Behavioral Health Specialist

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Company:Oak Street Health

Title:Behavioral Health Specialist

Oak Street Health is a rapidly growing innovative company of communitybased healthcare centers delivering higher quality health and wellness care that improves outcomes manages medical costs and provides an unmatched experience for adults on Medicare in medically underserved communities. By providing holistic comprehensive and integrated care right in our patients communities we can help keep them healthy and reinvest cost savings in further care for those same communities and others. Since 2013 Oak Street Health has brought its singular approach to tens of thousands of people across the nation. With an ambitious growth trajectory Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody Oak Street values and are passionate about our mission to rebuild healthcare as it should be.

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Role Description:

The Behavioral Health Specialist is a key resource for Care Teams across a region of Oak Street Health primary clinics. They are responsible for coordinating and supporting behavioral healthcare for our patients in collaboration with Care Teams and a psychiatric consultant. The Behavioral Health Social Worker will assess the needs of patients make referrals to appropriate behavioral health resources and specialists and provide shortterm counseling and evidencebased treatments as indicated.

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the primary care teams to identify appropriate patients to refer into the Oak Street Behavioral Health program

• Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance use disorders

• Develop care plans and provide or facilitate referrals to Oak Streets psychiatric consultant and/or external resources

• Provide shortterm counseling and evidencebased treatments

• Coordinate care with Oak Streets psychiatric consultant including warm hand offs for telehealth visits and collaboration on care plans

• Develop relationships with primary care teams and consistently communicate changes in behavioral health care plans

• Accurate and timely documentation of patient encounters and counseling sessions in Oak Streets electronic medical record

• Participate in regional and organizational efforts to advance Oak Streets Behavioral Health program through workshops feedback sessions and surveys

• Other duties as assigned

What are we looking for

Were looking for motivated licensed clinical social workers with:

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting

• Experience and passion for working with behavioral health conditions

• Comfort supporting patients with cooccurring behavioral health and substance abuse issues

• Experience with screening for common mental health and/or substance use disorders

• Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders

• Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance use disorders

• Working knowledge of evidencebased psychosocial treatments for common mental health disorders

• Familiarity with brief structured intervention techniques (e.g. Motivational Interviewing Behavioral Activation)

• Proficient PC skills

• US work authorization

• Someone who embodies being Oaky

What does being Oaky look like

• Radiating positive energy

• Assuming good intentions

• Creating an unmatched patient experience

• Driving clinical excellence

• Taking ownership and delivering results

• Being spy

Why Oak Street

Oak Street Health offers our coworkers the opportunity to be at the forefront of a revolution in healthcare as well as:

• Collaborative and energetic culture

• Fastpaced and innovative environment

• Competitive benefits including paid vacation and sick time generous 401K match with immediate vesting and health benefits

Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and encourage all interested readers to apply to oakstreethealth/careers.

The minimum base annual wage for this position is $65720.00and the maximum base annual wage for this position is $97880.00 This base pay does not include additional forms of compensation including bonuses overtime etc.

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Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual fulltime salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience education geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus commission or shortterm incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers patients members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits investing in the physical emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions) and an employee stock purchase plan.

• Nocost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings tobacco cessation and weight management programs confidential counseling and financial coaching.

• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off flexible work schedules family leave dependent care resources colleague assistance programs tuition assistance retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information visit anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/16/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal state and local laws.