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Advanced Correctional Healthcare Licensed Mental Health Professional- Full-Time in Las Vegas, Nevada

Licensed Mental Health Professional- Full-Time

Job Details

Job Location

Correctional in Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Graduate Degree

Travel Percentage

None

Job Shift

Any

Job Category

Behavioral Health

Description

SUMMARY:

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Provide behavioral health screening of detainees referred by facility staff or identified by prescreening (booking or nursing)

  • Provide individual and/or group therapeutic services

  • Assist custody and medical staff in the monitoring of behavioral health for referred detainees

  • Coordinate with custody and medical staff in the management and treatment of detainees with behavioral health concerns

  • Monitor and provide therapeutic support of segregated/isolated detainees

  • Support and supplement the activities of county behavioral health services in the stabilization of at-risk detainees

  • Coordinate with county behavioral health services for continuity of care and discharge planning via sharing of pertinent patient information

  • Complete documentation of assessment and treatment, as well as maintain records for referral tracking and CQI

  • Facilitate training

  • Any and all other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Degree in a behavioral/social science field (e.g., Psychology, Social Work) from an accredited college or university

  • Current licensure with clinical specialty in the state from the appropriate state licensing board.

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training

  • Must be able to practice independently.

  • Coursework and professional experience that indicates knowledge of mental health counseling, group and individual psychotherapy, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, psychological assessment techniques, crisis intervention, and mental health consultation.

  • Must obtain and maintain security clearance.

  • Must be able to drive a motor vehicle.

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