Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Description

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THRIVE is a multidisciplinary clinic consisting of a team deeply committed to meeting the needs of veterans and first responders. This position provides the unique opportunity to collaborate with internal and sports medicine, athletic training, audiology, speech therapy, neuropsychology, psychiatry, psychology, art therapy, and nutrition.

The THRIVE Program will be a community-based clinical outreach program designed to provide care to Veterans and First Responders who are experiencing the effects of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or post-traumatic stress (PTS) resulting from a career serving our nation. The three-phase program will 1) evaluate and diagnose physical, cognitive, and other health conditions during a 3-day evaluation period, 2) treat these diagnoses during a 3-week intensive outpatient program, and 3) continue to check in with the Veteran for up to 12 months following program completion. In its full capacity, the program will see approximately 150 Veterans per year and will provide a referral network and post-program follow-ups for as many as 400 Veterans and family members every year.

Summary:

The Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor provides clinical mental health services. This would include mental health screenings and assessments, crisis intervention, individual, group and family therapies, referral to community professionals and agencies.

Responsibilities:
Complete mental health screenings and comprehensive assessments and evaluations of clients as needed, interpreting findings to patient and family members as appropriate
Provides crisis intervention, developing treatments plans and assisting in goal formulation with patients and parents/guardians.
Provide individual psychotherapy and counseling, consultation to parents or guardians, family therapy to enrollee's clients, and consultation to other professionals.
Advocates for clients, reporting suspected child abuse, neglect, and dependency to community agencies.
Documents mental health information in medical records according to policies and state guidelines and records findings in a systematic and accurate form in the electronic medical record per guidelines and policies.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Requires Master's degree
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Current North Carolina license to practice as a LPC/LCMHC.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Requires two years of experience in a related clinical setting
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Physicians Network

Organization Unit: Thrive Program

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00

Salary Range: $26.59 - $38.23 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.