Overview

This Community Health Center seeks a Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) to be a part of a multi-disciplinary primary health care team. The BHC will be responsible for providing behavioral health consultation and treatment to children, adolescents, and adults in order to improve their psychosocial functioning and overall health outcomes.

This Community Health Center is at the forefront of expanding access to affordable, comprehensive healthcare. We understand that we must continually work to evolve our thinking around patient care. As a community health care leader, we know that regardless of all the resources and advancements in medicine today, patient engagement is the most critical element in improving health outcomes. To achieve this outcome, we innovate and develop better practices to improve our care delivery model.

To continue successfully down this path, we search for candidates who share our values and goals. We don’t discriminate for any reason.  We welcome talent who believes in our mission, drives the organization forward and cares about the value they bring to an organization.

We treat the whole person and believe behavioral health is an important part of one’s overall health. We have an integrated approach to care and our behavioral health team works directly with our primary care teams to ensure that all aspects of a patient’s health are reviewed and monitored on a regular basis.

Locations Available

3800 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60624

4839 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60638

1817 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608 (Spanish required)

3303 W 26th St, Chicago, IL 60623 (Spanish required)

Loan repayment opportunities through National Health Service Corps!

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited school of Social Work or equivalent required
• Current Illinois LCSW/ LCPC or PsyD licensure required
• Minimum five (5) years, post Master’s degree clinical experience preferred
• Excellent working knowledge of evidenced-based mental health and behavioral inventions
• Some BHC positions require oral fluency in Spanish

Misc Benefits

Compensation Package

• Competitive Guarantee Annual Base Salary
• Relocation Assistance
• $10,000 Sign-On Bonus
• Loan repayment potential through National Health Service Corps (NHSC)

Comprehensive benefits package

• 40 hours per week: 36 clinical hours and 4 administrative.
• A hybrid of In-Person and Telework
• Malpractice liability provided by the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA)
• 100% Outpatient Practice
• Flexible schedules and much more…!

Client Description

Mission:

To partner with patients at all points of care, providing high quality, patient-centered health services accessible to all in their own communities.

Vision:

To be the health care home of choice, partnering with patients and communities to improve total health and create health equity.

Values:

Caring - We embrace the diversity of our patients, staff and communities, and engage them with mutual respect, compassion, trust, integrity and responsibility.

Committed - We pursue excellence through innovation and disciplined approaches to deliver patient-centered care, in an environment of collaborative learning and professional growth.

Connected - We engage in partnerships that add value to our patients and promote the total health of the communities that we serve.

Community Description

The world's best food. The world's best museums. Architecture that awes and enough shopping for days. Find it all in Chicago. With events every weekend, live music and theatre every night, and beautiful parks and ice rinks beckoning every day — Chicago buzzes with energy and excitement all year. 

Chicago is the third most populous city in the US. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people.

Affordable living costs and comprehensive, reliable public transit give Chicago a leg up on most other major cities.

Student Loan Forgiveness

Our clinicians are eligible for state and federal loan repayment programs, such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program.