Licensed Behavioral Health Professional or Candidate

About the role

The TCBH Triage Department is hiring for a Licensed Behavioral Health Professional or Candidate that would provide behavioral health services. This position would carry a caseload of adults coping with severe mental illness and/or substance abuse and would work as an active member of a triage treatment team.

Responsibilities

• Completing evaluations and referrals
• Completing LMHP statements
• Providing brief therapeutic interventions such as crisis stabilization
• Developing safety/wellness plans
• Assisting with retrieving referrals
• Scanning documents
• Completing intake forms
• Performing any other duties necessary to help with evaluating each patient for screening and/or evaluating of treatment, services, care and/or possible outside referral

Requirements

Licensed Behavioral Health Professional (Fully Licensed)

• Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or closely related field
• Must be a practitioner with a license to practice issued by one of the following Oklahoma state licensure boards:
  • Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
  • Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers (clinical specialty only)
  • Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
  • Oklahoma Licensed Behavior Analyst Board
  • Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor
• Examples of accepted licensure: Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Licensed Behavioral Practitioner (LBP), Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor/Mental Health (LADC/MH)

Licensed Behavioral Health Professional Candidate (Under Supervision)

• Master's degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or closely related field
• Actively and regularly receiving board-approved supervision
• Extended supervision by a fully licensed clinician if the board's supervision requirement is met but the individual is not yet licensed
• Working toward licensure by one of the following boards:
  • Oklahoma Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (Professional Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Behavioral Practitioner)
  • Oklahoma Licensed Behavior Analyst Board
  • Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Social Workers (clinical specialty only)
  • Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (Alcohol and Drug Counselor)
• Plus one (1) year of experience in providing professional behavioral services to consumers in a state-approved facility or similar entity (for LBHP Candidate level)

Special Requirements

• Must be able to pass an OSBI background check
• Must be willing and able to fulfill any job-related travel normally associated with this position
• Must have a valid driver's license

Pay

• Licensure Candidate (under supervision): $66,000+ annually
• Licensed Behavioral Health Professional: $71,000+ annually
• Pay range is based on experience, tenure, and certifications

Schedule

• Primary working hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–4:30 pm
• FLSA status: Exempt
• This agency requires coverage 24 hours, 7 days per week; work hours and location may vary depending on business necessity
• Employees may be required to work weekends and overtime

Location

Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health – Triage Department

Benefits

• Generous state-paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums
• Wide choice of health insurance plans with no pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations
• Flexible spending accounts for health care expenses or dependent care
• Employee assistance programs and health and fitness programs
• 11 paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave 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

About the organization

Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health (TCBH) is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and provides a supportive, safe, and welcoming environment in which an array of integrated therapeutic interventions promotes an improved quality of life for consumers and the community. TCBH serves individuals eighteen years of age or older who present in a mental health crisis with or without substance abuse and are determined medically stable. In response to the increasing need for mental health services in our community, TCBH is being replaced by a new facility, the Oklahoma Psychiatric Care Center (OPCC). Situated in the OSU Academic Medical District in downtown Tulsa, this modern psychiatric hospital will feature 106 inpatient beds, an expanded residency program, and an enhanced range of behavioral health services. Construction of the OPCC is currently in progress.