Behavioral Health Specialist
Council Bluffs, IAJob$32.85–39.07/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Behavioral Health Specialist supports patients and families throughout their clinic experience and collaborates with a multidisciplinary primary care team to deliver integrated treatment. The role assists with mental health, substance use, and psychosocial concerns through brief interventions, screening, assessment, education, and referrals. It requires a relevant master’s degree, two years of post-license experience, and an LISW or LMHC license.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Behavioral Health Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring patients and their families feel supported and informed throughout their clinic experience. You will collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team to facilitate the delivery of impactful and comprehensive treatment plans for our patients.
Every day you will cultivate trust through dedicated advocacy, unwavering support, and comprehensive education for your patients and their families. Your empathy and patience will be the cornerstone of your success as you guide individuals through particularly vulnerable periods in their lives.
To be successful in this role, you must possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build trust and rapport with patients and their families. This foundation will be crucial for creating a supportive environment where patients feel heard and understood.
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Assists the primary care physicians in recognizing, treating and managing mental health, substance use and psychosocial issues.
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Contribute and participate as a member of the primary care team.
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Provide consultation and education/training to the primary care providers and staff to enhance their skill and effectiveness in treating mental health problems.
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Provide brief, focused interventions for clients in need of mental health and substance use services within the primary care setting.
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Advise and assist the primary care provider about the best place of service for patients with mental health/chemical dependency problems, either in the primary care setting or referral to specialty treatment.
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Conduct brief screening or intake interviews to determine diagnoses and functional assessment to work with the primary care physician to create and implement integrated care plans.
We are offering a 10% annual quality bonus based on clinic goals
Job Requirements
Required
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Masters degree from an accredited educational institution in Counseling, Social Work, or other related behavioral health field and two years of post license experience in a mental health/addiction recovery or related field, upon hire
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Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor)
Where You'll Work
From primary to specialty care, as well as walk-in and virtual services, CHI Health Clinic delivers more options and better access so you can spend time on what matters: being healthy. We offer more than 20 specialties and 100 convenient locations; with some clinics offering extended hours.
Pay Range
$32.85 - $39.07 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 589 open Mental Health Counselor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$32.85–39.07/hr
- US median$30–36/hr157 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $35.96/hr, is 4% above the US median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the middle half of Mental Health Counselor hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 10 open Mental Health Counselor jobs in Iowa and 589 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- OptiMindHealth50 open
- Veterans Health Administration48 open
- Magellan Health Services39 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Mental Health Counselor postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (181 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 358 of the 589 open Mental Health Counselor jobs (61%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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