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Department
CHS Behavioral Health
Job Summary
Under minimum supervision, performs one-on-one patient centered needs assessment, care coordination, and behavioral health education, including psychosocial support. Primary duties include facilitating individualized behavior change interventions to meet patient needs using motivational interviewing. The Behavioral Health Educator will supervise clinic-wide screening of patients for substance use and addictions, depression, anxiety, and overall psychosocial functioning, promote staff engagement, and provide referrals to appropriate community resources. The Behavioral Health Educator provides Brief Intervention or Referral to Treatment for patients at-risk for chemical dependency. Other duties include collaborating with hospital wide health education initiatives as needed, identifying new and existing resources and organizations that serve patient health needs, and maintaining community partnerships.
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Shift
Work Type
Regular
Salary
$50,600.00 – $73,300.00 / yr
Benefits
Competitive pay
Outstanding benefits
Education opportunities
Shared leadership and advancement opportunity
State-of-the-art facilities
Immediate retirement plan matching
Professional clinical advancement program
Participation in evidence-based projects
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer
Our Values
Excellence- We are better every day
Compassion- We care for everyone
Relentlessness- We fight for everyone
Stewardship- We use resources responsibly
Learning- We educate the next generation
All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit:
“Denver Health is committed to provide equal treatment and equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.”
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