Behavioral Health Consultant
Compensation
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Job Description
Facility
Home Support: 2240 W Sunset St, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department: 1853 Population Health PCHH
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm
Work Shift
Day Shift (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description
The Primary Care Health Home Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) provides supportive advocacy to patients and their families as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, helping to overcome barriers to care progression. The BHC works closely with chronically ill patients to assist in managing behaviors that impact their health. Collaborating with providers, nurse care managers, case management, and other CoxHealth staff, the BHC ensures a patient-centered approach to coordinating healthcare needs and wellness goals. The role requires a team-oriented individual with strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Education:
- Required: Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or PsyD Experience:
- Preferred: Previous experience with electronic health records or prior work with a family practice medical office Skills:
- Excellent telephone and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize; strong organizational skills
- Strong knowledge of medical terminology
- Computer experience required Licensure/Certification/Registration:
- Required: Active LCSW Licensure, LPC, or MO State Licensed Psychologist
Key Responsibilities
The Behavioral Health Consultant provides supportive advocacy to patients and their families while collaborating with an interdisciplinary healthcare team. They assist chronically ill patients in managing behaviors that impact their health and coordinate wellness goals.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a PsyD, along with an active LCSW, LPC, or MO State Licensed Psychologist certification. Previous experience with electronic health records or family practice medical offices is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Clinical Psychology Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Clinical Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 17.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Clinical Psychology median $72k (middle half $62k–$81k)332 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Missouri index 90.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Clinical Psychology listings in Missouri | 38 active | 2,090 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| New Clinical Psychology listings | 204 in the last 30 days | 105 the 30 days before (+94%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Clinical Psychology pay trend | −17.2% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Behavioral Health Consultant at CoxHealth a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Clinical Psychology healthcare professional listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score
- No weekends
- No nights
Benefits & Perks
Living in Springfield
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $235k
- Typical market rent
- $1,192/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 88.6
- State income tax
- Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.