Mental Health Clinician

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Mental Health Clinician

Make a difference where it matters most.

Join a dedicated team of professionals working at the intersectionof behavioral health and public safety. As a Mental Health Clinician with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Managed Care at the Clements Correctional Unit, you’ll play a vital role in supporting a population with complex needs—providing care that promotes stability, rehabilitation, andlong-term wellness.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated professional looking to make a difference in the field of mental health. In thisrole, you will provide psychological evaluations, diagnostic services, and counseling to an assigned patient caseload. While working under the guidance of a senior clinician, you’ll have thechance to take full responsibility for your clinical actions and decisions. This position offers a great balance of independent workwith limited administrative and supervisory duties, making itperfect for someone eager to grow and apply their expertise in asupportive environment.

• Meaningful Impact :
  You’ll deliver critical mental health services to underserved individuals, helping them navigatechallenges and improve their quality of life.
• Professional Growth :
  Work in a dynamic clinical environment with a diverse caseload. You’ll collaborate with security and medical staff, and gain unique experience in crisis intervention, forensic assessment, and trauma-informed care.
• Team-Based Culture :
  You’ll join a supportive team ofclinicians who value collaboration, ethical practice, and professional excellence.
• Structured & Supportive Environment :
  With setschedules and low client no-show rates, you’ll be able to focus onwhat matters—delivering high-quality care.
• Job Stability & Benefits :
  Enjoy consistent hours,competitive pay, retirement options, generous leave policies, andaccess to training and certification programs.

45715

Up to 25%

$36.00

• Inmate risk management.
• Detection of severe mental illness in all inmateinteraction.
• General inmate management of severely mentally ill and at riskinmates.
• Process referrals to the medical and mental healthproviders.
• Completes referrals to crisis management.
• Correct and thorough completion of all types of clinicalinterviews. Completes all daily documentation by the close ofbusiness each day.
• Notify security of Inmate protection investigation (IPI) andinmate threats toward others as instructed by the Safe Prisons Plan.
• Processes cancellations of referrals to Behavioral health facility (BHF).
• Assessments written based upon balanced clinical judgement.
• Effectively prioritizing job duties while maintaining risk management as a priority. Maintains monthly productivity numbers asset by Behavioral Health Management Team.
• Adheres to all policies and standards.
• Professional growth, development, and utilization of supervision.
• Professionally complete other unit specific tasks, includingsuicide prevention screener and mental health chain inreminders.
• Performs a various to be determined and assigned by the Regional Manager, Senior Director, Direct Supervisor, ordesignees.
• Conducts telehealth in clinics as assigned.
• Ensures all inmate reminders are accurate and complete.
• If applicable:
  Facilitate group counseling and treatment planning for inpatient or otherwise assigned, inmates.

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$31.00

Hourly

Monday
- Friday

Amarillo

Licensed LPC

Psych PAMIO Inpatient Facility

Full Time

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website at https://app
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Other duties as assigned.

Day

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.