Description

Position Summary

The Integrated Behavioral Health Counselor works as part of an interdisciplinary team supporting patients inside of Outside In’s Eastside primary care clinic. Primary duties include providing brief, solutions focused psychotherapy, assessment, skill development and access to resources as needed. This position acts as a consultant to the primary care provider, providing diagnosis and care plan input and management. Integrated Behavioral Health Counselors work to increase access of behavioral health services. Outside In works to provide high quality care focused to people who have current and historical barriers to accessing healthcare including trans and queer people, houseless people, immigrants, people with disabilities and chronic illness and people who use drugs.

Work is performed at a Federally Qualified Health Center located at 16144 E Burnside St
Portland, OR 97233 and potentially at other locations as needed. Clinical supervision is provided.

Essential Duties

• Provide behavioral health assessment and brief, solution-focused treatment for clients with medical illness, chronic disease, mental health and/or substance abuse concerns in a primary care
• Use brief interventions to educate and help clients build skills to better manage sometimes complex health concerns
• Provide care to patients of diverse ages including pediatric patients
• Coordinate care with other systems and make referrals to services.
• Conduct assessment and diagnosis of mental health and substance use disorders
• Support patient’s in accessing gender affirming care, including writing letters for gender affirming surgeries
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation for all services provided.
• Consult with interdisciplinary primary care teams to provide education regarding psychosocial treatments
• Provide crisis intervention as needed, including assessment and appropriate referrals.
• Assess client need and suitability for access to in-house psych medication management, refer to community mental health as appropriate
• Collaborate and provide support to members of Integrated Behavioral Health Team including student interns and peer support specialists

Qualifications

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge

• Experience working with clients and staff from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, sexual and gender identity backgrounds.
• Experience conducting mental & behavioral health assessments and treatment. Experience in medical health care setting preferred.
• Experience and interest in working in an inter-disciplinary team setting.

Skills

• Comfort filling multiple roles and switching roles in a fluid manner.
• Ability to work with high volume of patients
• Interest in working in a medical setting.

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or closely related field. Ability to be credentialed as Qualified Mental Health professional (QMHP)
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status or approved medical or religious exception on file is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LSCW)
• Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor/Masters Addictions Counselor (CADC/MAC) credentialed
• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and/or Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Experience working with children
• Experience working in a medical setting
• Experience working with underserved populations
• Experience with EPIC or other electronic medical records

Working Conditions

Physical Requirements

This job requires operating phones, computers and other office equipment. Communicating is required on a regular basis. Moving inside the building to other offices and program delivery spaces as well as moving to surrounding sites is expected. Sporadically moves boxes and/or items weighing up to 10 pounds

Salary : $58,510 - $64,585