Behavioral Health Clinician III
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Job overview
The Behavioral Health Clinician III provides direct care, assessments, and therapeutic services to individuals experiencing acute mental health and substance use challenges. The clinician works in a collaborative team environment, managing care through assessment, planning, implementation, and ongoing evaluation. The role also supports crisis response, discharge planning, community referrals, and guidance for new staff and interns.
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Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
The Behavioral Health Clinician III delivers direct care, assessments, and therapeutic services to individuals experiencing acute mental health and substance use challenges. Working within a collaborative, team-based environment, the clinician provides ongoing care management and clinical support through comprehensive assessment, care planning, implementation, and continuous evaluation of each individual's needs.
Responsibilities:
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Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments and risk evaluations for patients identified as having safety concerns risk.
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Develop individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the patient, family, and treatment team.
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Facilitate individual, group, and family therapy sessions using appropriate clinical modalities.
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Participate in daily multidisciplinary team meetings to coordinate care and support discharge planning.
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Work collaboratively with psychiatrists, nurses, and support staff to ensure cohesive care delivery.
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Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation support as needed.
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Maintains a working knowledge of North Carolina state statutes related to the involuntary commitment process.
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Document clinical interactions and progress notes in accordance with hospital policies and regulatory standards.
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Assist patients and families in understanding treatment goals, discharge plans, and referrals to outpatient services.
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Coordinates and facilitates safe discharge plans by connecting individuals to appropriate community resources and support services.
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Provides guidance, training, and coaching to new staff and interns in accordance with established practice standards and program guidelines.
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Participates in the development of therapeutic unit programming aimed at improving patient outcomes.
Other information:
Required:
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Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or other human services related field.
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Currently licensed in the state of North Carolina: (i.e. LCSW, LPC, LCMHC)
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Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Job Details
Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC
Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: Acute Care Case Management
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: PARDEEHOSP
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 486 open Mental Health Clinician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$65–90K/yr204 salary ranges
- US median$37–51/hr106 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 486 open Mental Health Clinician jobs across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Mental Health Clinician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median (215 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 255 of the 486 open Mental Health Clinician jobs (52%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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