Ozarks Community Hospital·Urbana, Missouri
Integrate mental healthcare within a primary care clinic by performing screenings, brief interventions, and behavioral supports. Collaborate with primary care providers to develop and implement patient care plans and maintain detailed clinical documentation.
Works in conjunction with the Director of Behavioral Health and the Clinic Manager to actively and consistently contribute to the clinic operations and communications; fully integrate primary care with mental healthcare; behaves in a manner consistent with the mission and objectives of OCHC and performs duties as requested.
Education & Training
Must pass annual competencies Active professional development Satisfactory maintenance of continuing education standards as established by the Division of Professional Registration of Missouri
Licensure & Certifications
Licensed Clinical Social Worker Licensed Master Social Work Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor Licensed Professional Counselor Family and Friends CPR within 6 months of employment
Experience: One-year experience preferred
1. Supports primary care physician/teams in identifying and behaviorally intervening with patients who could benefit from behavioral interventions. 2. Participant in front line interventions with first looking to manage behavioral health needs within primary care practice.
Interventions
Identifies problem behavior, discusses impact of intervention, and decides what to change.
Implements specific and goal directed interventions.
1. Consistently uses monitoring forms. 2. Consistently uses behavioral health ‘prescriptions’ 3. Uses multiple interventions simultaneously 4. Provides education to patient and significant others. 5. Provides handouts explaining appropriate information. 6. Utilizes teach back strategies.
Tailors education to each specific patient and issue.
Consistently provides feedback to primary care physician.
Communicates in a brief, concise, and brief manner.
Maintains focus on referral question.
Provides description of action plan.
1. A. Provides plan for follow-up care. 2. Transitions patients to traditional behavioral health counseling as needed. 3. Uses correct visit templates when documenting, differentiates visits between BHC and counseling consistently. 4. Dismisses each patient by walking them to the front office communicating with office staff what the patient needs to be scheduled for and if it is a BHC appointment what number that session will be. 5. Ensures Medicaid prior authorizations are obtained prior to 5th patient visit. 6. Provides comprehensive mental health care to patients per OCHC procedure and policy and collaborative practice agreement/protocol, utilizing supplies and procedures appropriate to ages of the patients serviced including child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient population for the subsequent duties.
Obtains and documents all relevant health history.
Performs mental health examination and documents relevant findings.
Develops and implements a plan of care, with the patient and appropriate others, which may include additional testing, education, counseling, health promotion, referral, and follow-up, and documents in the patient record.
Educates and counsels individuals and/or their families on health, health promotion, and illness, based on identified mental needs.
Provides mental care related consultation to and collaborates with community agencies and organizations.
Documentation is completed and signed within 72 hours after patient has been seen.
Provides correct documentation, diagnoses codes and correct template to ensure correct coding/billing occurs.
Corrections from coding are completed in a timely manner.
Requires current licensure as an LCSW, LMSW, PLPC, or LPC and CPR certification within six months of hire. One year of experience is preferred, along with a commitment to annual competencies and continuing education.
Market context
Behavioral health roles in Missouri often draw steady demand, especially for licensed counselors who can support adults, children, and adolescents across varied care settings. These positions are competitive because employers typically want fully licensed LPCs with broad population experience, and benefits such as health, dental, vision, parental leave, and flexible schedules can influence candidate interest. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your Missouri LPC status and highlight direct experience with all three age groups in your application.