Licensed Behavioral Health Professional - Triage

Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services•Tulsa, OK

4d•$66,000 - $71,000•Onsite

About The Position

The TCBH Triage Department is hiring a Licensed Behavioral Health Professional or candidate to provide behavioral health services. The position carries a caseload of adults coping with severe mental illness and/or substance abuse and works as an active member of a triage treatment team. Duties include completing evaluations and referrals, preparing LMHP statements, and providing brief therapeutic interventions such as crisis stabilization and safety/wellness planning. The clinician also assists with retrieving referrals, scanning documents, completing intake forms, and other tasks needed to evaluate patients for screening, treatment, services, care, or outside referrals. The primary work location is the Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health Triage Department. Primary hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The agency requires coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week; work hours and location may vary with business needs, and employees may be required to work weekends and overtime. Job-related travel may be required. The role is open to either a fully licensed behavioral health professional or a licensure candidate under supervision. Applicants must pass an OSBI background check. Upon a conditional offer, applicants for safety-sensitive positions must submit to drug testing, and appointment is contingent on a negative result.

Requirements

For the fully licensed level: a master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a closely related field, and a license to practice from an accepted Oklahoma state licensure board.
Accepted fully licensed credentials include Licensed Psychologist, LCSW (clinical specialty), LPC, LMFT, LBP, LADC, or LADC/MH, among other licenses listed in the posting.
For the fully licensed level, qualifying supervision toward licensure may be accepted if the candidate is actively receiving board-approved supervision and has one year of experience providing professional behavioral services to consumers in a state-approved facility or similar entity.
For the candidate level: a master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a closely related field, and active, regular board-approved supervision toward licensure through an accepted Oklahoma licensure board.
Applicants must be able to pass an OSBI background check.
Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill job-related travel and have a valid driver's license.
Applicants for safety-sensitive positions must submit to pre-employment/pre-placement urinalysis after a conditional offer and receive a negative result.

Responsibilities

Provide behavioral health services to adults coping with severe mental illness and/or substance abuse.
Carry a caseload and serve as an active member of a triage treatment team.
Complete evaluations and referrals and prepare LMHP statements.
Provide brief therapeutic interventions, including crisis stabilization and development of safety/wellness plans.
Retrieve referrals, scan documents, and complete intake forms.
Assist with evaluating patients for screening, treatment, services, care, and possible outside referrals.
Fulfill job-related travel normally associated with the position.

Benefits

Generous state-paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums.
Choice of health insurance plans with no pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations.
Flexible spending accounts for health care or dependent care expenses.
Employee assistance programs and health and fitness programs.
11 paid holidays.
15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave in the first year.
Retirement Savings Plan with a generous match.
Longevity bonus for years of service.
Student loan repayment options.
Training opportunities for CEU requirements.