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Job Description
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Benefits
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
This dedicated team will work in an integrated campus to bring world class resources to the community. Apply today to be a part of this committed team serving the mental health needs of the area.
Position Summary
We are looking for a full-time Clinician to join UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus at Harris County Psychiatric Center/John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center in Houston, TX, 77021. This Clinician will be assigned to our competency restoration program, working with individuals diagnosed with mental illness and intellectual disabilities who have been found incompetent to stand trial by a court. This Clinician will provide professional case management and clinical therapeutic services focused on overseeing the care of the patient including, but not limited to legal education utilizing an evidenced-based curriculum in group and individual sessions; psychosocial therapy to teach skills to manage mental illness and interact effectively with their attorney; while working with a multidisciplinary treatment team to address barriers to competency.
Location: Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center/HCPC at UTHealth Houston
Dept.: BSC Forensic Services
Status: Full-Time
FLSA: Exempt
Position Key Accountabilities
Master's Degree in a behavioral science required
Minimum Experience
2 years of experience in a mental health setting required
Physical Requirements
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code
Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0925, 46N1D, 46N1E, 46N1F, 46N1G, 46N1J, 46N1R, 46N3D, 46N3E, 46N3F, 46N3G, 46N3,46N3J, 46N3R, 46N4D, 46N4E, 46N4F, 46N4G, 46N4J, 46N4R, 46NXD, 46NXE, 46NXF, 46NXG, 46NXJ, 46NXR, 46NX.
For a complete list please visit www.uthealth-veterans.jobs.
Residency Requirement
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Houston Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to our benefits page.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law or University policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy.
All UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth Houston’s rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations.
In accordance with Executive Order GA-48 and to the extent that this position requires you to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
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Job Description
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Benefits
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
This dedicated team will work in an integrated campus to bring world class resources to the community. Apply today to be a part of this committed team serving the mental health needs of the area.
Position Summary
We are looking for a full-time Clinician to join UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus at Harris County Psychiatric Center/John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center in Houston, TX, 77021. This Clinician will be assigned to our competency restoration program, working with individuals diagnosed with mental illness and intellectual disabilities who have been found incompetent to stand trial by a court. This Clinician will provide professional case management and clinical therapeutic services focused on overseeing the care of the patient including, but not limited to legal education utilizing an evidenced-based curriculum in group and individual sessions; psychosocial therapy to teach skills to manage mental illness and interact effectively with their attorney; while working with a multidisciplinary treatment team to address barriers to competency.
Location: Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center/HCPC at UTHealth Houston
Dept.: BSC Forensic Services
Status: Full-Time
FLSA: Exempt
Position Key Accountabilities
- Provides indirect services to patients. Acts as an advocate for the patient/family with the treatment team.
- Provides direct services to patients including: biopsychosocial/psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, and treatment that includes: individual, group and family therapy, crisis intervention and treatment planning.
- Provides oversight of patient's care, progress in treatment, and progress toward discharge in order to prevent both the over-utilization and the under-utilization of inpatient treatment services. This is accomplished through feedback to and from the patient, significant others, the treatment team, and UR and community resources.
- Works with a multidisciplinary treatment team to develop an individualized treatment, and a discharge plan that enables patients to quickly return to outpatient treatment programs. Works closely with physicians in identifying diagnoses to assist in the treatment process. Develops a discharge plan that will support patient's ongoing recovery and development.
- Assesses the psychosocial functioning of patients at admission and throughout the treatment program; conducts interviews with patients and significant others to determine assets as well as challenges to optimal patient functioning both while in the program and upon discharge to a lesser restrictive level of care.
- Establishes and maintains relationships with community resources to assist patients medical needs at discharge for on-going treatment, residence, financial support, transportation, education, and vocational rehabilitation.
- Refers patients and family to community resources.
- Applies for court ordered mental health services for patients unable or unwilling to consent to treatment deemed necessary to protect the life of the patient or others. Presents to the Probate Court, both in writing and in oral testimony, reports of the specific patients behaviors prompting the request for involuntary admissions for services.
- Provides training to staff and supervision of students and incumbents in the Clinician I position.
- Provides consultation within department regarding subject matter expertise (i.e., discharge planning, etc.).
- Participates in community outreach activities such as speaker boards. Serves on committees as appointed by the Director, Social Services.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) by State of Texas required or
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) by State of Texas required or
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors required
Master's Degree in a behavioral science required
Minimum Experience
2 years of experience in a mental health setting required
Physical Requirements
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code
- 51.215 and Texas Government Code
- 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
- 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
- 791.4.
Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0925, 46N1D, 46N1E, 46N1F, 46N1G, 46N1J, 46N1R, 46N3D, 46N3E, 46N3F, 46N3G, 46N3,46N3J, 46N3R, 46N4D, 46N4E, 46N4F, 46N4G, 46N4J, 46N4R, 46NXD, 46NXE, 46NXF, 46NXG, 46NXJ, 46NXR, 46NX.
For a complete list please visit www.uthealth-veterans.jobs.
Residency Requirement
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
Close the popup
Apply Now
If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston, visit http://go.uth.edu/careers!
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Houston Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to our benefits page.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law or University policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy.
All UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth Houston’s rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations.
In accordance with Executive Order GA-48 and to the extent that this position requires you to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
- 117.001(2), this role will include routine reviews to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent you from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
- 791.4.