Overview
This Community Health Center seeks an Behavioral Health Consultant to deliver behavioral health and wellbeing services to our patients, with a goal of working with patients to support them in reaching their desired goals.
This Community Health Center began in 1980 as the Parent Child Center, a three-room clinic at West Suburban Medical Center that offered prenatal, postpartum, and infant care for underserved residents of Chicago’s Austin community. Since then, we have grown to encompass thirteen health centers, serving West Side Chicago and the near west suburbs, as well as providing inpatient care at West Suburban Medical Center and Norwegian American Hospital.
The Behavioral Health Consultant will:
- provide behavioral health care services to patients in all life cycles in a primary care setting
- participate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure holistic psychosocial and medical needs are met.
Monday-Friday
40 Hours
Multiple locations available in Chicago, Berwyn, Melrose Park, and Oak Park.
Job Requirements
Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred, but not required.
Misc Benefits
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Malpractice insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Flexible spending account
401k
401k matching
CME - 40 hours + $750
Eligibility for pre-tax loan repayment up to $50,000 with a 2 year contract
Client Description
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to improve health outcomes for the medically underserved community through the provision of high quality, affordable, and accessible primary health care and support services. Anchored with family medicine, we are committed to serving the needs of all people in all stages of life.
Vision:
The organization envisions a future in which our society has successfully developed a Culture of Health that guides our path to achieving and maintaining the healthiest population possible, and that guides our actions for providing all individuals and communities with the means to attain the best health possible.
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.