About this role
🧠 Mental Health Provider
📍 Shelby County Jail | Alabama
🕐 8 Hour Days | Monday through Friday
💼 Full Time
🧠 Bring Mental Health Care Where It Matters Most
Southern Health Partners is seeking a Mental Health Provider to join our healthcare team at the Shelby County Jail in Alabama.
This position is open to qualified Psychiatric Registered Nurses (Psych RNs) or Licensed Counselors who are passionate about providing meaningful mental health care to an underserved population.
Enjoy the consistency of an 8-hour, Monday through Friday schedule while using your mental health expertise in a structured, safe, and secure correctional healthcare environment.
No nights. No rotating hospital shifts. No weekend rotation. Just meaningful work and a schedule that gives you your evenings and weekends back. 💚
What Youll Do
As a Mental Health Provider with Southern Health Partners, youll play an important role in supporting the behavioral health needs of patients within the facility.
Responsibilities may include:
- Conducting mental health assessments and evaluations
- Identifying behavioral health needs and developing appropriate treatment recommendations
- Providing individual counseling and therapeutic interventions, as appropriate to your credentials
- Monitoring patients for changes in mental health status
- Collaborating with medical and correctional healthcare team members
- Participating in treatment planning and coordinating appropriate services
- Providing crisis intervention and mental health support when needed
- Maintaining accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation
- Educating patients regarding mental health treatment and available resources
- Supporting continuity of care and appropriate referrals when indicated
- Following established clinical, safety, and security procedures
Qualifications
What Were Looking For
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
- Current RN license in the state of Alabama
- Psychiatric or behavioral health nursing experience preferred
- Current CPR certification
Licensed Counselor
- Current applicable Licensed Counselor credential in the state of Alabama
- Master's-level mental health counseling experience preferred
- Experience providing behavioral health assessments, counseling, or crisis intervention
For All Candidates:
- Strong clinical assessment and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team
- Strong documentation and organizational skills
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality
- Ability to work 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday
- Comfortable working in a structured, safe, and secure correctional environment
- Correctional healthcare experience is a plus, but not required
💚 Full Time Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance with Pre-Tax Coverage
- Company-Paid Life Insurance
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- 2 Weeks PTO in Year One, increasing with longevity
- 8 Paid Holidays + Birthday Off
- 401(k) after 1 Year
- Bi-Weekly Direct Deposit
- Employee Assistance Program
- Monthly CE Hours
- Tuition Discounts & Reimbursement
- Professional Liability Insurance
- Referral Bonus
- Paid Bereavement & Jury Duty
Why Southern Health Partners?
For more than 30 years , Southern Health Partners has provided correctional healthcare with a commitment to quality care, professional integrity, and service to underserved populations.
This is mental health care outside the traditional office or hospital setting. Youll have the opportunity to build meaningful patient relationships, work with a dedicated healthcare team, and bring behavioral health expertise to a population that needs it.
And the schedule? Monday through Friday. 8 hours a day. A little more rhythm, a little less chaos. 🧠💚
Stay Connected
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Facebook: @SouthernHealthPartners
X: @SHPJailMedical
All applicants are subject to pre-employment screening, which may include a background check and drug screening.