Behavioral Health Clinician

About the role

The Behavioral Health Clinician supports customer activities by providing treatment support, conducting assessments, counseling, and intervention services. They collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and engage in research and program development.

Responsibilities

• Attend and participate in meetings during normal duty hours, professional staff conferences, and other professional activities.
• Conduct USSOCOM/POTFF approved applied research and clinical investigations.
• Apply professional practice procedures and techniques, including interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidence-based therapies.
• Provide clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees.
• Collaborate with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders, and school districts as required.
• Participate in military-specific training/activities and other activities as directed by the unit Commander or his/her designee.
• Assess treatment adherence, use validated symptom inventories, and provide clients with education regarding their mental health condition and treatment regimen.
• Maintain client information in a client registry and routinely staff difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant, and/or psychiatry consultant.
• Engage in case management functions.

Requirements

You must have one of the following degrees: Master’s or doctoral degree in social work from a fully accredited graduate school by the CSWE and licensed at an independent level in social work (LCSW or equivalent); Master’s or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program accredited by the COAMFTE, or a qualifying graduate degree in an allied mental health field from a regionally accredited education institution in conjunction with a program of marriage and family therapy study that is equivalent to the COAMFTE standards as defined by the AAMFT; a minimum of two (2) years peer-reviewable clinical work experience in a mental health setting; experience working in a government setting such as DoW or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF is preferable; experience in brief behavioral interventions; and meet credentialing and privileging standards pursuant to 5a of the Defense Health Agency-Procedures Manual 6025.13.

Qualifications

A minimum of two (2) years peer-reviewable clinical work experience in a mental health setting is required. Experience working in a government setting such as DoW or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF is preferable. Meet credentialing and privileging standards pursuant to 5a of the Defense Health Agency-Procedures Manual 6025.13. Must have experience in brief behavioral interventions.

Skills

Experience in brief behavioral interventions, clinical supervision, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellness packages, including a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave. Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

Pay

$72,877 - $98,599

Schedule

40 hours per week