Clinical Psychologist Needed for 1099 Coverage at Outpatient Facility in Colorado

Job description

About the facility

This outpatient behavioral health facility provides comprehensive mental health services with an interdisciplinary team approach. The facility maintains established protocols for psychological evaluations and therapeutic interventions while utilizing electronic health record systems for clinical documentation and care coordination.

About the facility location

This coastal area features diverse entertainment options including a pirate-themed 18-hole miniature golf course with waterfalls and caves, along with water parks, go-kart tracks, and arcade facilities. Visitors can explore natural attractions such as alpaca farms, county parks with zoos, and wildlife tours, while also accessing pristine shoreline areas known for dolphin watching opportunities. The region offers year-round entertainment venues hosting sports events, concerts, and theater performances.

About the clinician's workday

The clinician will conduct psychological assessments, diagnostic evaluations, and treatment planning for an adult population while working full-time day shifts totaling 40 hours per week. Responsibilities include delivering individual therapy and group therapy sessions, collaborating with psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs/PAs, therapists, case managers, nurses, and peer support staff to ensure coordinated care delivery. The position requires maintaining timely and accurate clinical documentation in the EHR system while supporting crisis stabilization and making appropriate referrals to higher or lower levels of care. The clinician will provide comprehensive care for individuals with mood and anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, SMI, and co-occurring substance use disorders.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: 3-8
• Support staff: Psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs/PAs, therapists, case managers, nurses, and peer support staff
• Patient population: Adults
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: No
• Shift hours: Full time (40 hours)
• Cases treated: Mood and anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar, PTSD, SMI, co-occurring substance use disorder
• Average length of stay: Not applicable
• Census: Not applicable
• Med checks/follow-up per day: ~45–60 minutes
• Initial evaluation time: ~60–90 minutes