Inpatient Behavioral Health Provider

Vail Health has become the world’s most advanced mountain healthcare system. Vail Health consists of an updated 520,000-square-foot, 56-bed hospital.  This state-of-the-art facility provides exceptional care to all of our patients, with the most beautiful views in the area, located centrally in Vail. Learn more about Vail Health here.

Are you passionate about making a difference in individuals' lives? Do you want to be part of an innovative team dedicated to providing exceptional care? If so, we invite you to join our team at the Precourt Healing Center, our new state-of-the-art behavioral health inpatient center. We believe in treating the whole person addressing their physical, emotional, and psychological needs.

Relocation and housing available!

Vail Health Behavioral Health is designated as as a Colorado Health Service Corps Site to receive funding for qualifying educational loans.

About Us

Striving to be the model of integrated and exceptional behavioral health treatment, research, education, and innovation by sustainably implementing an accessible and effective Behavioral Healthcare model that delivers, supports, and promotes a full continuum of care across our Mountain Communities.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Care Model

: Join a cutting-edge approach to behavioral health that integrates the latest research and therapies.

Collaborative Environment

: Work alongside a dedicated team of professionals who share your commitment to excellence and compassion.

Professional Growth

: We are committed to your development with ongoing training, education, and career advancement opportunities.

State-of-the-Art Facility

: Utilize the best tools and resources in a newly designed, modern healthcare setting.

Meaningful Impact

: Make a real difference in the lives of individuals and families, contributing to their journey towards recovery and wellness.

About the opportunity:

This role serves as a behavioral health clinician providing direct clinical services at the Precourt Healing Center, an acute inpatient psychiatric facility. Services include individual and family-based therapy. This position also supports group-based therapeutic interventions, milieu work, didactic intervention, and care coordination services as needed. This role supports and provides services across all Behavioral Health service locations, dependent on the needs of the community, operations, and patient population.

This position includes an on-call expectation.

What you will do:

• The Inpatient Behavioral Health Provider provides high-level, intensive inpatient behavioral health services, with a specialty emphasis on acute or high-risk populations including patients who are actively suicidal, homicidal, psychotic, or gravely disabled.
• Services primarily include individual and family-based therapeutic services focusing on interdisciplinary treatment of complex, comorbid, and/or treatment resistant behavioral health disorders.

This role maintains a caseload of minimally 32 billable clinical hours per week. Maintains a comprehensive caseload that is based on community and operational need, patient population need, and services delivered across the service community and across all Behavioral Health service locations.

Provides on-call services for acute therapeutic needs on a rotating basis.

Works closely with other healthcare providers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists, to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care.

Works with the multidisciplinary team to create holistic treatment plans and discharge plans individualized for each patient.

Educates and communicates with patients, families, and the care team regarding treatment progress and any necessary adjustments.

Implements de-escalation techniques and initiating emergency treatment protocols when necessary and responds to psychiatric emergencies, including risk assessments for suicide or violence.

As needed or directed, this position develops comprehensive clinical programming and/or curriculum specific to high-risk populations and ensures all service delivery is aligned with all state, local, federal, and regulatory requirements.

Lead a regularly scheduled process group for clients and facilitate additional therapeutic groups as needed to support individualized treatment goals.

Maintains excellent clinical documentation in alignment with local, internal, state, federal, and regulatory standards and compliance.

Responds effectively to crisis situations, with the understanding that crisis eruptions may occur at any time during the day.

Utilizes approved physical restraint techniques safely and appropriately when verbal interventions are insufficient, ensuring the safety of both patients and staff.

Facilitates debriefing sessions with staff following critical incidents to promote emotional processing, team cohesion, and adherence to safety protocols.

Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to maintain a therapeutic and secure environment for all patients. Applies a variety of therapeutic techniques to address rapidly changing patient presentations and manage severe psychosis, adapting interventions to individual needs.

This description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

What you will need:

Experience:

Documented experience in crisis response and working with acute populations, required.

Rural behavioral health experience with specific knowledge of resources and community agencies specific to Eagle County, preferred.

Understanding of Colorado laws and regulations as they relate to the mental health practices, privacy, confidentiality, supervision, and ethical delivery of care, preferred.

License(s) and Certification(s):

• State of Colorado Licensed Psychologist (LP)
• State of Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• State of Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

Basic Life Support (BLS), required.

Education:

Doctoral or master’s degree in counseling psychology, clinical psychology, social work, counseling, or related field, required.