1. Under the supervision of the Outpatient Behavioral Health Director, the Outpatient Behavioral Health Specialty Clinical Psychologist provides high-level, intensive outpatient behavioral health services, with a specialty emphasis on a specific designated area of clinical specialty or expertise concentration.
2. Services will include individual, group, and family-based therapeutic services focusing on interdisciplinary treatment of complex, comorbid, and/or treatment resistant behavioral health disorders. This includes maintaining a caseload of minimally 32 billable clinical hours per week.
3. As needed or directed, this position develops comprehensive clinical programming and/or curriculum specific to a clinical specialty and ensures all service delivery is aligned with all state, local, federal, and regulatory requirements.
4. The Outpatient Behavioral Health Specialty Clinical Psychologist will also provide clinical services exclusive to doctoral level clinicians, such as advanced psychological assessment and neurological evaluation. This position will support doctoral level trainees through the Eagle Valley Behavioral Health Psychological Assessment Clinic.
5. As needed or directed, this position will also support the coverage of other Clinical Psychologists in Vail Health. There is the opportunity for this position to provide supervision to doctoral interns in the COPIC, APA-accredited internship program.
6. This position will maintain a comprehensive caseload that is based on community need, patient population need, and services will be delivered across all Outpatient Clinics.
7. Maintains excellence clinical documentation in alignment with local, internal, state, federal, and regulatory standards and compliance.
8. Role models the principles of a Just Culture and Organizational Values.
9. Perform other duties as assigned. Must be HIPAA compliant.

• 5 years of experience in an outpatient or community behavioral health setting.
• Specialty Clinical focus, training, or expertise in designated area of clinical specialty or concentration. Examples: Clinical Focus within: early childhood, complex family dynamics, high conflict couples
• Understanding of Colorado laws and regulations as they relate to the mental health practices, privacy, confidentiality, supervision, and ethical delivery of care.
• Experience overseeing accurate and timely data collection and data reporting to include Medicaid billing or reporting requirements.
• Psychologist License issued by the state of Colorado with 3 years of applicable behavioral health experience. Acceptable licenses: Licensed Psychologist
• Expertise in American Psychological Association (APA) ethical codes and applicable statutes.
• Rural behavioral health experience with specific knowledge of resources and community agencies specific to Eagle County preferred.
• A personal presence which is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals and values of Vail Health.
• Strong customer-service focus; excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a proven ability to work patiently, persuasively and effectively with a wide variety of people.
• Superior organizational skills: a work style that is thorough, accurate and detail-oriented; the ability to follow through on projects with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work well within the organizational structure
• Bilingual Preferred

• State of Colorado Licensed Psychologist

• N/A

• Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.

• Doctoral degree in counseling psychology, clinical psychology, or related field.

Application Close Date:

Application window will close on February 1, 2024.

Benefits at Vail Health (Full and Part Time) Include:

• Competitive Wages & Family Benefits:
  • Competitive wages
  • Parental leave (4 weeks paid)
  • Housing programs
  • Childcare reimbursement 
• Comprehensive Health Benefits: 
  • Medical
  • Dental 
  • Vision
• Educational Programs: 
  • Tuition Assistance 
  • Existing Student Loan Repayment
  • Specialty Certification Reimbursement
  • Annual Supplemental Educational Funds
• Paid Time Off:
  • Up to five weeks in your first year of employment and continues to grow each year.
• Retirement & Supplemental Insurance:
  • 403(b) Retirement plan with immediate matching 
  • Life insurance
  • Short and long-term disability
• Recreation Benefits, Wellness & More:
  • Up to $1,000 annual wellbeing reimbursement
  • Recreation discounts
  • Pet insurance

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About Vail Health

Vail Health, formerly Vail Valley Medical Center, is a nonprofit community health care system serving patients and guests from around the world. Locally operated and governed by a volunteer board of directors, Vail Health includes a 56-bed hospital, accredited by the Joint Commission. Our 24/7 emergency department in Vail is a Level III Trauma Center with a nearby helipad for necessary medical transports. Vail Health provides a wide array of services and access points including Beaver Creek Medical Center, urgent care clinics in Avon and Gypsum, our Edwards medical campus, Eagle Healthcare Center and a multispecialty clinic in Frisco. Howard Head Sports Medicine offers physical therapy services at 10 locations and works closely with our internationally renowned orthopaedic partners at The Steadman Clinic and Vail-Summit Orthopaedics. In addition, Vail Health's Shaw Cancer Center and Sonnenalp Breast Center are the region’s only fully accredited cancer treatment center and comprehensive breast center. The Vail Clinic, which was founded in 1965, officially became “Vail Valley Medical Center” in 1980, its first year as a full-service hospital. At that time, we had one primary locatio...n and 25 physicians. Today, Vail Health has locations in nine towns, nearly 1,000 employees, 260 physician partners and 85 volunteers. Vail Health is an equal-opportunity employer. The hospital is handicap accessible and adheres to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Smoking is prohibited in our facilities. This includes e-cigarettes.

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