Senior Clinician - Behavioral Sciences Campus

UTHealth Houston • Houston, TX

10d • Onsite

About The Position

UTHealth Houston's Behavioral Sciences Campus is hiring a Senior Clinician! Our Behavioral Sciences Campus, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is comprised of John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and Harris County Psychiatric Center, serving 27 counties. BSC offers individualized inpatient treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders across its 23 on-site units, totaling 538 beds. These units include treatment in child/adolescent, adult/geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units.
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
Free financial and legal counseling
Free mental health counseling services
Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
Resources for child and elder care
Plus many more!

Requirements

• Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) by State of Texas required or
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) by State of Texas required or
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors required
• Master's Degree in a behavioral science required.
• 2 years of experience in a mental health setting required.
• Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

Responsibilities

• Provides indirect services to patients. Acts as an advocate for the patient/family with the treatment team.
• Provides direct services to patients including: biopsychosocial/psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, and treatment that includes: individual, group and family therapy, crisis intervention and treatment planning.
• Provides oversight of patient's care, progress in treatment, and progress toward discharge in order to prevent both the over-utilization and the under-utilization of inpatient treatment services. This is accomplished through feedback to and from the patient, significant others, the treatment team, and UR and community resources.
• Works with a multidisciplinary treatment team to develop an individualized treatment, and a discharge plan that enables patients to quickly return to outpatient treatment programs. Works closely with physicians in identifying diagnoses to assist in the treatment process. Develops a discharge plan that will support patient's ongoing recovery and development.
• Assesses the psychosocial functioning of patients at admission and throughout the treatment program; conducts interviews with patients and significant others to determine assets as well as challenges to optimal patient functioning both while in the program and upon discharge to a lesser restrictive level of care.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with community resources to assist patients medical needs at discharge for on-going treatment, residence, financial support, transportation, education, and vocational rehabilitation.
• Refers patients and family to community resources.
• Applies for court ordered mental health services for patients unable or unwilling to consent to treatment deemed necessary to protect the life of the patient or others. Presents to the Probate Court, both in writing and in oral testimony, reports of the specific patients behaviors prompting the request for involuntary admissions for services.
• Provides training to staff and supervision of students and incumbents in the Clinician I position.
• Provides consultation within department regarding subject matter expertise (i.e., discharge planning, etc.).
• Participates in community outreach activities such as speaker boards. Serves on committees as appointed by the Director, Social Services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• retirement/pension plan
• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care

What This Job Offers

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