Behavioral Health Clinician Lead

As our Behavioral Health Clinician Lead, you will provide direct clinical services while also offering crucial leadership and mentorship to enhance departmental operations. You will support the holistic care of medical inpatients by assessing their psycho-social history and collaborating with the clinical team on treatment and discharge planning.

Every day, you will coordinate follow-up care for patients and act as a vital liaison for families, friends, therapists, and outside agencies. You will actively engage in providing family therapy and education, and oversee the coordination of care with social workers and case managers. This role will involve training and mentoring hospital staff, continuously applying your expertise to foster an environment of high-quality, integrated behavioral health support. Furthermore, you will assist leadership in identifying, developing, and implementing process improvement initiatives within the department.

To be successful in your role, you will strategically lead and elevate the behavioral health support for medical inpatients, ensuring comprehensive assessments and integrated treatment plans. You will demonstrate exceptional clinical expertise by providing family therapy and education, meticulously coordinating follow-up care, and effectively liaising with diverse stakeholders. Your leadership will be pivotal in mentoring hospital staff, driving process improvement initiatives, and continuously enhancing the delivery of patient-centered care.

Schedule:  Five days a week 8:00am - 5:00pm, rotating weekends (flexible on the weekend shifts time)

Required

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or Marriage and Family Counseling
• Licensed Social Worker or Counselor
  • Requires current state of employment License as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Professional Counselor (LPC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Two (2) years of psychiatric or mental health experience
• Demonstrates clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills
• Current Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Physical Requirements
Sedentary work - prolonged periods of sitting and exert up to 10 lbs. force occasionally

Preferred

• Previous leadership experience

As one of the busiest ERs in Utah, Holy Cross Hospital - Jordan Valley West is known for offering a broad spectrum of medical services and specialty clinics to care for the diverse healthcare needs of our growing community. We are on a mission to provide the highest quality health care services with compassion and respect and demonstrate this daily with proactive, focused, caring interactions that comfort, inform and promote healing among patients, families, and co-workers. We believe in doing what’s right. We treat our employees fairly, work hard, use resources wisely, and are constantly striving to improve the quality and safety of care we deliver to our patients.  We offer a Level III trauma center, STEMI cardiac receiving center, Certified stroke treatment center, and orthopedics specializing in helping athletes recover from sports related injuries.

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.