Corrections Health Mental Health Consultant ( Plus 10% Hourly Premium)
Multnomah County · Portland, OR · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$41.45–$50.97/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
Key info:
- Pay Range $41.45 - $50.97 Hourly
- Department Health Department
- Job Type Regular Represented Exemption Status United States of America (Non-Exempt)
- Closing Date September 30, 2026
- Additional Compensation: Jail Side Premium: Mental Health Consultants also receive a Jail Side 10% Hourly Premium.
- Benefits: Multnomah County provides generous benefits... list: medical, dental, vision insurance, ten paid holidays each year, vacation and sick leave, life and leave, life and supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, participation in Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Also Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) benefit.
- The Opportunity: description: "THIS WORK MATTERS! At Corrections Health, we provide medically needed health care to adults and youth in custody at Multnomah County Jails and Juvenile Detention Facility. Come join our team of Portland's most outstanding health care professionals providing exceptional services to our diverse community! The Mental Health Consultant (MHC) provides direct services of assessment, crisis intervention, counseling and case management for the mentally ill client population in jail. Indirect services include case consultation, group facilitation, education, research and selected assigned administrative and patient care duties. You will create a culture of respect, trust and understanding for the highly diverse populations the Health Department serves in the office and in the community. Every employee shares the responsibility for promptly bringing to the County's attention conduct that interferes with providing a work environment free of illegal discrimination and harassment. As a Mental Health Consultant In Corrections Health, You May Be Assigned To One Of Two Correctional Health Facilities Based On Current Openings The Multnomah County Detention Center (downtown- adult population) The Juvenile Detention Center (NE Portland-youth population). Come join us in doing work that matters!"
- Duties: list bullet points (some sentences). We'll need to extract as list items.
- To Qualify: Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills*: description: "Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be as noted below. All non-traditional education, training and experience will be evaluated. Education/Certification Must be a Certified Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP-C) with the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) or hold an Independent license (LPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD) through the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, the Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers, or the Oregon Board of Psychology. Current CPR/BLS certification (Valid certification upon hire) Other Current CPR/BLS certification (Valid certification upon hire) The position requires a background investigation which may include being fingerprinted. Employment is contingent on passing a background investigation.The employee holding the position is designated as an Essential Employee under Multnomah County Personnel Rule 3-15-015, Essential Employees."
- Preferred Qualifications/Transferable Skills*: list: 2 years of experience working in a fast-paced clinical setting as a master’s level clinician providing individual and group psychotherapy, diagnostic assessment and treatment . Independent licensure in Oregon (e.g. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist) or license eligible based on your current education.Experience in a corrections setting or other secure setting.Experience in severe mental illness, risk assessment, and crisis intervention.Certification in Alcohol and Drug Counseling is desirable. Transferable skills: description.
- Required The Application Packet: details about application items (but we should remove application instructions? The instruction says: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should drop the application packet instructions. Also drop selection process details? Those are also application instructions? Probably yes: "The Selection Process" etc. Should be removed as it's application instructions. Also "Additional Information Type of Position: This position is eligible for overtime. Type: Represented FLSA: Non-Exempt" maybe relevant? It's about overtime eligibility; could be considered part of Pay/Schedule? Might be considered as part of Pay? Not exactly. Might be considered as part of Pay? Could be considered as part of Pay? Might be considered as part of Schedule? Not sure. The instruction says include Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does state Pay Range, Additional Compensation (Jail Side Premium), Benefits, and also mentions overtime eligibility (eligible for overtime). That's about schedule? Could be considered under Schedule? Might be considered under Pay? Probably we can include a Pay section with pay range and additional premium. Schedule maybe not explicitly stated besides overtime eligibility. Could include a Schedule section noting "Eligible for overtime". But the instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state Pay Range and Additional Compensation, so Pay section is okay. Benefits section is definitely stated. Schedule? It mentions overtime eligibility, but not schedule details like shift, hours. Might be considered schedule-related but not explicit. Safer to omit Schedule section if not clearly stated. We'll omit Schedule.
Now we need sections: About the role (maybe from "The Opportunity" paragraph). Responsibilities (from Duties). Requirements (maybe Minimum Qualifications). Qualifications (maybe Preferred Qualifications). Skills (maybe Transferable skills). Benefits (as described). Pay (Pay Range and Additional Compensation). We'll avoid duplication.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use .
Now Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. We'll paraphrase but must preserve details. We'll include:
- Must be a Certified Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP-C) with the Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) or hold an Independent license (LPC, LCSW, LMFT, PsyD) through the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, the Oregon Board of Licensed Social Workers, or the Oregon Board of Psychology.
- Current CPR/BLS certification (Valid certification upon hire).
- Position requires a background investigation which may include being fingerprinted; employment contingent on passing background investigation.
- Employee holding the position is designated as an Essential Employee under Multnomah County Personnel Rule 3-15-015, Essential Employees.
Also mention that any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills is qualifying unless labeled required. But that's more generic; we can include a brief statement: "Any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills is considered qualifying unless an item is labeled required." Might be okay.
Now Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. We'll list:
- 2 years of experience working in a fast-paced clinical setting as a master’s level clinician providing individual and group psychotherapy, diagnostic assessment and treatment.
- Independent licensure in Oregon (e.g. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist) or license eligible based on current education.
- Experience in a corrections setting or other secure setting.
- Experience in severe mental illness, risk assessment, and crisis intervention.
- Certification in Alcohol and Drug Counseling is desirable.
- Transferable skills: any skills gained through education, work experience (including military) or life experience relevant for this position; describe how they apply.
Now Skills: maybe we can combine Transferable skills under Skills section. But we already have Transferable skills in Preferred Qualifications. Could make a Skills section for Transferable skills. However we might avoid duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Preferred Qualifications and Skills into one section called "Qualifications & Skills". But we need headings exactly from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose to include Qualifications and Skills separately if we have content. We have content for both.
Qualifications: Minimum qualifications (required). Skills: Transferable skills and maybe preferred qualifications? But preferred qualifications are also qualifications. Might be better to put Minimum Qualifications under Requirements, Preferred Qualifications under Qualifications, and Transferable skills under Skills. That seems logical.
Thus:
- About the role: The Opportunity paragraph (maybe trimmed but keep all substantive). We'll include the paragraph about work matters, description of MHC, assignment to facilities.
- Responsibilities: Duties list.
- Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (required) details.
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list.
- Skills: Transferable skills description.
- Benefits: Benefits list + PSLF description.
- Pay: Pay Range and Additional Compensation (Jail Side Premium).
We'll omit Schedule.
Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, diversity, etc. Remove those paragraphs.
Also remove "Current employees: Please apply through the employee portal..." etc. Remove application instructions, selection process, etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We'll need to wrap sections in appropriate tags: each heading
for each section heading. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include the specifics: e.g., Pay Range $41.45 - $50.97 Hourly, Additional Compensation: Jail Side Premium: Mental Health Consultants also receive a Jail Side 10% Hourly Premium. Benefits: list exactly as given: medical, dental, and vision insurance, ten paid holidays each year, vacation and sick leave, life and supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, and participation in Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS). Also Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) benefit description. We need to include the description of PSLF: "An additional benefit to being a full time employee with the Multnomah County Health Department is that you will qualify for the Federal Student Aid U.S Department Of Education Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Essentially this is a program that allows those that work for a qualifying employer for a period of at least 10 years to have their student loans forgiven. To learn more about Public Service Loan Forgiveness please visit Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)." We'll keep that. Now Responsibilities: list duties from "Duties Depending upon assignment, you will be performing some or all of the following duties, which are a representative sample of the level of work appropriate to these positions:" then list items. We'll extract each sentence as list item. Let's extract: - Provide direct services of assessment, crisis intervention, counseling, case management, and discharge planning for the mentally ill client population in jail. - Provide indirect services including case consultation, group facilitation, education, research and selected assigned administrative and patient care duties. - Receive clients on a referred, emergent or follow-up basis; responsible for initial psychiatric/psychological workup; at the time of client visit; formulates definitive assessment and treatment plan, utilizing DSM 5 diagnostic criteria. - Provide direct patient care crisis intervention, counseling and client education, including how to access community resources. - Ability to use electronic medical records; accurately document client's care through the use of SOAP charting. - Ability to manage a large caseload, and to interface with provider and support staff. - Use appropriate skills to defuse potentially violent or aggressive situations. - Participate actively in the Mental Health Team, consulting with providers, nurses, and monitoring client response to treatment; and in court process, when subpoenaed, to explain client's mental health status. - Work closely with Correction Deputies and Juvenile Custody Support Specialists in their day-to-day dealings with mentally ill clients. We'll keep these as
then content: either
for prose or
- for lists. For About the role: we have multiple sentences; we can