Behavioral Health Provider
Name: Inner City Health Center
State: CO
City: Denver
AREA: Urban
Number of Locations: 2
MODEL: Look-ALike FQHC
Year Founded: 1983
Overview
Inner City Health is a Christ-centered healthcare home for underserved individuals with consistent, high-quality treatment in an atmosphere of genuine respect. We express our love for Jesus Christ and our compassion for those in need through our deep concern for their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Our staff’s diverse culture, ethnicity, and faith reflects the community we serve. Our healthcare home is grounded in inclusivity with mutual love, genuine respect, and acceptance for all without judgment. We provide access to quality healthcare to remove barriers of inequity for all.
With over 40 years of serving metro Denver, the mission of ICH remains sharply focused on providing equitable, high-quality healthcare for all. Our ongoing goal is to eliminate barriers to accessible medical management.
Since 1983, our community has grown to almost 30,000 annual patient visits from throughout metro Denver and beyond. During this time, our Denver Clinic moved from Downing to York Street and added a campus in Wheat Ridge. Currently, the Denver Clinic is being expanded to meet the increased demand for our family-centered healthcare.
With a team of skilled, dedicated providers, we administer comprehensive family healthcare for all ages integrating medical, dental, and behavioral services for overall wellness. Our diverse, multilingual team is experienced in working with all populations to ensure no one is left behind
Mission & Passions
Our Mission
With a team of skilled, dedicated providers, we administer comprehensive family healthcare for all ages integrating medical, dental and behavioral services for overall wellness. Our diverse, multilingual team is experienced working with all populations to assure no one is left behind.
Our mission of care welcomes a broad spectrum of people including:
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) recipients
Medicaid recipients
Medicare recipients
Uninsured
Insured and underinsured
Job Info
Job Title: Behavioral Health Provider
Job Description
Inner City Health’s Behavioral Health team is integrated with the medical and dental clinics, focusing on an integrated patient centered care model. The Behavioral Health Provider at Inner City Health will assist in the care of patients of any age and with any health condition, delivering education and interventions to support an integrated health team. The ideal candidate will provide behavioral health assessments, diagnosis, on-going therapy and provide same day interventions as well as crisis interventions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Utilize brief psychological screening tools and clinical interviewing skills to provide a comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan.
2. Evaluate patients in crisis situations (such as those experiencing suicidal and homicidal ideation) to determine appropriate course of intervention and execute referrals, as necessary.
3. Employ motivational interviewing interventions to address behavioral health needs.
4. Make appropriate referrals to Psychiatry services, Spiritual Health, and community-based referral partners as necessary.
5. Facilitate holistic and comprehensive healthcare within an integrated primary care setting.
6. Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to address behavioral, physical, and spiritual health.
7. Provide individual psychotherapy services and other appropriate interventions for patients across the age continuum.
8. Actively participate in meetings and training courses that support the clinic’s integrated health care model to provide comprehensive care for clients.
9. Engage in appropriate supervision and document encounters properly to ensure ethical service delivery.
10. Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications, Skills, Education
Education and/or Experience
• Master’s degree in Social Work or related field and licensed or eligible for Colorado state licensure
• Two (2) years of clinical experience preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.
• We welcome applications from recent graduates!
Physical And Equipment Requirements
• Normal work environment is in an office and medical and dental clinical setting, which involves some physical risks requiring basic safety precautions.
• This position routinely requires sitting, standing, bending/stooping, operating a computer for extended periods, and lifting or carrying objects up to 25 pounds.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• This position requires ability to hear routine conversations and to have the ability to comprehend both oral and written communications
• Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable qualified candidates to perform the essential functions described in this position.
• Standard office equipment including computers, copier, fax and telephones, and cell phones.
• Must comply with ICH policy on use of cell phones while driving a car on ICH business.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision
Disability Insurance
Life Insurance
401K
Vacation/Sick/PTO: 16 days
