Senior Clinician - Behavioral Sciences Campus

UTHealth Houston•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

UTHealth Houston's Behavioral Sciences Campus is hiring a Senior Clinician to provide professional case management and clinical therapeutic services in an acute care psychiatric hospital, with a focus on overseeing the quality of inpatient mental health services in assigned areas. The campus provides individualized inpatient treatment across 23 units and 538 beds, serving patients with a range of behavioral health disorders. The role includes direct and indirect patient services, advocacy, assessment, treatment, discharge planning, and coordination with a multidisciplinary treatment team. The Senior Clinician also supports staff development, supervises students and Clinician I incumbents, provides consultation, and participates in community outreach and committee work. Employees must permanently reside and work in Texas.

Requirements

Master’s degree in a behavioral science.
At least 2 years of experience in a mental health setting.
One of the following Texas credentials is required: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
Must permanently reside and work in Texas.
Ability to maintain the security or integrity of critical infrastructure, where applicable to the position.

Responsibilities

Provide indirect services to patients and act as an advocate for patients and families with the treatment team.
Provide direct services, including biopsychosocial and psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, individual, group, and family therapy, crisis intervention, and treatment planning.
Oversee patients’ care, treatment progress, and progress toward discharge to prevent over-utilization or under-utilization of inpatient treatment services.
Collaborate with patients, significant others, the treatment team, utilization review, and community resources to monitor care and discharge progress.
Work with a multidisciplinary treatment team to develop individualized treatment and discharge plans that support a timely return to outpatient treatment.
Work with physicians to identify diagnoses that support the treatment process.
Assess patients’ psychosocial functioning at admission and throughout treatment, including interviewing patients and significant others about assets and challenges to functioning during and after the program.
Establish and maintain relationships with community resources for patients’ medical needs, ongoing treatment, residence, financial support, transportation, education, and vocational rehabilitation.
Refer patients and families to community resources.
Apply for court-ordered mental health services when patients are unable or unwilling to consent to treatment deemed necessary to protect the patient or others.
Present written reports and oral testimony to Probate Court regarding patient behaviors prompting requests for involuntary admissions for services.
Train staff and supervise students and Clinician I incumbents.
Provide departmental consultation on areas of subject matter expertise, such as discharge planning.
Participate in community outreach activities, such as speaker boards, and serve on committees as appointed by the Director, Social Services.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees.
Generous paid time off, including holidays, a preventative leave day, vacation, and sick time, totaling approximately 37–38 days per year.
Increasing vacation accrual with tenure.
Longevity pay through monthly payments after two years of service.
Retirement and pension plan.
Free financial and legal counseling.
Free mental health counseling services.
Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs.
Employee discounts, including entertainment, car rentals, and cell phones.
Resources for child and elder care.