Behavioral Health Therapist

Behavioral Health Therapist

Job Category: Behavioral Health & Wellness

Full-Time

On-site

Austin, TX 78752, USA

Description

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Get ready for something extraordinary! Picture this – You've got six weeks of paid time off in your first year (divided into different categories), plus twelve days of paid holidays. That's just the beginning of the perks at Vivent Health. There is 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%, twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave, employer subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits. And that's not even scratching the surface. Our complete package also includes employer paid short and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance, and so much more. We also offer benefits for part-time roles!

But here's the real deal. Your journey with Vivent Health isn't just a job. It's a chance to join an organization dedicated to fostering a workforce that reflects diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. This makes you a part of something bigger and enables you to have a meaningful impact in our communities and the lives of the amazing patients we serve.

Here are a few highlights of what working at Vivent Health may offer you:

• Equity Practices: Fair treatment, access, and opportunities for all employees, creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement, along with training programs and events that promote cultural competence, unconscious bias training, and awareness.
• Collaboration on an inter-disciplinary team: Within our integrated HIV care and prevention model, we employ a high level of collaboration across disciplines. That means that, in your role, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to whole person-care across medical, behavioral health, pharmaceutical, research, and more!
• Delivery of quality patient care: Our integrated HIV care and prevention model is proven to help patients achieve positive health outcomes.

Working at Vivent Health, you can truly serve the underserved and become an impactful part of their health journey.

Your contribution:

Deliver excellence. Oversee with integrity. Drive progress. Exceed expectations.

Position purpose:

The main duty of a Behavioral Health Therapist is to provide competent, patient-centered, best-practice and evidence-based behavioral health and wellness services under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness. The primary purpose of this position is to enhance the Clinic's capacity to provide psychotherapy including individual, couple, and family services in the clinic that are high quality and patient centered. To this end, the Therapist will conduct intake, assessment, treatment planning and therapy throughout the care and discharge processes, including follow-up care. However, the Therapist is also expected to participate in the delivery of other behavioral health and wellness services that are guided by educational, psycho-educational, and psychotherapeutic perspectives and at various levels of practice. Furthermore, the Therapist must have an appreciation for the "business behind the business" and be willing to engage in various administrative tasks and duties that support and enhance departmental functioning. The Therapist is responsible for service delivery, quality and integration of behavioral health and wellness services into Vivent Health.

Our expectations:

Winning skills and behaviors for success.

Essential job duties:

• Adhere to federal, state, and local regulations, ensuring compliance with all Vivent Health service delivery standards, including the Vivent Health Care Corporate Compliance Standards of Conduct and Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic policies and procedures.
• Provide a variety of behavioral health and wellness services, focusing on individual, couple, and family psychotherapy. Participate in on-call/after-hours care as needed, and pursue additional training, certification, and licensure as required.
• Engage in administrative tasks related to behavioral health and wellness services, including program and policy development, marketing, research activities, and assisting with financial/billing tasks for patient care.
• Stay updated on developments in the treatment of HIV and mental health/substance use conditions.
• Ensure quality assessments and accurate diagnoses for all clinic mental health patients, including initial screening and appropriate referral for substance use disorders, facilitating admissions to treatment facilities, and providing follow-up interventions as necessary.
• Prepare, formulate, and evaluate treatment plans for each patient based on assessment and diagnosis, focusing on improving overall quality of life.
• Manage treatment plans in consultation with appropriate persons and service providers.
• Act as a liaison between patients and their collateral contacts.
• Prepare accurate and timely reports, correspondence, and patient record documentation. Ensure all necessary information, documents, and evaluations are in the official case record.
• Maintain regular communication with emerging specialized service providers and other circles of care and treatment providers to facilitate patient access and coordinate care.
• Actively participate in Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic staff meetings, individual and group supervision sessions, and continuing education events/training.
• Regularly report to the Director of the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic on all assigned responsibilities.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Adhere to all agency policies, including Confidentiality, Employee Handbook, Health Care Corporate Compliance Plan, Standards of Conduct, and other relevant policies.

Note: Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Knowledge required:

Required and preferred knowledge and experiences to succeed.

• Education:
• Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy from an accredited institution.
• Hold current status as a Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC), Provisional Marital and Family Therapist (PLMFT), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or be in the process of completing licensure requirements as an LPC, LMFT, or LCSW within the state of practice. Clinical supervision will be provided.
• Work Experience:
• Experience in providing behavioral health and wellness services, including mental health and substance abuse services.
• Experience with in-person, video-based, and telephone-based therapy.
• Knowledge and skills in behavioral health and wellness programming for mental health and substance abuse services.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to the HIV/AIDS patient population, or an eagerness to learn about this community.
• Experience treating co-occurring disorders.
• Understanding of various best-practices and evidence-based practices in behavioral health and wellness.
• Technical Experience:
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Soft Skills:
• Commitment to cultural sensitivity and accountability.
• Team-oriented mindset, valuing diversity and providing equitable treatment to patients, clients, and colleagues.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional preferred qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Spanish language (bilingual).
• HIV experience in a not-for-profit environment.

Salary range: Starting at $50,000/annually (depending on experience)

The final salary will be determined based on factors such as market data, internal equity, candidate experience and qualifications. Please note that it is uncommon for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range.

Public Student Loan Forgiveness

Employment at our organization may qualify you for federal student loan forgiveness programs. We do not directly pay for – nor forgive – federal student loans; however, our status as a not-for-profit organization under Section 501 (c) (3), makes us an eligible employer. There may be other determining factors for one to qualify.

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