POSITION SUMMARY

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine is seeking a full-time, fixed-term position at the Clinical Instructor level to serve as the Team Lead for the UNC Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team operating in Wake County.
ACT is an intensive, multi-disciplinary, community-based mental health service for adults with a primary diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness, as well as co-occurring substance use disorders, chronic medical issues, and/or intellectual/developmental disabilities. ACT services target individuals who have significant functional impairments, as well as complicating treatment factors including frequent psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness or housing instability, criminal justice involvement, or other barriers to engagement in more traditional office-based services.
The primary responsibilities of the Team Lead position are to provide clinical leadership and oversight in collaboration with the psychiatric care provider to the ACT program, including clinical and administrative supervision of staff and managing the day-to-day operations of the team. The Team Lead is responsible for oversight of ACT recipients’ service authorizations, billing, and outcomes reporting as required by program leadership or external stakeholders. The Team Lead works in conjunction with program leadership and administrative staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality services in accordance with the ACT fidelity model, while maximizing program resources.
The Team Lead is a practicing clinician and provides direct services to individuals served by the ACT Team, including empirically based therapeutic modalities, psychoeducation and support for individuals’ family members, clinical assessments, crisis response services, and development and implementation of person-centered treatment plans.
The ACT Team provides crisis response services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through an on-call crisis line. The Team Lead position participates in the rotation of the ACT on-call phone, and provides clinical back-up for other team members who are on-call.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Must hold a Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or a related health services field. Applicant must be a fully licensed or associate level licensed clinician in good standing with their respective practice board. Associate-level applicants must earn full licensure within 30 months of date of hire in accordance with NCDHHS Clinical Coverage Policy 8A-1.
Applicants must have three years of clinical experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, with a minimum of two years post-graduate school. Experience working in the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team model or other community-based service is preferred. Must have a valid North Carolina driver’s license and be able to drive a state vehicle.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team and create positive team culture and cohesion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong recovery orientation and commitment to assisting individuals with severe, persistent mental illness to create full lives in the community of their choice.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES, AND EXPERIENCE

Experience working in Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) or other community-based or outreach models is preferred.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.
Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.