CVS Health
Behavioral Health Specialist Requires LCSW LPC or LMFT
$54K–$117K
LA - Baton Rouge · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Education
- Master’s degree in mental health counseling/healing arts from an accredited school (Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, etc.).
About the job
Provides care management and evidence-based short-term psychotherapy for patients with behavioral health needs in collaboration with primary care teams and a psychiatric consultant.
What you'll do
- Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance use disorders; develop care plans and arrange referrals.
- Provide short-term counseling and evidence-based treatments, and coordinate care with psychiatric consultants and primary care teams.
- Document patient encounters and participate in efforts to advance the Behavioral Health Program.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in mental health counseling/healing arts from an accredited school.
- Highest clinical level of license (or local equivalent).
- Experience screening, assessing, and treatment planning for common mental health and/or substance use disorders.
- US work authorization.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in brief, structured intervention techniques and working knowledge of differential diagnoses.
- Proficient PC skills.
Pay
$54,095.00 - $116,760.00 (base salary; posting describes this as base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary)
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