Behavioral Health Care Manager/Licensed Social Worker - Internal and Adult Medicine - Full Time (40 hours/week)

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.  We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.  We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare

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The behavioral health care manager is a core member of the collaborative care team, including the patient’s medical provider and psychiatric consultant, as well as the larger primary care team or medical team. The behavioral health care manager is responsible for supporting and coordinating the mental and physical health care of patients on an assigned patient caseload with the patient’s medical provider and, when appropriate, other mental health providers.

What is required...

One of the following licenses;

• Licensed Social Worker (LCSW): Possesses a master’s or doctor’s degree in social work; is licensed or certified as a clinical social worker by Washington State; After obtaining the degree has performed at least 2 years of supervised clinical social work
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC): Possesses a master’s or doctor’s degree which qualifies for licensure or certification as a mental health counselor, clinical professional counselor or professional counselor under Washington State law; is licensed or certified as a mental health counselor, clinical professional counselor, or professional counselor by Washington State; after obtaining such degree has performed at least 2 years of clinical supervised experience in mental health counseling OR 3000 hours of post master’s degree supervised clinical experience
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT): Possesses a master’s or doctor’s degree which qualifies for certification as a MFT pursuant to Washington State law; is licensed or certified as a MFT by Washington State; after obtaining such degree has performed at least 2 years of clinical supervised experience in marriage and family therapy or 3000 hours of post master’s degree supervised clinical experience

What is preferred...

• Previous experience working in a Collaborative Care Model
• Certification in EMDR through the EMDR International Association

Wage: Wage range currently starts at $36.13/hour and goes up to $54.76/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience. 

FTE:  1.0 = 40 hours/week; Non-Exempt

Benefits:  This position is benefits eligible