Assistant Director Mental Health - Psychologist Job at Wellpath, Augusta, ME

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  • Wellpath
  • Augusta, ME

Job Description

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities


Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Assistant Mental Health Director is responsible for the provision of mental health services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage a team of psychologists and Qualified Mental Health Professionals across the prison system, ensuring recruitment, selection, training, and supervision are in accordance with contractual requirements.
  • Actively participate in required meetings with the ADC and engage in system-wide Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives.
  • Lead case conferences for special needs inmates, addressing management within facilities, transitions to psychiatric hospitals, and release planning.
  • Provide administrative supervision and direction to psychiatrists, clinical nurse specialists, Qualified Examiners, and Community Access Board members, ensuring adherence to documentation requirements and treatment planning.
  • Manage all aspects of mental health services in correctional facilities, including outpatient programs, day treatment, residential treatment units, behavioral management units, forensic evaluation, and civil commitment.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • Masters in clinical or counseling psychology or in social work from an accredited college or university.

Experience

  • At least five years of progressively responsible management experience providing behavioral health services of similar scope and complexity.
  • Experience in correctional behavioral health care is preferred

Licenses/Certifications

  • Designated Qualified Mental Health Professional in accordance with state of employment requirements.

Additional Details

Licensed Psychologist required

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Job Tags

Full time,

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