Who We Are:
Established in 1975, Non-Profit Yakima Neighborhood Health Services serves patients in the areas of Behavioral Health, Family Dentistry, Internal Medicine, Women’s Health, Primary Care, Pediatrics, Vision Care and Pharmacy. Our mission is to improve the quality of life and equity in our communities by providing accessible and integrated health and social services, ending homelessness and offering unique learning opportunities for students of health professions.
Why Work at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services?
YNHS offers great compensation for this position, with a starting wage of $40-$46 an hour, along with high value benefits of employer provided medical, dental, vision, life, disability and retirement insurances. To support our team, we also provide ten paid holidays, flexible amounts of paid leave and/or cash-out options, and retention bonuses to reward commitment to our mission.
**This position is eligible for state and federal loan repayment. **
Our Ideal Candidate: Requires great flexibility and team-oriented approaches. This exciting position provides full scope counseling services to support a diverse population and coordinate care for multi-issue clients.
Some technical requirements for this position are:
Overview:
Behavioral Health Specialist for Integrated Primary Care Community Health Center practice. This person provides team-based care alongside primary care providers, nurses, MAs, dietitians, care coordinators, pharmacists, and outreach workers; experience or knowledge/support in CBT, brief therapy, harm reduction; works with low-income populations including MSFW, homeless, LGBTQ youth, this role may be included in clinic, supportive housing, and street visits – scheduled and unscheduled. Requires great flexibility and team-oriented approaches. This exciting position provides full scope counseling services to support a diverse population and coordinate care for multi-issue clients.
Yakima Neighborhood Health Services is a mission-driven organization. We are proud of our mission, are true to it and will continue to be true to it in the years to come. Staff at YNHS share in the goal to help the most underserved and most vulnerable in the Yakima Valley and to help students of health care professions. It is what we do and who we are.
The Mission of Yakima Neighborhood Health Services is:
To provide affordable, accessible, quality health care,
promote learning opportunities for students of health professions
and end homelessness and improve quality of life in our communities
As part of our mission, our Board of Directors have adopted a statement of Organization Values. They are:
Committment Professionalism Quality/Excellence Compassion