All interns will participate in the internship learning activities as specified in the manual. Specific site activities/rotations/requirements above and beyond what is listed in the manual are provided below:
The bulk of the interns training experience will be in integrated healthcare, in the role of a behavioral health consultant. The interns will also complete a minor rotation in brief assessment and treatment planning. Through the course of both experiences, the intern will complete 10 integrated psychological assessments.
Behavioral Health Integration: As behavioral health consultants, interns will work as members of a multidisciplinary teams providing routine consultation and brief assessments and interventions with patients referred for same-day warm handoffs and follow-up care. They will conduct risk assessment and assist clinic staff with crisis management, engage clients in screening and brief assessment to establish patient goals and treatment plans, and provide interventions to address mental health and health and behavior problems. Interns will facilitate integrated patient care by working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, providing the teams with education about identification and treatment of behavioral health concerns, supporting referrals to specialty mental health as needed, and promoting positive working relationships between partners and Burrell Behavioral Health.
Outpatient Therapy: This assignment will involve identifying patients in need of specialty mental health care within their primary care settings, then routing to themselves for follow up in outpatient therapy at a Burrell Behavioral Health location. They will learn about the pathway from primary care to specialty mental health, the benefits and challenges of coordinating with primary care as an outpatient clinician as compared to their roles as a BHC, and compare and contrast therapeutic interventions between their specialty mental health and primary care roles.
Additional internship experiences may include:
· Participation in consultation teams with experienced behavioral health consultants
· Participation in Burrell-sponsored research projects
· Participation in integrated care round table discussions
· Participation in program development and qualify improvement operations
· Community presentations (internal and/or external)
The interns’ training and additional experiences will be highly influenced by their preferences and areas of interest. It is expected that the internship and training activities come first and any other roles/duties are secondary to the completion of the internship program.
Salary:
$37,500
Schedule:
Full-time (40 hours per week) generally 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday-Friday. Interns may be required to travel between multiple locations based on need and intern rotation interests.
Overtime:
Interns may be allowed to work over 40 hours per week (never to exceed 50 hours per week), but only under the prior approval of their site Training Director.
Nights/Weekends:
While an intern’s time commitment will typically be daytime, it is possible that periodic travel or clinical needs will require working later than 5:00 p. Interns will not be required to work on Saturdays or Sundays.
Malpractice Insurance:
If an intern is not covered by their school, Burrell Behavioral Health will provide insurance for them.
Mileage:
Intern may be expected to travel to multiple locations. Mileage will be reimbursed according to Burrell policy.
Benefits:
Interns are eligible for benefits offered to other site employees. Benefits will be discussed in detail during site orientation.
Leave Time
Paid Time Off (PTO):
14 days (112 hours) combined vacation and sick leave available from your first day.
Professional Development Leave:
3 days (24 hours) of professional development leaveProfessional Development time is not considered PTO time. To use this time, interns will coordinate their schedules with their Primary Supervisor and Training Director, and track the hours as hours worked in their local system and as “Professional Development Leave” in the NPTC time tracking portal.
In an effort to promote self-care, interns are encouraged to utilize all leave time. Burrell Behavioral Health will not pay out any remaining PTO balance at the end of the internship year; however, Burrell Behavioral Health may, in some cases, extend an official offer for interns to continue their employment within the agency following completion of internship. Interns who accept such offers of continued employment will be allowed to roll over any unused PTO into their annual leave bank.Since Professional Development time is not considered a type of PTO, unused Professional Development will not be paid out at the end of the year.
Holidays:
This site observes the following holidays:
Holiday List
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Day After Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Floating Holiday
When a scheduled holiday falls on a weekend the observed holiday is assigned according to individual site policy. At their discretion, Burrell Behavioral Health may elect to allocate additional Company Paid Holidays to enhance business services to clients and provide a benefit of extended time off for employees.
Site Directors/Supervisors cannot require an intern to work on any holiday listed above that the site does not observe. If the intern wishes to work on a given holiday in exchange for another day off of their choosing, that is permitted as long as it is approved and arranged in advance with his/her site director and/or supervisor. Also, if a site observes additional holidays or is closed for other reasons and the intern is unable to work, the intern cannot be forced to use their vacation time or sick days.
Psychology Intern Expectations
- Interns will comply with all employment expectations of Burrell Behavioral Health including the drug policy, HIPAA policy, documentation requirements, etc.
- Interns will run all groups assigned. If coverage is needed or groups are switched, program director and supervisors must first approve.
- Interns will carry a case load of individual patients.
- All documentation will be completed within 48 hours of the service being completed and will be sent to the appropriate supervisor for signature.
- Intern will attend supervision prepared by bringing charts, testing data, reports, and/or information regarding progress toward graduation requirements.
- Intern will inform/involve program director and supervisor of any hotline reports, suspected abuse and/or high risk situations.
- When completing psychological evaluations, intern will submit a first completed draft of the report to the supervisor within two weeks of the completion of testing and at least one week before the feedback appointment is scheduled.
- Intern will be present and on time for all didactic trainings.
- Professionalism will be demonstrated at all times.