Psychotherapist | Integrated Behavioral Health | OB & Women's Health Clinic

CentraCare • Saint Cloud, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

CentraCare is hiring a Psychotherapist or Psychologist to join its Integrated Behavioral Health team as an embedded clinician in the OB & Women’s Health Clinic in St. Cloud, Minnesota. This is an integrated clinical role working alongside OB/GYN physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinic staff to make behavioral health a coordinated part of women’s healthcare.

The clinician connects with patients through warm handoffs during OB/GYN visits, conducts timely assessments, and provides brief, solution-focused interventions and short-term follow-up. The work may address anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, adjustment to difficult news, pregnancy-related mental health changes, postpartum depression or anxiety, and emotionally challenging prenatal diagnoses. The clinician helps patients identify next steps and access ongoing therapy, medication management, or other specialty services when appropriate, while coordinating care for patients with complex or longstanding behavioral health needs.

The role also offers an opportunity to help establish consistent integrated behavioral health services within OB & Women’s Health as CentraCare expands its program into specialty care. The schedule is full time, 80 hours every two weeks, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at CentraCare Plaza in St. Cloud. The posting includes separate qualification and compensation pathways for Psychotherapists and Psychologists.

Requirements

• Psychotherapist pathway: Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related Human Services field.
• Psychotherapist pathway: Current Minnesota independent clinical licensure as an LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC.
• Psychologist pathway: PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.
• Psychologist pathway: Minnesota Licensed Psychologist (LP).
• At least one year of experience.
• Successful compliance with Minnesota Law, Chapter 372, relating to sexual exploitation of patients by staff providing psychotherapy services.

Nice To Haves

• Perinatal Mental Health Certification.
• Psychologist pathway: Completion of a postdoctoral training year before the start date.

Responsibilities

• Work as an embedded member of the OB & Women’s Health Clinic team alongside physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinic staff.
• Connect with patients through warm handoffs during OB/GYN visits and provide timely support when behavioral health concerns arise.
• Assess patients and provide brief, solution-focused interventions for concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and adjustment to difficult news.
• Support patients experiencing pregnancy-related mental health changes, postpartum depression or anxiety, and emotionally challenging prenatal diagnoses.
• Offer short-term follow-up and personalized guidance, helping patients access ongoing therapy, medication management, or additional behavioral health services when appropriate.
• Collaborate with OB/GYN providers and clinic staff to coordinate care for patients with complex or longstanding behavioral health needs.
• Help establish consistent integrated behavioral health care and contribute to the growth of maternal mental health services at CentraCare.

Benefits

• Medical benefits.
• Dental benefits.
• Time off.
• Retirement benefits.
• Employee discounts.
• $6,000 hiring bonus for eligible candidates with a current Minnesota LP, LICSW, LMFT, or LPCC license in eligible benefited positions.
• Psychologist pathway: $8,000 sign-on bonus.
• Psychologist pathway: May be eligible for additional pay through bonuses, quality incentives, or production-based compensation.

What This Job Offers

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