Outpatient Mental Health Clinician- Licensed QMHP

What You Will Do

In this dynamic role, you will provide comprehensive, whole-person care, tailored to each individual's unique needs and cultural background. You will provide professional mental health treatment services to persons with behavioral health needs. This will involve coordinating services with various community partners including healthcare providers, housing, social services agencies, and educational programs.

What We Expect of You

• A valid driver's license
• Ability to pass a criminal background check
• A Master's Degree in social work, psychology, behavioral health, or a related field and at least 3 years of work and school experience
• Preferred: Experience with and/or understanding of individuals and families with behavioral health needs
• Preferred: Dual-licensed in two the following - LCSW/LPC/LMFT/QMHP+CADC

Responsibilities (include but are not limited)

• Be consistently clinically available according to your role and schedule
• Provide clinical services in the community (including but not limited to homes, residential facilities, hospitals, etc.)
• Support individuals in accessing services by connecting them to transportation, child and family support, or other services
• Aid with medication management which may include setting up pill boxes, or dispensing medications under the direction of a Nurse or Physician
• Cover 4-8 on-call crisis shifts per month including some evenings and weekends
• Collect pertinent information for suicide risk and other crisis situations that allow you and another mental health professional to develop and implement an appropriate action plan
• Participate fully in team meetings, training, and one-to-one supervision
• Complete objective, accurate documentation in a timely, consistent manner according to agency policy
• Maintain confidentiality, comprehend laws, regulations, and policies, and the ability to follow such laws, regulations, and policies and report when they are being violated
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats with clarity and purpose, including the ability to complete objective, accurate documentation in a timely, consistent manner
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, comprehend laws, regulations, and policies, and the ability to follow such laws, regulations, and policies and report when they are being violated
• Ability to interact with individuals of various backgrounds, sexual and gender orientations, education levels, and socio-economic status effectively, tactfully, and empathetically with a culturally responsive nature, especially with those experiencing a crisis and in stressful situations
• Ability to provide care coordination and work collaboratively with community partners to ensure safer and more effective care for the individual
• Must have strong computer skills including the ability to document in an electronic medical record, use electronic time tracking, and the ability to use Google Workspace, specifically Drive, Meets, Spreadsheets, Word documents, and email
• Must follow clinical policies and workflows

The Location

The Hearts for Health Integrated Care Center offers a holistic approach to healthcare nestled amidst the mountains in Enterprise, Oregon. With medical, dental, and mental health services all conveniently housed under one roof, our modern facility is home to the Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness and the Winding Waters Clinic. Built in 2021, this location features inviting therapy rooms, spacious medical exam areas, calming dental operatories, and a fully-equipped teaching kitchen. Collaborative pods foster teamwork among staff, while quiet spaces and wellness activities such as basketball hoops, walking paths, and bikes allow space to reset between appointments.

Vast Rewards for Working Here

• Full support and career resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey
• A supportive, caring atmosphere from leadership and co-workers who value each individual's unique perspective and expertise in providing whole-person care and are encouraged to bring their ideas and solutions to the table so we can act collectively
• Generous, Progressive Benefit Plan - consisting of medical, dental, vision, retirement, life flight membership, life insurance, vacation, and sick leave - with compensation and benefits rated as one of the best for a community mental health program.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential function.

QMHP Levels (for further information, please refer to the MHACBO website: https://www.mhacbo.org/en/)

• QMHP 1- Entry level into this wage scale would be a clinician who is waivered or who has just graduated and would have little relevant experience in a community mental health setting. Consideration would be given to proficient competencies in working with our populations, EMR, policies, and workflows. This person would be learning our core values and guiding behaviors and how those directly support achieving our mission and vision. This person would not be able to supervise and would need extensive supervision while assimilating into the role.
• QMHP 2- Actively modeling our core values and guiding behaviors, which directly support all our teams more effectively in delivering services that achieve our mission and vision. They would be achieving program criteria with success. They would qualify to be a new/entry-level supervisor and would require moderate supervision focused on advanced clinical and supervision skills. They would be able to perform independently 75% of the time.
• QMHP 3-You are a leader in modeling the core values and guiding behaviors, which directly support all our teams more effectively delivering services that achieve our mission and vision. They would consistently perform above expectations and have the ability to perform as an experienced supervisor. They would also be able to perform independently 90 % of the time. They must be able and willing to perform in a leadership or supervisory role within the clinical setting. They must be able to implement and/ or oversee programs.