Telehealth Mental Health Clinician- LCSW/LPC/LMFT/Psychologist

Telehealth Mental Health Clinician- LCSW/LPC/LMFT/Psychologist

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

Job Title: Telehealth Mental Health Clinician- LCSW/LPC/LMFT/Psychologist

Position #: 00846047 - Requisition #39275

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Director of Integrated Mental Health for General Internal Medicine, the Mental Health Clinician (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or Psychologist) will be responsible for providing brief, evidence-based psychotherapies and supportive counseling to a select primary care clinic population. Treatment will be provided in a telehealth format (e.g. from home).

The mental health clinician will provide short-term psychotherapy across the continuum of care, including identifying eligible patients based on defined criteria, providing psychosocial assessment, developing and executing treatment in alliance with patient's goals, and ultimately ending care with a firm discharge plan in place.

This role will additionally be responsible for providing crisis support to clinic patients identified as needing urgent behavioral health needs and ensuring they are provided with and/or connected to the next appropriate level of care.

The mental health clinician will work in collaboration with the behavioral health team as well as the primary care clinic's multidisciplinary team including the patient's primary care provider and clinic leadership.

This is an open-rank faculty recruitment at either the Instructor, Senior Instructor, or Assistant Professor level.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship. We are unable to provide work visa sponsorship or employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with practice stakeholders to deliver integrated mental health services in a telehealth modality.
• Provide short-term mental health treatment to targeted groups of patients; developing comprehensive initial assessments, treatment and discharge plans.
• Refer patients to higher level of care (e.g. specialty treatment) -or community long term care - as appropriate.
• Coordinate and revise treatment plan with input from interdisciplinary team and primary care provider.
• Provide routine patient progress monitoring.
• Support the management of patient referrals, including coordinating care for those patients not meeting criteria for clinic based mental health services.
• Support clinic in developing community and campus referral sources as needed.
• Work collaboratively with clinic staff to ensure efficient scheduling and placement of referrals.

Work Location: Remote - This role is eligible to work remotely, but the employee must be in the United States.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: (Details for Instructor, Senior Instructor, Assistant Professor for Psychologist and LCSW/LPC/LMFT as per text)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four or more years of experience independently delivering mental health care in a clinical environment for adults
• Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary care team.
• Experience providing telehealth clinical services.
• Experience working with diverse populations including, but not limited to, complex medical conditions and social/economic issues, Medicaid and Medicare populations.
• Experience with assessment, safety planning and placing M-1 holds for patient concerns related to harm to self, others, grave disability.
• Experience with assessment and follow-through of patient concerns related to mandatory reporting requirements.
• Experience working with an electronic medical record system (ex. Epic)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (As listed)

Anticipated Pay Range:

PhD or PsyD Psychologist
Instructor: $100,000 to $105,000
Senior Instructor: $100,000 to $105,000
Assistant Professor: $100,000 to $105,000

LPC/LCSW/LMFT
Instructor: $70,000 to $85,000
Senior Instructor: $70,000 to $85,000
Assistant Professor: $70,000 to $85,000