Crisis Clinician

Southcentral Foundation is currently seeking a Crisis Clinician for our Behavioral Urgent Response Team (BURT) department!

Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native-owned, nonprofit health care organization serving nearly 65,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people (customer-owners) living in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley and 55 rural villages. Our award-winning model of care is based on our belief that the journey to wellness is a responsibility between patient and provider.

The Behavioral Urgent Response Team (BURT) provides urgent response services for psychiatric emergencies, as well as consultation/liaison services to the Alaska Native Medical Center inpatient units and Primary Care.  This role will offer the ability to provide expertise as a consultant in multiple settings including the Emergency Room, Medical/Surgical Units, Rural integrated care, and the possibility to follow a case over a limited time in an outpatient bridge clinic. BURT consists of psychiatric prescribers, master’s level clinicians, full time nurse case manager, and dedicated behavioral health case managers.

Why Work at Southcentral Foundation?

SCF’s benefits are designed around your health and wellness. SCF offers its employees a generous paid leave, health benefits to include medical, dental, and vision, an employer matched 401K, 13 paid holidays, one hour per week of paid wellness leave, on-site fitness, daycare facilities, competitive salary packages, sign-on bonus, relocation assistance for eligible candidates, and much more!

SCF’s clinical team environment is one of the most robust in the country. SCF’s data-driven, non-revenue approach means that compensation is salary-based, encouraging a practice focused on wellness, not quantity.

For a more complete list of the benefits enjoyed by Southcentral Foundation employees please visit: SouthcentralFoundation.com

Crisis Clinician:

The Southcentral Foundation (SCF) Crisis Clinician is responsible for the diagnosis, assessment, and disposition recommendations for youth and adult customer-owners presenting in crisis. Additionally, this position provides professional expertise as a consultant to various departments on the ANMC Campus.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in behavioral health field including Counseling, Psychology or Social Work; OR PhD/PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.
• Current Alaska Clinical licensure.
• Two (2) years of post-licensure supervised clinical work experience; OR demonstrated proficiency as a Clinician II at SCF.
• One (1) year of psychiatric crisis experience (pre- or post-licensure); OR demonstrated proficiency as a Clinician II at SCF, which included experience handling crisis situations.

Employee Health Requirements:

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of SCF employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs designated as a Health Care Personnel (HCP) position, requires that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19.