Licensed Mental Health Clinician

Location:

Mobile, AL

Department:
Clinical Services

Program:
Residential Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Mental Health Treatment

Reports To:

Clinical Director

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Employment Status:
Full-Time

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday, generally 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; flexibility required based on patient care needs, including occasional evenings, weekends, holidays, crisis response, and participation in on-call coverage as assigned.

Vets Recover is committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based behavioral healthcare for Veterans, Service Members, First Responders, and other adults experiencing substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Through residential treatment, withdrawal management, and recovery-focused programming, we empower individuals to build healthier lives while honoring dignity, resilience, and service.

The Licensed Mental Health Clinician is responsible for providing comprehensive behavioral health services to adults receiving residential substance use disorder treatment and withdrawal management services. Working as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team, the clinician provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, individual therapy, group therapy, family education, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and care coordination to support each patient's recovery journey.

The clinician serves as a primary therapist for an assigned caseload and is responsible for delivering evidence-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed care while maintaining timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation. The position collaborates closely with physicians, psychiatric providers, nursing staff, case managers, peer support specialists, admissions staff, and other members of the treatment team to ensure coordinated, high-quality patient care.

When assigned and authorized by applicable licensure and board requirements, this position also provides clinical supervision, consultation, and mentorship to designated clinical staff, provisionally licensed clinicians, interns, or trainees.

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to ethical practice, recovery-oriented care, and continuous quality improvement.

• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, mental health evaluations, substance use assessments, trauma screenings, risk assessments, and other clinical evaluations necessary to determine patient needs and support individualized treatment planning.
• Develop accurate diagnostic impressions consistent with current diagnostic standards and the clinician's scope of practice.
• Apply clinical judgment and ASAM Criteria to support level-of-care recommendations, continued stay reviews, treatment progression, transfers, and discharge planning.
• Develop individualized, measurable, person-centered treatment plans that address each patient's strengths, clinical needs, recovery goals, barriers to treatment, and discharge objectives.
• Review and update treatment plans throughout the patient's episode of care to reflect clinical progress and changing treatment needs.

• Serve as the primary therapist for an assigned caseload.
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy using evidence-based and trauma-informed treatment approaches.
• Facilitate psycho educational, relapse prevention, recovery skills, coping skills, and process groups that promote emotional wellness and sustained recovery.
• Utilize interventions appropriate to patient needs, including Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, relapse prevention strategies, trauma-informed interventions, solution-focused approaches, and other evidence-based clinical modalities.
• Assist patients in identifying strengths, developing coping strategies, improving emotional regulation, and building sustainable recovery supports.

• Assess and respond appropriately to behavioral health crises, including suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, self-harm risk, relapse risk, emotional dysregulation, and other safety concerns.
• Develop safety plans and collaborate with the interdisciplinary treatment team to ensure patient safety.
• Respond to clinical emergencies within the scope of licensure and organizational policy while maintaining professionalism and sound clinical judgment.

• Collaborate with physicians, psychiatric providers, nursing staff, case managers, peer support specialists, recovery support staff, admissions personnel, and community providers to ensure coordinated patient care.
• Participate actively in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, case consultations, discharge planning meetings, and utilization review discussions.
• Coordinate referrals and transitions to appropriate levels of care, community resources, outpatient providers,…