Nevada’s Behavioral Health Job Board
Director of Clinical Operations-EMPOWERED Mobile Health Unit
We are seeking a Director of Clinical Operations who will oversee the clinical operations of the EMPOWERED Mobile Health Unit, ensuring quality of care and providing guidance to clinical staff. This professional will coordinate distributed and on-site services, manage staff and resources, and oversee community partner liaison services.
The EMPOWERED Mobile Health Unit (MHU) Initiative is a vital extension of the EMPOWERED program, aimed at addressing the unique challenges faced by underserved communities in Northern Nevada. The MHU brings essential healthcare services directly to women of reproductive age with opioid use disorders (OUD), ensuring access to specialized care and support throughout the region. The initiative focuses on rural and underserved client-services, community partnerships, capacity-building, and enhanced community engagement and awareness.
Nurse Practitioner-BH-Crisis Care Center Renown
As a Nurse Practitioner-BH-Crisis Center employee provides clinical services to persons with a variety of mental health needs of, adult and geriatric populations in the acute care setting. This position is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of both physical and mental health disorders within regulatory and/or accrediting guidelines. The Nurse Practitioner demonstrates a high level of independence and clinical expertise in the management of health conditions using advanced clinical skills, diagnostic reasoning, and therapeutic interventions while integrating education, research, management, leadership, and collaboration with other health professionals into their clinical roles to maximize a patient’s health.
October, 2024
Peer Support Specialist – Crisis Care Center Renown
This position is responsible to perform all registration and reception functions accurately. This position expedites and provides healthcare access through the accurate gathering of demographic, insurance, clinical and financial information from a variety of sources, (i.e., patients, patient families, physicians, physician office staff). By obtaining insurance authorization within the required time frame, this position ensures reimbursement for services rendered. This position is to make the admission process as comfortable and pleasant as possible.
This position will also play a crucial role in providing peer support services. The role also includes direct care and supervision for safety to the individuals facing a behavioral health and/or substance use addiction emergency. Utilizing lived experience and a recovery journey this employee offers empathy, encouragement, support, and practical assistance to empower individuals on a path to recovery. This position operates within collaborative team environment working closely with behavioral health professionals and community resources
Licensed Clinical Social Worker- Crisis Care Center Renown
Renown Health is northern Nevada’s largest and only locally owned, not-for-profit integrated health network committed to meeting the health and wellness needs of our growing community and serving the surrounding Lake Tahoe and northeast California regions. Renown serves a population in excess of 750,000 in a 17-county area in northern Nevada, the Lake Tahoe area and northeastern California, and welcomes patients from 29 referring rural hospitals in a vast and isolated 80,000-square-mile catchment area. We are proud to be home to the area’s only Children’s Hospital providing care and support locally to our area’s children.
We are seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to contribute to transforming the delivery of mental health and addiction crisis services for Washoe County by establishing a licensed crisis stabilization center, Crisis Care Center, as an alternative to receive adults in need of triage, assessment, psychiatric stabilization, and/or alcohol and drug detoxification.
October, 2024
Clinical Social Work – Intern
School Mental Health Pathway Contractor – WCSD
Below is a description of the types of contractors WCSD may need during the term of the contract to include the purpose, minimum qualifications and responsibilities and duties.
Counseling and Social Work Contractors
Primary Purpose: Provide direct and indirect support for students experiencing barriers to academic and behavioral well-being at school.
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology or related fields.
Major Responsibilities and Duties: Implement behavioral and mental health interventions to address student needs, support students and families experiencing crisis, assist with multi-disciplinary team functions to assess and address student needs, provide home visits as needed to promote family engagement with schools, help with truancy intervention, organize basic need assistance for students/families, provide mental health awareness trainings and materials to school stakeholders, develop partnerships with community mental health and social service agencies, provide mental health information and referral resources for families, document student interventions as directed by Counseling and Social Work Department, and assist with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) campaigns schoolwide.
Mental Health Professional Contractors
Primary Purpose: Provide direct and indirect clinical support for students experiencing barriers to academic and behavioral well-being at school.
Minimum Education and Licensure: Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or related fields. Current license as a Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, Psychologist, or Clinical Professional Counselor (includes clinical intern license).
Major Responsibilities and Duties: Implement behavioral and mental health clinical interventions to address student mental health challenges, provide mental health screening and assessment, provide leadership around suicide prevention strategies, support students and families experiencing crisis, provide leadership with multi-disciplinary team functions to assess and address student’ needs, provide home visits as needed to promote family engagement with schools, help with truancy intervention, provide mental health awareness trainings and materials to school stakeholders, develop partnerships with community mental health
and social service agencies, provide mental health information and referral resources for families, document student interventions as directed by Counseling and Social Work Department, and assist with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) campaigns schoolwide.
Due Date and Time: No later than August 9th, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Peer Recovery Support Specialist, PRSS
The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure and coordination the consistency of client
treatment alongside addiction counselors and staff.
Essential functions:
1. Under the supervision of a licensed staff, the PRSS will function as a role model to peers,
exhibiting competency in personal recovery and use of coping skills; serve as a consumer
advocate providing consumer information and peer support for clients in inpatient and outpatient
settings.
2. Keep PRSS certificate active and in good standing.
Those interested and qualified, please submit your resume to Human Resources at 775-954-1406 or email
resume to kmanguso@bristleconereno.com.
The selected candidate will need to complete a preplacement health screening and a one series TB test.
Career Opportunities with Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital
- Position Title: RN (we are currently recruiting for full-time, part-time and PRN roles)
- Position Title: Charge RN
- Position Title: Recreation Therapist
- Position Title: Social Worker
- Organization: Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital
- Position Location: Elko, NV
- How to Apply: Please send resumes to tara.baker@lpnt.com
- Date you would like the position removed: until it expires.
- Any additional info you would like to include: Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital is a 75-bed facility located in Elko, Nevada. We offer a wide range of healthcare services, including emergency medicine, heart care, maternity care, sleep medicine, surgical services, and soon we’ll be opening a behavioral health unit. We are recognized by the American College of Cardiology as an accredited Chest Pain Center. Elko is the largest city of Elko County, Nevada. Located near the Lamoille Canyon and the Ruby Mountains, Elko is called the Swiss Alps of Nevada. Here you’ll find year-round access to recreation and more than 20 alpine lakes. The city’s economy is heavy with gold mining, ranching, tourism, and casinos. With us is where you want to be. Tentative opening date of 10/1/2024.