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Job Summary
 

This position is for a bilingual clinician who screens, enrolls, and provides an evidence-based brief group intervention in English and Spanish to patients who are pregnant and postpartum. Some groups are offered in person and some are offered via telehealth. Some individual therapy and case management is included, as well. The position is part of a project funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health and conducted by researchers at the University of Denver. Clinician maintains active caseload and appropriate documentation of services in the electronic health record and study records. Clinician functions as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team in the primary medical setting as well as part of the larger organization. Services uphold Colorado Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) Standards.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for intake, design of treatment recommendations and creating plan of care at time of initial assessment. Facilitates individual telephonic therapy sessions and fundamental case management. Works as a member of a multidisciplinary patient care team demonstrated by the capacity to ask for additional tasks, or helping team members when not busy. Coordinate medication/ medicinal needs of patients with medical sources. (20%)
• Responds to patient and referral needs in a timely, professional and non-defensive manner. (20%)
• Documents legibly, while accurately reflecting the patient's clinical progression. All therapeutic interventions and patient response to interventions are documented within the prescribed guidelines. (20%)
• Works diligently to protect the confidentiality of patient information by creating and maintaining a secure and trusting environment by sharing patient information only when necessary in the performance of the job responsibilities or to improve a patient's care. (20%)
• Makes attempts to re-engage any patient who seeks a premature discharge from the program. (10%)
• Participates in weekly team meetings and monthly educational in-service/training events; attends workshops/conferences to promote ongoing professional and educational development. (10%)

Education:

• Master's Degree Psychology or other related human services degree Required

Work Experience:

• 1-3 years Typically 5,000 hours or 2 ½ years of clinical experience post master's degree. Required

Licenses:

• Registered with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) as a qualified licensure candidate; either as a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW). 2. Certified Addiction Counselor Level I, II, or III preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Performs in accordance with evidence-based clinical framework; achieves high standards of care through the implementation of evidence based services and application of clinical policies and procedures for all patients.
• Keen understanding of the disease progression of psychiatric disorders and motivating persons for positive change.
• Possesses critical thinking skills that lead to the identification of the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Promotes the capacity to provide clinical assistance, emotional support and management skill building, or other necessary clinical care to patients when needed. Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality of patients' records.
• Computer skills required.
• Computer skills preferred.

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

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About Denver Health

Take your career to the next level at Denver Health, where we offer a robust benefits package and endless opportunities for growth. Denver Health is a nationally-ranked, locally-trusted, premier healthcare institution located in the heart of Denver, Colorado.Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or approximately 150,000 individuals, receive their health care here. We are known as an integrated health care system that encompasses multidisciplinary academic specialties, a community health system, a level I adult trauma center, pediatric emergency and urgent care center home to Denver Public Health and many of the nation's leaders in medicine.Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Denver Health we pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity. Equal opportunity is a fundamental principle of Denver Health. As an equal opportunity employer, Denver Health is committed to recruit, hire, promote and administer all human resource actions in a non-discriminatory manner. Denver Health is committed to providing equal opportunities in all business practices and to all persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion, sex, pregnancy, disab...ility, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or veteran status (collectively “protected status”). Denver Health strives to maintain a work environment that is free from unlawful harassment and discrimination and will not tolerate any such conduct by employees or directed at employees within the scope of their employment. Read the full Human Resources Employee Principles and Practices policy.

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