Clinician - Anchorage Mobile Crisis Team

ANCHORAGE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN • Anchorage, AK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Alaska Behavioral Health is seeking a Clinician to join their Mobile Crisis Team in Anchorage, Alaska. The Mobile Crisis Team is a multi-disciplinary team that responds to mental health crisis calls within the Anchorage area. They provide emergency mental health assessments, crisis intervention, consultation, and referral services. This is primarily an on-call position with rotating 24-hour shifts.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or a related field.
• Licensed in Alaska as a Social Worker, Psychologist, Psychological Associate, Marriage & Family Therapist, or have the ability to be licensed within two years.
• One year (full-time) or equivalent post-graduate, supervised experience with adults with severe, persistent mental disorders in a mental healthcare treatment or rehabilitation program.
• An additional six months (full-time) or equivalent supervised experience providing professional level mental healthcare services to a population with identified mental disorders. Formal post-Baccalaureate internships and practicums may be credited towards this requirement.
• Personal transportation with a clean 5-year driving record and Alaska vehicle insurance.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate client access to voluntary or involuntary psychiatric hospital care.
• Prescribe other clinical interventions necessary to maintain safety and reduce harm.
• Conduct an emergency intervention evaluation within one hour of contact by the crisis line responder.
• Inform on-call clinician coming on duty, involved professionals (i.e., referring physician, Hospital clinician, attending psychiatrist, or case manager) of results of crisis intervention, current client status, and appropriate follow-up.
• Evaluate crisis situations promptly and provide necessary services or directs other staff in provision of necessary services to effectively resolve the crisis situation.

Benefits

• Student Loan Repayment
• Tuition Assistance
• Regular individual and group supervision
• Additional training opportunities
• Two healthcare options for employees and their dependent children
• 401k with immediate vesting and up to 5% match
• 3% automatically contributed by AKBH
• Individual and group clinical licensure supervision for behavioral health providers working towards their post-master's and post-doctoral clinical licenses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level