Hybrid Behavioral Health Specialist II presso International Community Health Services (ICHS)

Join the ICHS Team!

Discover how you can make a difference in people’s lives and help strengthen communities.

International Community Health Services (ICHS) is a nationally recognized community health center. For over 50 years, we have provided medical, dental, and wellness care to individuals and families from all regions and all walks of life many of whom face significant barriers to receiving the care they need. We believe that quality health care supports stronger families, healthier communities, and a more just society.

At ICHS, we are proud of our team-based approach and the shared commitment that drives our work. We value respect, collaboration, and compassion in everything we do. When you join ICHS, you become part of a mission-driven team that believes everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES seeks a Behavioral Health Specialist II in Seattle, WA to provide brief, integrated behavioral health services within a primary care setting; utilize patient health data

and proactively engage patient panels to achieve population defined behavioral health outcome; conduct evaluations to help patients establish mental health evidence or a combination of mental health and medical evidence of a disability; screen, identify, and manage patients who present difficulties with mental illness, substance use, and other social determinants of health risk factors that impact patient’s behavioral health; assess patients through obtaining psychosocial histories to identify and justify a behavioral health related diagnosis; develop and implement brief treatment plans that use evidence-based treatment modalities that reflect the patient’s diagnosis, modify treatment and plans as clinically indicated; support psychotropic medication management prescribed by primary care clinicians with a focus on treatment adherence, attention to side effects, and effectiveness of treatment; facilitate patient engagement and follow-up in health care; conduct scheduled consultation with consulting psychiatrists and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to patient’s physician or other team members; track patient treatment, follow up, and clinical outcomes as required; accept internal referrals and make external behavioral health referrals when appropriate and serve as a resource to the health care team; and consult, collaborate, and coordinate behavioral health services internally with the patient’s care team and externally with care providers and natural supports as clinically indicated. 

Minimum Requirements: Masters in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related field of study AND 24 months experience as Counselor, Therapist, or related position working with patients with mental health, substance abuse and/or disability issues. 

Wage Offered: $53,000 to $96,700 per year

Benefits: Medical, Dental and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 4% retirement contribution., Employee Wellness Program, paid holidays, paid time off (PTO), reimbursement of professional license fees, and “share the success” bonus.

Please send resumes to Milane Aldrich, International Community Health Services (ICHS), PO Box 3007, Seattle, WA 98114.