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About You
- Bachelor's Degree in a human services field (Psychology, Sociology, Special Education, Social Work, or a related field) or a Registered Nurse.
- Minimum of one year experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and intellectual disabilities in the adult population.
- Ability to interpret and implement support plans and to motivate, instruct, and supervise persons with intellectual disabilities.
AltaPointe Health is a large healthcare system providing primary and behavioral healthcare. Each year it provides more than 1 million services to 45,000 patients across Alabama. A national leader in behavioral health for over 60 years, AltaPointe expanded its service array in 2018 to include primary care. Now focusing on the patient's whole health, it operates Accordia Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center with four clinic sites. Rounding out the continuum, AltaPointe operates two psychiatric hospitals serving children and adults, 20 outpatient behavioral healthcare clinics, and BayView Professional Associates, its private practice arm serving southwest Alabama. Its team of 28 physicians and 16 physician extenders renders the medical care services throughout the organization and serves as the administration and faculty for the University of South Alabama, College of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry.