Senior Behavioral Health Clinician

University of IowaIowa City, IA, United States

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Senior Behavioral Health Clinician

Posting ID

151921

Department

University Counseling / Student Life

Jobcode

Temp Professional Employee

Working Title

Senior Behavioral Health Clinician

Details

The Division of Student Life : University Counseling Services are seeking a temporary Senior Behavioral Health Clinician. Under direct supervision, the Senior Behavioral Health Clinician Provides psychological services to assist a broad student population in attaining their educational, interpersonal, leadership, and academic goals. Psychological services include individual assessment and counseling; clinical crisis services; case management; group counseling; psycho-educational outreach programming and consultation to students, staff, faculty, administrators, and parents / families; supervision and training to graduate students in the mental health professions.

Duties to Include :

Carries a clinical case load providing counseling to individuals, couples, and groups, consulting with other professionals as necessary.
Provides diagnoses, assessment, and treatment for emotional and functional disorders through primarily brief model counseling.
Follows overall therapeutic policies and goals to ensure operational excellence.
Coordinates and evaluates the quality of counseling.
Supports students with case management, including provision of referrals to community providers as needed and appropriate.
Advises on therapeutic consultation, guidance and oversight for behavior therapy services.
Collaborates on strategies to reduce patient relapses and improve therapeutic practices.
Writes and maintains electronic mental health records.
Provides case management.
Knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5
Supervises, evaluates, and assists trainees in various content areas.
Conducts workshops and outreach services designed to provide mental health education to students, staff, faculty, administrators, and parents / families.
Provides clinical supervision to mental health profession trainees at all levels of training.
Uses knowledge of training techniques to assist trainees in the development of clinical skills.
Uses awareness of various clinical interventions to assist trainee learning.
Awareness of program design, facilitation, and evaluation skills to assist training learning.
Coaches others to improve their skills by providing constructive feedback to enhance skill development.
Instructs trainees in a number of clinical, training, and outreach competencies.
Assists trainees in development an individual competency plan to improve skill development.
Develops cooperative working relationships with UI units
Designs and develops outreach programs to meet the needs of requesting UI units.
Monitors, evaluates, and keeps informed of cutting-edge standards of practice in counseling services and keeps abreast of pertinent regulations, standards, publications, and information; provides comparison analysis to supervisors for evaluation.
May seek funding for and conduct studies and research on mental health issues; may publish or present findings in appropriate professional journals or forums.
Knowledge of APA, ACA, or NASW Ethical Standards.
Application and implementation of APA, ACA, or NASW Standards in all areas of clinical work.
Ensures compliance with standards for all trainees.
Adherence to agency standards and policies.
Performs related duties as required.

Position Basics : Hourly Rate : $30

WORK SCHEDULE

Hours : Varies

Additional Information : Temporary position

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Doctoral degree in either Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an APAAccredited program, Master's degree in Social Work with a clinical focus form a CSWE-Accredited program, or a Master's degree in Counseling from a CACREPAccredited program.

Psychologist : Possession of a valid State of Iowa license as a psychologist within 18 months of hire. License must be maintained as a condition of continued employment. Social Worker or Mental Health Counselor : Licensed as an LISW, LMSW or LMHC in the State of Iowa by date of hire. License must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.

Psychologist : Relevant post-degree experience (typically 1-3 years) or satisfactory completion of a psychology doctoral internship. Social Worker or Mental Health Counselor : Relevant post-degree experience (typically 1-3 years).

Extensive knowledge of evidence and theory based mental health counseling in assessment, crisis, individual, case management, and group.

Extensive ability to assess, manage, and ensure high quality mental health counseling, trauma, and crisis management.

Extensive proficiency in planning and delivering psycho-educational outreach programs and consultation services.

Working knowledge of providing training and supervision to trainees

Expert proficiency in the application of communication techniques and relationship building skills that develop the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.

Extensive proficiency in collaborating and interacting with individuals and groups while recognizing and respecting the contributions of others.

Working proficiency with office and tele-mental health support tools and electronic medical records software (e.g., word processing, email, presentation software and spreadsheets, electronic health records); preferably Microsoft Office, Titanium, and Zoom.

Contact

EMMA FRAZIER

Phone : (319) 335-0121

Email : hr-studentlife@uiowa.edu

Application Instructions

Go to the Division of Student Life Portal to complete an online application :

Ad Start Date

09 / 10 / 2025

Ad End Date

10 / 10 / 2025

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Behavioral Health Clinician • Iowa City, IA, United States