Description
Supporting MSU Athletics, Lark Street Behavioral Health Clinic Advanced Practitioner Opportunity in Springfield, MO!
This group is powered by 6 Physicians, 1 Advanced Practitioner, and an engaged support staff focused on quality patient care.
This Opportunity Offers:
- Day Shift Position M-F
- Outpatient Clinic
- Full-time position
- Professional staff of psychologists, therapists, and counselors offer a wide variety of therapeutic options for patients of all ages.
- Assistance with a variety of life's struggles—depression, stress, grief, family dynamics, etc.
- System-wide Epic EMR
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vacation, 401K and CME
- Malpractice insurance Provided
Lark Clinic Job Duties Include:
- Accept referrals from campus primary care providers, sports medicine physicians, therapists, coaches, trainers, professors or administration who suspect any student mental health concerns.
- Attend annual campus wellness fairs and tabling events to raise mental health awareness and promote psychiatric services to students, athletes, and their families.
- Collaborate with campus primary care providers and therapists regarding specific student/athlete treatment and progress towards goals.
- Assist in required mental health evaluations for student athletes annually as outlined by NCAA regulations and be available to provide timely assessment upon any positive screening results.
- Ability to identify and/or escalate an athlete's need for a higher level of care as it relates to various mental health concerns such as substance use, psychosis, malnutrition, suicidality, etc.
- Attend monthly treatment team meetings with therapists, trainers, sports medicine physicians, athletic director and coaches to maintain the collaborative team approach towards student athlete psychiatric care.
- Assess any student/athletes' requests for mental health academic/housing accommodations and provide thorough documentation for further review by the disability access services team.
- *Preferred experience in assessing and treating more prominent conditions within athletics including performance anxiety, mood disorders, sleep difficulties, eating disorders, substance abuse, stress reduction, and time management.
Your life is our life's work.
This amazing practice is a part of Mercy Clinic a strong, physician-led and professionally managed multi-specialty group. With over 2,500 primary care and specialty physicians, Mercy Clinic is ranked one the largest integrated physician organizations in the country.
Mercy Behavioral Health Lark Clinic
Mercy, a four-time IBM Watson Health top five large U.S. health system in 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, is a faith-based organization and serves millions annually. With 40 hospitals in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma, as well as underserved clinics in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, Mercy is one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country.
For more information, please contact:
Michael Svendsen, APP Recruiter
Phone: 417-820-4588
Email: Michael.Svendsen@Mercy.Net
AA/EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Visit our careers site for additional advanced practitioner opportunities.
Michael Svendsen, APP Recruiter
Email: Michael.Svendsen@Mercy.Net
Phone: 417-820-4588
Apply on company website
Find Connections via Linkedin
