Requisition Number: BEHAV001356
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- Posted: August 13, 2024
- Full-Time
- Hybrid
Locations
TPA Network
5537 N Broadway St
Chicago, IL 60640, USA
Get ready for something extraordinary! Picture this – You've got 6 weeks of paid time off in your first year, plus 12 days of paid holidays. That's just the beginning of the perks at Vivent Health. There is 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, employer subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits. Our complete package also includes employer paid short and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance, and so much more. We also offer benefits for part-time roles!
But here's the real deal. Your journey with Vivent Health isn't just a job. It's a chance to join an organization, to be a part of something bigger, and make meaningful impact in our communities and the lives of the amazing patients we serve.
Here are a few highlights of what working at Vivent Health may offer you:
- Professional Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
- Collaboration on an inter-disciplinary team: Within our integrated HIV care and prevention model, we employ a high level of collaboration across disciplines.
- Delivery of quality patient care: Our integrated HIV care and prevention model is proven to help patients achieve positive health outcomes.
Working at Vivent Health, you can truly serve the underserved and become an impactful part of their health journey.
Position Purpose
The therapist in the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic provides competent, patient-centered, best-practice and evidence-based behavioral health and wellness services under the supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness. The primary purpose of this position is to enhance the Clinic’s capacity to provide psychotherapy including individual, couple, and family services in the clinic that are high quality and patient centered. The Therapist will conduct intake, assessment, treatment planning and therapy throughout the care and discharge processes, including follow-up care. The Therapist is also expected to participate in the delivery of other behavioral health and wellness services that are guided by educational, psycho-educational, and psychotherapeutic perspectives and at various levels of practice. Furthermore, the Therapist must have an appreciation for the “business behind the business” and be willing to engage in various administrative tasks and duties that support and enhance departmental functioning.
Essential Functions
- Adhere to Federal, State, and local government regulations while assuring compliance with all Vivent Health service delivery standards.
- Participate in the delivery of a variety of behavioral health and wellness services including educational, psycho-educational and psychotherapeutic interventions.
- Participate in administrative tasks related to a variety of behavioral health and wellness services.
- Keep abreast of the changing developments in the treatment of HIV and mental health/substance use conditions.
- Ensure that all clinic mental health patients receive quality assessments and accurate diagnoses.
- Prepare, formulate and evaluate an appropriate treatment plan for each assigned patient.
- Act as a liaison between patients and their collateral contacts.
- Prepare accurate and timely reports, correspondence and patient record documentation.
- Develop knowledge of and maintain regular communication with the emerging specialized service providers.
- Actively participate in the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic staff meetings and continuing education events/trainings.
- Regularly report to the Director of the Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic on all assigned responsibilities.
- Any and all other duties assigned by the Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness.
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
- Hold current status as a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, Marital and Family Therapist Candidate, Licensed Social Worker, or Social Work Candidate.
- Experience in providing behavioral health and wellness services.
- Experience providing in-person, video-based and telephone-based therapy.
- Knowledge of, and a skill base for behavioral health and wellness programming.
- Knowledge of and sensitivity to the HIV/AIDS patient population.
- Knowledge of and experience treating co-occurring disorders.
- Understanding of a variety of best-practices and evidence-based practices in behavioral health and wellness.
- Demonstrated commitment to cultural sensitivity and cultural accountability.
- Ability to be flexible in hours.
- Working knowledge of Spanish language (bilingual) is a plus.
Starting at $49,000/annually (Depending on Experience)
Public Student Loan Forgiveness
Employment at our organization may qualify you for federal student loan forgiveness programs. Review the program requirements for eligibility.
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