Lead Clinician chez Alaska Behavioral Health

Lead Clinician | Alaska Behavioral Health
Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic

Who We Are

Our mission is to strengthen Alaska communities and improve the lives of our clients by delivering exceptional behavioral healthcare services.We believe all Alaskans, with all mental health and addiction needs should have access to the best possible care. We are committed to helping Alaskan’s recover.

About the Team

The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Alaska Behavioral Health provides confidential, high-quality behavioral healthcare services and local resource connection to post-9/11 veterans (including National Guard and Reserves), their families, active-duty service members and the families of active-duty service members, which includes spouse or partner, children, parents, siblings, caregivers, and others.

The Lead Clinician will work as a part of an interdisciplinary team to ensure coordinated care. They will receive state-of-the-art training, clinical supervision, and support to provide the most effective, scientifically supported, evidence-based treatments available for to children, youth, adults, and families. We engage clinicians in continuous professional development to improve their clinical practice, learn new treatments, and achieve excellent patient outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Provide a combination of program oversight, staff supervision and direct service provision for the Cohen Clinic
• Provide evidence-based treatment to veterans, particularly those who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and their families (i.e., spouses, partners, parents, children). This includes individual, couples and family therapy to adults, adolescents, and children
• Perform and document patient’s screenings, psychosocial assessments, and progress and referral information. Conduct clinical intake assessments on veterans and family members as needed. Provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to patients, with a focus on delivering evidence-based treatments
• Collaborate and coordinate with the caregiver, physician, case management and all other disciplines to provide the best care to patients as needed
• Work with leadership to establish training and development plan for clinical staff
• Provide on-going program evaluation and recommendations to the Clinic Director for continuous growth and quality. Prepare and submit weekly and monthly program reports. Produce ad hoc reports as requested by Clinic Director

Good To Know

• Position can be based in Anchorage OR Fairbanks, Alaska
• Full-Time, Exempt 
• Pay Range is between $85,637 and $115,865 a year
• Position is eligible for a $10,000 sign on bonus!
• Student Loan Repayment and Tuition Assistance is Available – Professional Growth is encouraged!
• Clinicians participate in regular individual and group supervision and are provided with additional training opportunities as part of our professional development plan.
• AKBH offers generous benefits for employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week including two healthcare options for employees and their dependent children; 401k – Administered through Fidelity; Automatic Pre-Tax Enrollment of 4% with annual increases of 1% to a maximum of 10%; Automatic employer contribution of 3%; Employer Match of 100% up to 5% of contributions. Three (3) weeks of PTO for the first year and six (6) weeks after the first year; 10 paid holidays; and eligibility for an annual incentive plan. NOTE: Employees working 29 hours a week or less receive PTO accrued on hours worked and 2 paid holidays.
• AKBH consistently provides both individual and group clinical licensure supervision for our behavioral health providers who are working towards their post-master's and post-doctoral clinical licenses.  The most common licenses for therapists in Alaska are Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  Both require 100 hours of clinical supervision.  Market rates for licensure clinical supervision are $150-$200 and hour.  At 100 hours, that is a $15,000 to $20,000 value – and our staff receive it as a free benefit.

What We Need from You

• You have a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or (Psy.D.) degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an APA accredited psychology program, or a Master’s degree in social work and licensed to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); or a Master’s degree in counseling and licensed to practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC); or a Master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and licensed to practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT).
• You have knowledge in DSM V-TR diagnoses and experience in PTSD diagnoses and treatment.
• You have experience working with military populations and/or Veterans (not a deal breaker, but strongly preferred!)

Alaska Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.