Inova Kellar Center is looking for a dedicated Behavioral Health Therapist IV to join the Kellar Center team. Inova Kellar Center has partnered with the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) to support primary care providers (PCPs) throughout the state of Virginia with identifying, addressing, and treating behavioral health needs of their patients ages 0-21. VMAP offers PCPs consultation and education to PCPs, as well as care navigation to parents and young adults to guide them to needed behavioral health resources. The VMAP team based at Inova Kellar center is seeking a collaborative Behavioral Health Therapist 4 to join the interdisciplinary team of Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Developmental Pediatricians, Care Navigators, and other Licensed Mental Health Professionals from across the state. We are looking for a therapist excited about improving behavioral health through partnering with PCPs – primarily through consulting with them on the behavioral health of their patients, conducting VMAP outreach activities, training on behavioral health intervention, and supporting the non-clinician Care Navigators on the team who work directly with families and patients in accessing care. Direct clinical work providing therapy to children, adolescents, and their families, remains a smaller responsibility of the position, about half a day per week. This role will be full-time day shift from Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Behavioral Health Therapist IV Job Responsibilities:
• Serves as clinical expert providing a range of therapeutic services, psychoeducational programming and behavioral interventions to assist the client in achieving progress towards the goals and objectives of individualized treatment plans.
• Assesses and diagnoses mental health and/or substance use disorders through a bio/psycho/social department specific and evidenced based assessment identifying patient and family goals/needs.
• Serves as a clinical leader by providing clinical supervision to team members seeking licensure as well as supervision/mentoring of graduate students during clinical internships.
• Integrates assessments using information related to cultural, clinical, ethnic, age and other factors into the plan of care while providing a range of therapeutic interventions, psycho-educational programming and behavioral interventions (when indicated) to assist the patient/family in achieving the goals and objectives of the individualized service plan.
• Answer the VMAP consultation line for PCPs; screen and triage requests to team as appropriate (Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist/ Developmental Pediatrician/ Licensed Mental Health Professional) for consultation and/or Care Navigator for resources.) In consultation provide clinical advice to individual PCPs on their patients’ care, in line with accepted practice guidelines and best practices in pediatric behavioral health. This is often integrating knowledge of systems of behavioral health care, best practices, Evidence-Based treatment, psychosocial factors, and the presenting psychiatric symptoms/ needs.
• Conduct VMAP outreach activities to PCPs who treat patients ages 0-21 through a variety of methods including: lunch and learn presentations, email campaigns, visits to primary care practices, offering continuing medical education sessions, and attendance at conferences.
Additional Requirements :
• Work schedule : (Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Hybrid.
• Education: Master's Degree, Ph.D., PsyD, EdD in Mental Health, Social Work, Counseling, Substance Use Disorders or Behavioral Health related field.
• Experience: Five years of experience specialization in child and adolescent behavioral health as documented by education and previous work experience. Have experience working with primary care providers and supervision and/or consultation experience. Preferred: Teaching experience
• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association within 3 months of hire. Crisis Prevention Institute within 6 months of hire. CPI in-person training for non-violent crisis intervention, receive CPI blue card within 6 months of hire.
Salary : $5,250
