Senior Behavioral Health Clinician
Senior Behavioral Health Clinician
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Job Description
The Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum (OSAC) is seeking a Senior Behavioral Health Clinician to address psychological needs of medical and physician assistant students through individual group and/or couples counseling. Provide outreach and programming aimed at improving students wellbeing. Collaborate with other mental health professionals in planning and providing with administrators faculty and staff in supporting students. Enhance the emotional and behavioral health and effective functioning of our constituents by creating delivering and evaluating clinical and nonclinical/consultative programs and services. Provide clinical counseling assessment and consultative services. Incumbents in this job family are required to be a State of Iowa licensed mental health provider.
The Medical Student Counseling Center in the University of Iowas Carver College of Medicine serves approximately seven hundred medical and physician assistant students. The Center provides counseling services and outreach programs to enhance medical and physician assistant students mental health and wellbeing fostering personal academic and career success in a confidential and safe environment. The Center is committed to professionalism excellence and creating an inclusive community within the Carver College of Medicine.
Percent Time: 100%
Duties to include:
Provision of Clinical Services and Programs
Determine and address emotional and behavioral needs of medical and physician assistant students through individual group and/or couples counseling.
Manage emergent crises.
Demonstrate competency in working with students faculty and staff from a full range of diverse groups.
Provide clinical consultation to others.
Perform risk assessments.
Design and implement programs and outcome evaluations.
Use expertise to impact the field of study/profession.
Educational/Professional Training
Develop and deliver outreach on timely topics affecting medical and physician assistant student wellbeing such as healthy habits (sleep nutrition exercise) burnout stress management mindfulness and relaxation and/or interpersonal relationships.
Provide individual wellness consultations class presentations and workshops.
Contribute to building and sustaining a culturally sensitive and responsive learning environment through personal reflection and professional development; individual group and community interactions; and assessment of center policies and practices.
May provide clinical supervision of students and staff.
Develop professional competencies in other professionals.
Assess future professional education/training needs.
Design educational content in focused area.
Perform outcome evaluation/measurement of programs to assure needs are met.
Consultation
Collaborate with other mental health professionals in planning and providing services and making appropriate referrals.
Assist administrators faculty and staff in meeting the needs of students while maintaining essential professional boundaries.
Provide consultations to students and/or staff related to clinical consultation assessment/data gathering program design and implementation and evaluation and outcomes.
Respond to student concerns on both an individual and systemic level and offer appropriate resources.
Provide project management for consultations.
Human Resources Management
May provide direction assignments feedback coaching and counseling of students to assure outcomes are achieved.
May assist in hiring developing and managing the performance of students and staff.
Financial Management
Assist in budget development and provide projections and recommendations for programs.
May assist with revenue generation.
Administrative Responsibilities
Provide input into strategic plan for area.
Assure compliance with ethical standards rules and regulations.
Collaborate with other campus units to develop and deliver programs education and services.
Assist with customer service and complaints.
AboutThe Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum:
The Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum (OSAC) is the group of 35 professionals that most directly facilitates the activities of medical students at the Carver College of Medicine. The mission is to provide an environment of scholarship and humanism in which our students can become the wellrounded physicians of tomorrow fully prepared to enter into their professional lives focused on the wellbeing of their patients and consists of 10 units each focused on an aspect of student life. Among our duties are the selection of students that will thrive in this academic environment; to facilitate the delivery of a medical curriculum that provides the best didactic and practical learning experiences possible; to provide opportunities for students to experience the world through research service travel and the humanities; and to support students throughout the learning process.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
A masters or doctoral degree or equivalent education and experience in counseling psychology counseling counselor education social work or related field.
The successful candidate must be licensed or license eligible to practice independently in the state of Iowa as a psychologist mental health counselor social worker or mental health professional in a closely related field. Possession of a valid State of Iowa mental health provider license is required at time of hire. License must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.
Demonstrated skill at building and maintaining helping relationships counseling consultation crisis intervention and/or supervision.
Demonstrated skill at building and maintaining collaborative collegial relationships through teamwork and leadership.
Expertise in assessment diagnosis and treatment planning; and the capacity to implement therapeutic interventions.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Evidence of providing services that respect the rights dignity and worth of all individuals.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience providing counseling to graduate and professional students and/or healthcare professionals.
Experience developing and implementing outreach or psychoeducational programming.
Experience providing couples therapy and/or group therapy.
Experience supporting learners who have ADHD Autism Spectrum Disorder Dyslexia or other neurodivergence.
Position and Application details:
In order to be considered for an interview applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a Relevant File to the submission:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Job openings are posted for a minimum of14calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to selfdisclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
