CCWF-Central California Women's Facility
KVSP-Kern Valley State Prison
CIW-California Institution for Women
CHCF-California Health Care Facility
KVSP-Kern Valley State Prison
SAC-California State Prison, Sacramento
SVSP-Salinas Valley State Prison
VSP-Valley State Prison
SAC-California State Prison, Sacramento
Posted: 30-Jan-26
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Internal Number: 972729
Position Summary
This position is based at our Thomas campus and provides primarily telehealth clinical care. The role follows a Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm standard schedule. Due to the nature of the schedule and responsibilities, strong clinical autonomy and independent decision-making skills are essential.
Position Summary:
The clinician in this role provides timely, expert response to patients who screen positive-both acute and non-acute-on the Ask Suicide-Screening Questionnaire (ASQ) across outpatient care settings. Responsibilities include prompt triage, comprehensive risk assessment, and delivery of ongoing therapeutic care.
In addition to consult coordination and clinical evaluation, the clinician will employ evidence-based therapeutic interventions focused on safety planning, means reduction, and discharge planning. This includes facilitating transitions of care and engaging patients and families in treatment planning as an independently licensed provider.
The role functions as part of an interdisciplinary team, delivering a continuum of care that spans inpatient and outpatient services. It requires proficiency in evidence-based treatment modalities, mandated reporting, resource navigation (including financial and community supports), advocacy within external systems, and collaboration with medical staff.
This position is evolving in response to patient volume trends and system-wide data analysis, with the goal of optimizing preventative care and maintaining responsiveness to the dynamic needs of our patients, families, and hospital system.
This position provides consult coordination, clinical assessment, therapeutic interventions, care coordination and transition planning to patients and families as an independently licensed clinician. This position participates as an interdisciplinary team member providing interventions with the patient/family that include a range of care on an outpatient or inpatient basis. The position requires knowledge of evidence-based treatment modalities and the ability to use that knowledge to assist patients and families in achieving therapeutic goals. This position requires knowledge of mandated reporter responsibilities; use of financial, community and other resource networks; ability to advocate with outside systems; and collaborate with medical staff. This position may provide individual, group, and/or family therapeutic interventions for an assigned caseload. In addition to therapeutic interventions with patients and families, the position must be able to provide appropriate clinical documentation and recommendations to insurance reviewers, referral sources and to other governmental agencies as requested. This position receives administrative supervision from division leadership, and clinical direction from the Manager, Mental Health Therapy, and Division Chief, Psychology.
Education
- Masters’ degree from an accredited school in the field of social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology or related behavioral health field. (Required)
Experience
- Minimum of two years’ work experience in the mental health field post master’s degree. Must be eligible to be added to relevant insurance panels. (Preferred)
- Five years’ work experience providing evidence-based therapy for children with histories of trauma and/or complex medical needs. (Preferred)
- Must be eligible to be added to relevant insurance panels (Required)
Certifications
- Current Arizona license as an LCSW, LPC or LMFT. Experience providing services for families, and an ability to work collaboratively with psychiatry, psychology and members of the medical team. (Required)
- DPS Fingerprint Clearance (Required)
- Current BLS certification for Health Care Professionals from the American Heart Association (Required)
Special Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Moderate to expert computer skills. (Required) - Bilingual (English/Spanish) (Preferred)
- Effective decision making, problem solving skills, demonstration of creativity in problem solving, patient and family strengths, influential leadership skill. (Required)
- Critical thinking skills and ability to anticipate patient discharge needs. (Required)
- Ability to assess symptoms and develop diagnostic impressions and treatment plans. (Required)