Mental Health Provider

About the role

The provider will identify, triage, and manage patients with medical and behavioral health issues within a primary care setting. Responsibilities include conducting psychosocial evaluations, providing therapeutic interventions, and collaborating with primary care teams to deliver integrated mental health care.

Responsibilities

• Identify, triage, and manage patients with medical and behavioral health problems within the primary care setting; provide skills training through psychoeducation and patient education strategies.
• Provide comprehensive, integrated mental health care to patients in the community.
• Provide counseling/assessments with diagnosis (both in person and via telehealth) for WCHR patients referred by providers and WCHR programs.
• Participate in Clinical Behavioral on-call coverage schedule.
• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and provide therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals, groups, and families as needed.
• Perform clinical assessments, treatment, case management, consultation, referral, and education according to the individual’s professional discipline.
• Evaluate the individual and family systems and assess client’s functioning within work, family, and daily living routines; identify areas needing continued support, resources, and treatment.
• Work with primary care teams to treat and manage patients with emotional and health problems efficiently and effectively.
• Develop, implement, and maintain partnerships with other community providers.
• Teach patients, families, and staff techniques to enhance care, prevention, and treatment.
• Assess the mental status of patients referred by WCHR staff and primary care providers.
• Provide substance abuse screening, education, and brief interventions.
• Maintain case records to reflect course of treatment and provide required documentation.
• Provide follow‑up and aftercare planning services as needed.

Requirements

• Current Nebraska license required (Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner – LIMHP); provisional licensure (PLMHP) will be considered.

Qualifications

• 2‑5 years of relevant experience.
• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Located in Chadron, Nebraska.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Benefited position after a 60‑day waiting period for part‑time staff.

Schedule

• Part‑time: 20‑29 hours/week or PRN/Casual status: 0‑19 hours/week.
• Hours scheduled Monday‑Friday, 8 am – 6 pm.