Behavioral Health Clinician

West Warwick • Integrated Primary Care

About the Role

Are you a clinician who believes behavioral health care works best when it’s woven into primary care — not referred out to a waitlist? Thundermist Health Center is looking for a Behavioral Health Clinician to join the integrated care team at our West Warwick location. You’ll provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive behavioral health services to adults as your primary focus, with the ability to see children and adolescents as needed. You’ll respond to warm hand-offs from medical providers, deliver individual, group, and family therapy, partner with psychiatric prescribers, and conduct screenings — all within a patient-centered medical home serving West Warwick and the surrounding Kent County communities.

What You’ll Do

Clinical Assessment & Treatment

• Provide trauma-informed and culturally responsive behavioral health services to adult patients
• Respond to warm hand-offs from medical providers for same-day behavioral health consultations, brief interventions, and triage
• Conduct brief screenings to evaluate patient and family behavioral health needs
• Deliver individual, group, and family therapy using evidence-based approaches (CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, trauma-informed care)
• Assess clinical emergencies including suicide risk and risk of harm to others; determine appropriate levels of care
• Provide consultation to medical providers on behavioral health management and support integrated treatment plans
• Partner with psychiatric prescribers (PMHNPs/psychiatrists) on patients requiring medication management alongside therapy
• Provide behavioral health services to children and adolescents as needed within scope and caseload capacity

Collaboration & Community

• Collaborate with providers, community agencies, and individuals in each patient’s network of care
• Build and sustain relationships with Kent County community partners and adult service agencies
• Participate in the Behavioral Health on-call schedule
• Provide referrals for more intensive services where appropriate

Documentation & Compliance

• Complete same-day documentation in the EHR (eClinicalWorks) including screenings, progress notes, treatment plans, and insurance documentation
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2 (SUD confidentiality), Rhode Island licensure scope of practice, and HRSA/FQHC requirements
• Support HRSA UDS reporting for behavioral health measures (depression screening, SBIRT, tobacco cessation counseling)

What We’re Looking For

You’re a clinician who can shift from a warm hand-off to a structured therapy session to a crisis assessment in the same afternoon. You’re comfortable in a medical setting, value team-based care, and bring both clinical rigor and genuine compassion to your work.

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related field
• Rhode Island licensure as LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, LMHC-A, or LMFT (comparable out-of-state licenses considered with ability to obtain RI licensure)
• Minimum 2 years of clinical experience with demonstrated experience working with diverse populations
• Working knowledge of DSM-5-TR/ICD-10, psychotherapy methodologies, and evidence-based treatment planning
• Demonstrated ability to assess clinical emergencies and determine appropriate levels of care

Preferred:

• LICSW licensure in Rhode Island strongly preferred
• Prior experience in an FQHC, community health center, or safety-net behavioral health setting
• Experience with integrated behavioral health / PCBH model including warm hand-offs in primary care
• Training in SBIRT, CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-informed care
• Experience with perinatal mental health, MAT/SUD support, or co-occurring disorder treatment
• Bilingual (Spanish/English or Portuguese/English) strongly preferred for the Kent County communities served

Schedule & Location

Full-time (40 hours/week), benefit-eligible, based on-site at Thundermist’s West Warwick location. Schedule includes mornings, afternoons, and evenings as required. Participation in the Behavioral Health on-call schedule is required. Occasional travel to off-site meetings and other Thundermist sites as needed.

Benefits at Thundermist Health Center

Full-Time Employees Working 40+ Hours/Week

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance ($75,000) and Long-Term Disability — at no cost
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health FSA up to $3,300 / Dependent Care FSA up to $5,000)
• Retirement Plan with 1:1 employer match up to 4%
• Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity
• Wellness Reimbursement up to $200/year
• PTO starting at 22 days, increasing with tenure, plus 6 paid holidays

Work Environment

• Onsite at Thundermist’s West Warwick location in an ambulatory clinical setting
• Moderate physical activity: walking, standing, stooping, and occasional lifting
• Potential exposure to blood-borne pathogens, respiratory disease, infectious diseases, and other biohazardous materials requiring universal standard precautions

Our Values

Everything we do at Thundermist is guided by five core values: Integrity, Innovation, Excellence, Community, and Caring. If those resonate with you, you’ll feel at home here.

Ready to join a team that truly cares?

Apply today.

Thundermist Health Center is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.