Vail Health Hospital·Edwards, Colorado
Provide intensive inpatient behavioral health services for acute and high-risk populations, including those who are suicidal or psychotic. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create holistic treatment and discharge plans while maintaining a minimum of 32 billable clinical hours per week.
Vail Health has become the world’s most advanced mountain healthcare system.
Vail Health consists of an updated 520,000-square-foot, 56-bed hospital.
This state-of-the-art facility provides exceptional care to all of our patients, with the most beautiful views in the area, located centrally in Vail.
Learn more about Vail Health here.
Are you passionate about making a difference in individuals' lives?
Do you want to be part of an innovative team dedicated to providing exceptional care?
If so, we invite you to join our team at the Precourt Healing Center, our new state-of-the-art behavioral health inpatient center.
We believe in treating the whole person addressing their physical, emotional, and psychological needs.
Relocation and housing available!
Vail Health Behavioral Health is designated as as a Colorado Health Service Corps Site to receive funding for qualifying educational loans.
About Us Striving to be the model of integrated and exceptional behavioral health treatment, research, education, and innovation by sustainably implementing an accessible and effective Behavioral Healthcare model that delivers, supports, and promotes a full continuum of care across our Mountain Communities.
Why Join Us?
Innovative Care Model: Join a cutting-edge approach to behavioral health that integrates the latest research and therapies.
Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a dedicated team of professionals who share your commitment to excellence and compassion.
Professional Growth: We are committed to your development with ongoing training, education, and career advancement opportunities.
State-of-the-Art Facility: Utilize the best tools and resources in a newly designed, modern healthcare setting.
Meaningful Impact: Make a real difference in the lives of individuals and families, contributing to their journey towards recovery and wellness.
About the opportunity: This role reports to the Director of Inpatient Clinical Services and will serve as a behavioral health clinician providing direct clinical services across adolescent and adult populations at the Precourt Healing Center, an acute inpatient psychiatric facility.
Services will include individual and family-based therapy.
This position may also support group-based therapeutic interventions, milieu work, didactic intervention, and care coordination services as needed.
This position will include an on-call expectation.
What you will do: Under the supervision of the Director of Inpatient Clinical Services, the Inpatient Behavioral Health Provider provides high-level, intensive inpatient behavioral health services, with a specialty emphasis on acute or high-risk populations including patients who are actively suicidal, homicidal, psychotic, or gravely disabled.
Services will primarily include individual and family-based therapeutic services focusing on interdisciplinary treatment of complex, comorbid, and/or treatment resistant behavioral health disorders.
Other clinical activities may include: group work, facilitation of art or music based therapy, and milieu work.
This includes maintaining a caseload of minimally 32 billable clinical hours per week.
This position provides on-call services for acute therapeutic needs on a rotating basis.
Works closely with other healthcare providers, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists, to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care.
Works with the multidisciplinary team to create holistic treatment plans and discharge plans individualized for each patient.
The position effectively educates and communicates with patients, families, and the care team regarding treatment progress and any necessary adjustments.
Implements de-escalation techniques and initiating emergency treatment protocols when necessary and responds to psychiatric emergencies, including risk assessments for suicide or violence.
As needed or directed, this position develops comprehensive clinical programming and/or curriculum specific to high-risk populations and ensures all service delivery is aligned with all state, local, federal, and regulatory requirements.
Maintains excellence clinical documentation in alignment with local, internal, state, federal, and regulatory standards and compliance.
Role models the principles of a Just Culture and Organizational Values.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Must be HIPAA compliant This description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job.
It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
What you will need: Experience: At least two years of experience in a behavioral health setting, preferably an inpatient psychiatric unit, required.
Documented experience in crisis response and working with acute populations, required.
Rural behavioral health experience with specific knowledge of resources and community agencies specific to Eagle County, preferred.
Understanding of Colorado laws and regulations as they relate to the mental health practices, privacy, confidentiality, supervision, and ethical delivery of care, preferred.
Bilingual; English/Spanish preferred License(s): State of Colorado Licensed Psychologist (LP) State of Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) State of Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Certification(s): Basic Life Support (BLS), required.
Computer / Typing: Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.
Must have working knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English.
Requires a doctoral or master's degree in a related field and a valid Colorado license as a Psychologist, LCSW, or LPC. Candidates must have at least two years of behavioral health experience, specifically in crisis response and acute inpatient settings.
Market context
In Colorado, behavioral-health practicum and internship roles often draw steady interest from students preparing for licensure, especially in mental health and substance use treatment settings. These positions are competitive because employers look for candidates who are already enrolled in a qualifying master’s program, eligible for placement, and ready to learn under licensed supervision. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save research time, then confirm your program’s placement rules and tailor your application to your licensure goals.
