Integrated Primary Care Clinical Psychologist, Social Worker, or Counselor

The University of New Mexico Hospitals (UNMH) is seeking Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, or Counselors to join the UNMH Integrated Behavioral Health Primary Care Program. The Integrated Behavioral Health Care Program provides outstanding clinical care and leadership to improve quality of life (physical, emotional, spiritual, and cultural) for patients and families dealing with primary medical care conditions that impact mental health at time of need reducing wait times for needed mental health interventions.

The 策略 Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, or Counselor will join a team composed of medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors. The Pfizer Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, or Counselor will have the opportunity to interact with patients, partners, families, care team members, and learners in outpatient medical settings as well as consultation to inpatient hospital settings as needed.

Applicants should have skills in evidenced-based targeted assessment, intervention, consultation to medical teams, and advocacy for patients. They will serve as integral members of our interprofessional outpatient teams. Opportunities exist for program development.

Located in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico, UNMH is an outstanding public, safety-net, academic medical system affiliated with the University of New Mexico and UNM’s School of Medicine. UNMH provides medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, and vision services to our diverse, complex, underserved communities in Bernalillo County and across the state of New Mexico. The community we serve is 49.8% Hispanic/Latino and 4.8% Native American with numerous other ethnic minority groups represented.

Approximately 80% of our patients are covered by Medicaid.

UNMH has a strong tradition of interdisciplinary integrated care. The multiple clinical sites within UNMH’s Behavioral Health Clinical Services line also support an APA-accredited doctoral clinical psychology internship, as well as numerous post-doctoral fellowship programs. Psychologists are full members of the Medical Staff and have letters of academic title within the School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Psychologists are both staff and faculty, contributing to direct patient care in a variety of settings (i.e., inpatient medicine, outpatient medicine, inpatient/outpatient specialty behavioral health, as well as consultant neuropsychology and psychology) and contributing to important research that serves New Mexicans.

Training is a vital part of our service to New Mexico as we seek to support learners of various levels learning the role of psychology in medical care.

• Brief assessment, psychological, and/or neuropsychological assessment
• Psychotherapeutic modalities such as individual, family, or group therapy
• Consultation
• Program development / improvement
• Teaching
• Supervision

Some of the evidence-based approaches utilized at UNMH include, but are not limited to:

• Motivational Interviewing (MI) / Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
• Behavioral Activation
• Cognitive Behavioral Relapse Prevention
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Harm Reduction
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
• Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training (CRAFT)
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression (IPT-D)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD
• Trauma Focused CBT (TFCBT)
• Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Seeking Safety
• Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders (UP)
• Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT)
• and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

In-house trainings for many of these treatment approaches are also offered.

We have several openings for Integrated Behavioral Health Primary Care Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, or Counselors within UNMH. The Primary Care Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, or Counselor will conduct evidence-based treatments…