About Greater Lakes Mental Health

Greater Lakes Mental Health is a key component of MultiCare’s Behavioral Health Network, providing mental health and substance use disorder treatment for over 10,000 individuals annually across Pierce County.

Providing services for adults, children, and families with Medicaid coverage, Greater Lakes offers 6 convenient mental health care locations including a 16-bed inpatient facility covering medically necessary voluntary and involuntary services to adults.

Our experienced teams, veteran nurses, and robust training plans are designed to support your success and growth in facilitating recovery-oriented and trauma-informed treatment.

FTE : 1.0, Shift : Day, Schedule : Monday - Friday 8am -5pm, Hybrid position 3 days in person, 2 days remote.

Position Summary

The Mental Health Professional is an exciting clinical opportunity responsible for counseling and case management service.

In this role, you will maintain a patient caseload, providing intervention within established treatment guidelines, policies and procedures.

The position offers you the ability to actively advocate on behalf of your patients.

Responsibilities

• You will provide person-centered counseling, advocacy and case management for patients
• You will develop treatment plans which clearly identify the patient’s voice, treatment strategies, and specific outcome measures
• You will meet agency documentation standards and authorization requirements of contracts
• You will strategically tailor effective clinical / case management services to meeting diverse patient needs
• You will contribute to the success of MultiCare expectations and core values, continuously learning, and performing other duties as needed or assigned

Requirements

• Masters degree in a related field
• A Mental Health Professional as defined within HB 1724 :
• An individual practicing within the mental health professional's statutory scope of practice who is :
• a) A psychiatrist, psychologist, physician assistant working with a supervising psychiatrist, psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioner, psychiatric nurse, or social worker, as defined in this chapter and chapter 71.34 RCW;

b) A mental health counselor, mental health counselor associate, marriage and family therapist, or marriage and family therapist associate, as defined in chapter 18.225 RCW; or

• c) A certified or licensed agency affiliated counselor, as defined in chapter 18.19 RCW;
• Previous experience providing mental health counseling services preferred
• Current Washington state driver’s license and proof of a safe driving record (which meets established MultiCare Standards) obtained by a motor vehicle report from the appropriate state

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off.

As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position.

The pay scale is $29.81 - $42.89 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to : skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and / or education.

If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Last updated : 2024-05-22