FT Travel / Mental Health Professional

Schedule: M-F, weekly travel required

Residence in TX or NM required 

Position Overview

CorrHealth is seeking a motivated, adaptable, and clinically skilled Travel Mental Health Clinician to provide behavioral health services across correctional healthcare facilities in New Mexico and Texas.

This position is ideal for a licensed mental health professional who enjoys variety, travel, and making a meaningful impact by supporting behavioral health teams where coverage is most needed. The Travel Mental Health Clinician will receive orientation and training at each assigned facility and provide clinical coverage during staff vacations, leaves of absence, vacancies, program expansion, and other operational needs.

CorrHealth recognizes that mental health licensure is state-specific and is committed to assisting the selected candidate with obtaining licensure in multiple states, as needed.

Essential Job Duties

✓ Provide comprehensive behavioral health services in accordance with facility policies, professional standards, and applicable state regulations

✓ Complete mental health assessments, crisis evaluations, suicide risk assessments, and clinical follow-up appointments

✓ Develop, implement, and update individualized treatment plans

✓ Respond to behavioral health emergencies and collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams

✓ Maintain timely, accurate, and legally sound clinical documentation within the electronic health record; provides accessibility of notes for staff, and ensures transfer of information by maintaining organized and legible notes

✓ Become familiar with each assigned facility's policies, procedures, and operational workflows through site-specific orientation

✓ Support continuity of care during staffing transitions and temporary coverage assignments

✓ Participate in quality improvement initiatives and maintain compliance with NCCHC standards and CorrHealth policies

✓ Identifies mental health symptoms and treatment needs, including (if necessary) special housing or watch, and makes recommendations to healthcare unit and security staff

✓ Coordinates closely with MD, Prescriber, Psychiatrist, and any other necessary staff to ensure evaluation/care of patient

✓ Identifies, recommends, and conducts non-pharmacological treatments when appropriate and/or applicable

✓ Provides mental health crisis and suicide intervention and management for facility

✓ Provides clinical supervision and treatment plans for inmates on caseload

✓ Monitors conditions and treatment needs of special inmate population

✓ Provides staff training in relevant mental health issues

✓ Attends regular treatment team multidisciplinary meetings, classification meetings, or other required administrative meetings, as well as participating in CQI and/or QA studies and group sessions

✓ Provides consultation to security and healthcare staff regarding patient behavior, safety concerns, or other mental health concerns

✓ Able to provide linkage and/or discharge planning services when necessary/appropriate

✓ When applicable, participates in treatment programming and planning discussions of problem cases, follow-up and monitoring of medication, and general psychiatric input

✓ When applicable, initiates involuntary hospitalization for those inmates who need to be transferred to outside mental health facilities; generates appropriate paperwork relevant to the hospitalization

This position requires frequent travel to correctional healthcare facilities throughout:

✓ Colorado

✓ New Mexico

✓ Texas

✓ Wyoming

Travel assignments may vary in duration depending on operational needs. Transportation and lodging will be coordinated in accordance with CorrHealth travel policies.

Minimum Education/Experience Requirements

✓ Master's degree in Clinical Psychology or related field: MA Clinical Psych, MA Counseling, MA Clinical Social Work

✓ Licensed in state of employment: LCPC, LPC, LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LMFT

✓ 2-5 years post-degree and post-licensure clinical experience, preferred

✓ Correctional mental health experience is preferred

Schedule Requirements

The schedule is determined by the operational needs of the assigned facility.

Candidates should generally expect:

✓ Full-time employment

✓ Monday through Friday schedule for most assignments

✓ Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday coverage when necessary to support facility operations

✓ Flexibility to adjust schedules based on staffing needs and assignment requirements

Because this is a travel-based position, assignments and schedules may change with advance notice based on organizational needs.

Additional Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Competencies

✓ Clear and effective verbal and written communication with all coworkers, supervisors, jail administration, and patients

✓ Excellent verbal and written comprehension

✓ Excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving abilities

✓ Excellent organizational skills

✓ Ability to use a computer and use/learn a variety of software, including site-specific computer programs

✓ Must demonstrate ability to appropriately and safely use standard medical equipment

✓ Ability to respect the dignity and confidentiality of inmates

Employment Requirements

✓ Must be willing to travel weekly

✓ Must have flexible availability both days and nights seven (7) days a week

✓ Must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc. for this position

✓ Must have current CPR/BLS certification

✓ Must have current TB test (taken within one year)

✓ Must adhere to all facility policies and procedures as well as the policies and procedures listed in the Employee Handbook

✓ Willing to assist coworkers in the job duties and work overtime if required; may act as a resource to other coworkers

✓ Maintains confidentiality, dignity, and security of health records and protected health information in compliance with HIPAA requirements

Security Requirements

✓ Must undergo security training and orientation on facility safety policies and procedures

Physical/Mental Requirements

This position routinely requires (but is not limited to) the following:

✓ Ability to both remain stationary and move/traverse throughout the facility, including up and down flights of stairs

✓ Ability to position oneself in different spaces

✓ Ability to convey and discern information in a conversation, frequently communicate with patients; must be able to exchange accurate information.

✓ Ability to identify and detect objects and assess situations from a variety of distances

✓ Ability to stay calm in stressful and demanding situations

✓ Frequently transports objects up to 50 pounds

Work Environment

Work is performed inside a correctional facility. Employees are exposed to some level of risk and/or harm by inmates including exposure to blood borne pathogens. Employee is expected to work in accordance with all security rules and regulations to minimize the risk of danger and/or harm to themselves or other employees.

Other

Employee must comply with all current and future State, Federal, and Local laws and regulations, court orders, Administrative Directives and standards and policies and procedures of the site where assigned, including those of professional organizations such as ACA, NCCHC, etc. Employee must treat every other member of the CorrHealth team, all correctional personnel, all inmates and third parties in the facility with the proper dignity and respect. Actions or communications that are inappropriate or degrading will not be tolerated.

Must be able to pass a background check and pre-employment drug test (as applicable).