Mental Health Clinician- LCSW, LPC, LMFT or Psychologist (Hybrid Schedule)

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

Job Title: Mental Health Clinician- LCSW, LPC, LMFT or Psychologist (Hybrid Schedule)

Position #00842806 – Requisition #38457

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the Director of Integrated Mental Health for General Internal Medicine, the Mental Health Clinician (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or Psychologist) will be responsible for providing brief, evidence-based psychotherapies and supportive counseling to a select primary care clinic population. Treatment will be provided both in-person (clinic) and telehealth (e.g. from home).

The mental health clinician will provide short-term psychotherapy across the continuum of care, including: identifying eligible patients based on defined criteria, providing psychosocial assessment, developing and executing treatment in alliance with patient’s goals, and ultimately ending care with a firm discharge plan in place.

This role will additionally be responsible for providing crisis support to clinic patients identified as needing urgent behavioral health needs and ensuring they are provided with and/or connected to the next appropriate level of care.

The mental health clinician will work in collaboration with the behavioral health team as well as the primary care clinic’s multidisciplinary team including the patient’s primary care provider and clinic leadership.

This is an open-rank faculty recruitment at either the Instructor, Senior Instructor, or Assistant Professor level. Additionally, this position is eligible for a hybrid format of 1 day per week in clinic with in-person patients and 4 days per week remote with telehealth patients.

Please be advised that this position is not eligible now or in the future for visa sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Work collaboratively with practice stakeholders to deliver integrated mental health services in a primary care setting.

·       Provide short-term mental health treatment to targeted groups of patients; developing comprehensive initial assessments, treatment and discharge plans.

·       Refer patient to higher level of care (e.g. specialty treatment) -or community long term care - as appropriate.

·       Coordinate and revise treatment plan with input from interdisciplinary team and primary care provider.

·       Provide routine patient progress monitoring.

·       Support the management of patient referrals, including coordinating care for those patients not meeting criteria for clinic based mental health services.

·       Support clinic in developing community and campus referral sources as needed.

·       Work collaboratively with clinic staff to ensure efficient scheduling and placement of referrals.

Work Location:

Hybrid – This role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 4 days remote and 1 day per week in clinic and as needed for in-person meetings.

Why Join Us:

The Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), established at the University of Colorado in 1977, was on