Behavioral Health Counselor
New Horizons Healthcare
3716 Melrose Avenue Northwest, Roanoke, VA 24017
Full-time
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• Loan forgiveness
• Loan repayment program
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What impact will you make?
New Horizons Healthcare is the place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work that you do, creating a better experience for those underserved. Are you ready to make an impact?
New Horizons Healthcare (NHH) is seeking a fulltime, licensed Behavioral Health Counselor (BHC) to serve as a member of our integrated care services team. The NHH BHC will provide patient-centered, culturally sensitive mental health and substance use services to patients and their families in order to increase functioning and promote better health outcomes and wellness. As a member of the clinical services team, the BHC will work directly with the primary care providers and others on the care team to assess and treat patients through a brief, team-based, whole person care approach.
New Horizons Healthcare is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Roanoke, Virginia that provides comprehensive primary care, behavioral health, dental care, and pharmacy services for almost 10,000 patients annually. We are a not-for-profit community clinic with a mission to improve access to affordable, high quality, culturally competent, comprehensive primary health care. We offer a sliding fee discount program for those who are uninsured or underinsured.
New Horizons offers a wide array of integrated behavioral health services, including primary care behavioral health, outpatient therapy, medication assisted treatment, and case management. If you want to make a difference, this is an excellent opportunity!
*This position is on-site, not remote.*
Job Responsibilities:
• Provide screening and assessment of behavioral health, substance use, and other psychosocial issues.
• Provide effective treatment planning and interventions to assist patients to increase functioning and to achieve their health and wellness goals.
• Evaluate crisis situations and assist other team members when a higher level of care is needed.
• Collaborate with NHH’s other BH team members for care management, care coordination, and other patient care needs.
• Assist the primary care team to develop integrated disease management approaches that involve health behavior change and provide patient education to improve self-management of chronic disease.
• Provide consultation to the primary care providers regarding behavioral health for treatment planning and to increase health outcomes.
• Plan and provide group psychoeducation and group interventions.
• Identify and share prevention techniques and behavioral health practice guidelines with others at NHH.
• Actively participate in meetings that support NHH’s integrated health care program development, collaboration, continuity of care, and quality improvement.
• Monitor NHHs behavioral health integration program, identifying recommendations for improvements and training.
• Participate in development and administration of data and measures to assess multiple outcomes, to include patient and provider satisfaction, practice improvement, patient health outcomes, etc.
• Maintain clinical licensure and increase relevant and identified competencies through CEUs and other training opportunities.
Other Requirements and Attributes
• Shared mission of providing healthcare to undeserved people.
• Ability to make quick and accurate clinical assessments of behavioral health concerns.
• High comfort in working with primary care medical providers in a team-based care approach.
• Ability to design and implement clinical pathways and protocols for behavioral treatments.
• Willingness to learn and apply brief, effective evidence-based behavioral health interventions (individual, family, and group).
• Ability to work effectively as a team, interfacing with patients, primary care providers, consulting psychiatry prescribers, case managers, and other members of the healthcare team, as well as with administrative and support staff.
• Ability to effectively represent NHH’s interests in the community and maintain effective working relationships among co-workers, community stakeholders, and professional groups.
• Willingness to participate in required organizational initiatives, activities, and events.
Required Qualifications:
• Degree and current license as a psychologist, LCSW, LPC, or LMFT. Licensure-eligible will be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Prior work experience in a healthcare or other integrated behavioral health system.
• Prior work with diverse patient populations.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English.
• Prior work or training in the primary care behavioral health (PCBH) model.
Competitive salary/benefits package, including health insurance, dental plan, life insurance, and 403B investment plan. Malpractice is fully covered. Generous vacation policy, CME benefits, licensure, and professional membership benefits. Educational loan repayment options may be available through National Health Service Corps, depending on qualifications. NHH is a non-profit organization; therefore, employees can apply for loan forgiveness plan(s). Eligibility is based on plan guidelines and approval.
New Horizons Healthcare is located in scenic Roanoke Valley. Roanoke is a mountain city and hub for innovation. Offering miles of trails, parks within walking distance, a vibrant downtown, and friendly neighborhoods with character, Roanoke is the perfect place to live, work, and play.
How to Submit Your Application:
• Online: Through our careers page: newhorizonshealthcare.org
• Email: Send a cover letter and resume to: humanresources@newhorizonshealthcare.org
EEO Policy:
New Horizons Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
 
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