions. The program embeds behavioral health into primary care to provide coordinated care. The Behavioral Health Integration Clinician is a central member of the collaborative care team, alongside the patient’s medical provider and psychiatric consultant. The clinician provides evidence-based patient support through individual assessments, treatment planning, psychotherapy, and coordination of community, mental health, and physical health care for an assigned caseload. The position is described as hybrid, with many services delivered by telephone or video. The clinician must be located in the United States, and some travel to Oregon is required. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Pacific Time. High-speed home internet is required. The clinician is expected to meet monthly performance metrics set by the clinical manager and clinical director.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Rehabilitation, or another relevant field.
3–5+ years of experience in behavioral health intervention clinical work, case management, and/or community care coordination.
Experience working with varied populations, including older adult Medicare populations with chronic medical and behavioral health challenges.
Active independent clinical license in Oregon; eligible licenses include LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or Licensed Psychologist.
Eligibility for enrollment in Oregon Medicaid and Medicare is required.
Proficiency with electronic health records (EHR), scheduling systems, remote phone systems, and video systems.
High-speed home internet.
Must be located in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Current enrollment in the state’s Medicaid and Medicare programs is preferred.

Responsibilities

Screen and assess patients for mental health and substance use disorders.
Facilitate patient engagement, treatment planning, and follow-up care.
Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based approaches, including behavioral activation, problem-solving treatment, and motivational interviewing, as appropriate and supported by clinical technology software.
Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by medical providers, including monitoring adherence, side effects, and treatment effectiveness.
Provide health behavior and social determinants of health interventions to improve functioning and medical outcomes.
Track treatment response and monitor patients in person, by video, or by telephone for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications.
Educate patients about common mental health and substance use disorders and available treatment options.
Provide or facilitate referrals to evidence-based psychosocial treatments, in-clinic or outside, as clinically indicated.
Participate in regularly scheduled, usually weekly, caseload consultations with the psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient’s medical provider.
Track patient follow-up and clinical outcomes using the EHR; document encounters and use established systems and workflows to identify and re-engage patients.
Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in the EHR and other required systems for sharing with medical providers, psychiatric consultants, and other treating providers.
In consultation with the medical provider and psychiatric consultant, facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected and may need more intensive or specialized mental health care.
Participate in process improvement by identifying inefficiencies and contributing to enhancement opportunities.
Attend meetings and conduct therapy primarily by video conference, with approximately monthly in-person clinic visits to connect with clinicians and administrators and support collaborative workflows.
Meet monthly performance metrics determined by the clinical manager and clinical director.