Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

A Masterrsquo;s degree or above from an accredited college/university with a focus on psychology, clinical social work, or counseling.

Current LCSW in Pennsylvania required.

The Immunodeficiency Center (IDC), the HIV program at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, provides comprehensive HIV services to adults living with or at risk of HIV, including medical treatment, mental and behavioral health care, medical case management, outreach, home care nursing, and HIV prevention. The tight-knit interdisciplinary team aims to provide holistic, evidence-based, and patient-centered services to support people living with HIV to optimize their health and well-being.

The HIV Mental Health Services Supervisor is responsible for the oversight, provision, and support of mental and behavioral health services delivered to adults living with HIV by the IDC. The position works closely with program leadership (Program Director, Program Manager, Medical Director) to ensure the delivery of high quality, trauma-informed, and compassionate mental and behavioral health services. The position directly supervises the mental health counselor, provides clinical supervision to medical case managers and other staff/interns as needed, supports the screening of mental/behavioral health conditions and provision of services, and liaises with the psychiatrist and medical providers on treatment planning and care coordination. The position also has some administrative responsibilities with management of grants that support behavioral health services.

Essential Duties:

• Provides co-located mental health services with adults living with HIV, including individual and group psychotherapy, brief interventions, counseling, psychoeducation, and referrals to advanced level of care;
• Manages psychotherapy referrals and assigns to counselor as appropriate;
• Provides clinical supervision to mental health counselor, medical case managers, and other staff/interns;
• Works with program leadership on strategic planning for the growth and development of mental and behavioral health services;
• Utilizes appropriate clinical and psychosocial screening tools to assess for coping, depression, grief, anxiety, substance abuse trauma, and social/economic needs;
• Establishes treatment plans that include practical and measurable steps for evaluating patients progress;
• Responsible for engaging HIV infected/affected patients in basic HIV/AIDS disease management education; and provide harm reduction to partners and family of infected persons.
• Provide comprehensive clinical social work services in outpatient HIV clinic, including counseling, psychoeducation, psychosocial problem-solving, and appropriate referrals and resources;
• Completes patient records in acceptable format and communicates patients progress to primary care provider;
• Refers patients for intensive mental health and substance abuse counseling and treatment, and other social services required by patient;
• Coordinates mental health team service provision and areas of improvement to quality, access, and delivery of mental/behavioral health services (i.e. between psychiatrist, mental health counselor, and interns).
• Supports patients and staff when acute mental health and substance abuse issues present and provides crisis intervention, counseling, and patient referrals;
• Liaises between mental health team and medical providers;
• Delivers annual trainings/in-services to IDC team on mental/behavioral health crisis protocols, de-escalation, supporting counseling, and other clinical skills and knowledge needed by the broader team; coordinates other experts to deliver trainings as well.
• Develops partnerships with community mental health agencies and avenues for streamlined referrals;
• Provides support to patient when needed/requested during partner notification of HIV status;
• Participates in discussions in staff meetings and case consultations;
• Promptly attends scheduled staff meetings, in-services and trainings;
• Manages the mental health service provision and growing and developing new mental health services;
• Prepares grant reports and approves monthly invoices of mental/behavioral health services.

This position requires providing service to the following age population(s) 18-80 in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.