Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960's.  Since that time, we've expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida.  We use a multidisciplinary approach to treating those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

Meridian Behavioral Health is a private, non - profit organization with roots in the mental health community since the 1960’s. Since that time, we’ve expanded to 13 counties in North Central Florida. We us a multidisciplinary approach to treating to those facing mental health challenges and substance use disorders.

This is a professional position assigned to the Performance Management Department which aids in administering and managing the Center’s quality improvement programs/initiatives in a manner consistent with Meridian’s Strategic Plan. The Program Evaluator works closely with the Program staff across the organization and the Director of Performance Management to provide guidance and technical assistance in the analysis of data collected to drive continuous quality improvement. The position requires good organizational and time management skills, the ability to work independently, communicate effectively within the agency and with external partners, and strong analytical and presentation skills.

This is routine manual work performing custodial assignments in Center facilities and grounds. Under general supervision, perform a wide variety of custodial and maintenance duties in order to provide a clean, orderly and safe environment; and perform related work as required. This position is reviewed through reports and observations and has potential exposure to blood and body fluids. Personal protective equipment may be needed while performing some of these custodial duties.

This is an independent professional position providing the ongoing development, training and supervision of the Mobile Response Team and the coordination of professional relationships with law enforcement, school board, hospitals and various outside agencies. Duties include responding directly to requests for deployment and assures people in crisis receive immediate and ongoing assistance. Work is performed under the direction of a higher-level supervisor and is reviewed through conferences, reports and observation of the results obtained.

This is a highly professional position responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of the team. The Team Leader will supervise and coordinate service delivery, including program planning, administration, implementation, development, and evaluation of Team members. This program and position is a home based community program and will require some work in the community/home and work hours after 5 pm or on weekends.

This is an independent professional position performing assessments, service brokerage, and advocacy services for adults with opioid use disorders who are in need of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services. The Care Coordinator coordinates the care for consumers and works with other professionals from numerous community organizations, as well as with Meridian staff. The work is performed with a high degree of independence.

This is routine manual work consisting of extensive preventative maintenance and repair procedures on all Meridian facilities, grounds, mechanical equipment, and utility systems. Under general supervision, this position will perform a wide variety of maintenance duties in order to provide a clean, orderly, and safe environment; and perform related work as required. This position is reviewed through reports and observations and has potential exposure to blood and body fluids. Personal protective equipment may be needed while performing some maintenance duties.

The talent acquisition team works to ensure new candidates for positions throughout the company are located and onboarded in a timely and efficient manner.  

The human resources generalist is responsible for performing HR related duties on a higher professional level and will work closely with the full HR team. This is an exempt position that reports to the Dir of Human resources.

An Administrative Coordinator is responsible for office work of moderate difficulty, variety and specialization. This work involves assignments with specific objectives and content and requires detailed organization. This position involves keeping track of data, inventory, space allocations, tracking vender cost, downloading pictures for facility files, updating MSDS books, etc.

The Care Manager position is responsible for provision of family outreach, intervention, and case management. This position functions as a consultant and coordinator with protective service providers and the primary therapist. The services include advocacy, identifying resources and linkage. This is an essential component to ensure rapid access to, and integration of, service components within Meridian and the community. The Care Manager works as part of an interdisciplinary team offering his/her expertise in identifying community resources for the family served to aid in the accomplishment of established recovery-oriented treatment and case plan objectives.

This is a highly advanced professional counseling position providing assessment, evaluation intake, treatment planning and documentation addressing the specific treatment needs of patients. This position requires the ability to build professional, empathic and caring and supportive relationships with patients,

while providing efficient and appropriate direct clinical services. The clinician will take immediately action for any care provided to patients that is not safe, not provided timely or not professional. This position may also require providing consultation services to Center and other agency staff. This position requires

the ability to work independently and as part of a team under the supervision of the Program Director and/or Program Manager.

This is a highly responsible position on the Executive Management Team and is charged with ensuring that the financial management of the agency supports safe, effective, person centered, timely, efficient, and equitable services. The work required the exercise of independent judgment and initiative. Work is performed under the supervision of the President/Chief Executive Officer and is reviewed through conferences and required reports.

Assists in the kitchen in both serving and preparation of meals for residents at the facility

This is an advanced professional clinical position providing physician services in addictions medicine to Meridian’s target populations as well as supervising and overseeing providers in substance use treatment programs. It requires that the physician work with patients and within a multi-disciplinary setting to provide patient care in Medication Assisted Treatment programs. Work is performed with a high degree of independence and reviewed through observation, peer review, conferences, and reports.

This highly professional position is responsible for administering, planning, organizing, and directing multi-components for multiple(services within the addictions and mental health programs. Duties include clinical supervision (including supervising registered interns to achieve licensure), budgeting, management of staff and service delivery within the program, liaison to agencies in the community served by the program, compliance with contracts and regulatory authorities and participation in Center wide initiatives. Provide direct care where needed. Work is performed under the supervision of the Vice President for Outpatient and Recovery Services.

This is a highly responsible position in the Center’s Management Team. This position is responsible for oversight of clinician's documentation paperwork and as required provide licensure signature sign off. She/he will be responsible for employee interviewing, hiring and orientation and staff supervision under her direction. She/he will be expected to work independently and as part of a team. She/he is expected to interact with stakeholders, internal and external, and is sometimes required to represent Meridian’s management team to these stakeholders. She/he will take immediately action for any care provided to consumers that is not safe, not provided timely or not professional. This position may also require providing assessment, evaluation intake, treatment planning and documentation addressing the specific treatment needs of consumers, as well as consultation services to Center and other agency staff, if needed due to staff shortage

This is a highly responsible position in which the candidate will work as part of a dual diagnosis team of professionals providing both mental health and substance abuse treatment in a residential facility. The candidate must have the knowledge, skill and ability to complete intake, orientation, bio-psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and work with a myriad of personalities while working in a highly structured residential facility. The candidate must also have the ability to present psychosocial educational groups, process groups and individual sessions to adult consumers in pre-contemplation, contemplation and stage one of recovery. This position will work under the supervision of a master’s level practitioner.

This is advanced professional clinical work conducting emergency assessments for clients who present at Crisis Stabilization in crisis seeking mental health stabilization. Emergency Screeners provide 24/7 Emergency Intake and Evaluation services for both voluntary and Baker Act adults and children.

This highly responsible and professional position is responsible for planning, organizing, administering and directing multi-component community mental health, addiction, outreach, and prevention programs. Duties regulatory compliance monitoring, quality improvement, risk management, program implementation, community and employee relations, employee recruitment and retention, Ensure quality clinical and ancillary services. Through conferences, required reports and other measures of success. Primary duties to fall in development and ongoing supervision of CMHC interdisciplinary teams consisting of clinician(s), care coordinator, peer specialist, LPN, psychiatrist and APRN. Work is performed under the supervision of the CMHC Project VP.

A Therapist for the Community Action Team (CAT) provides clinical evaluation, treatment, and consultation services. It is a self-contained team that provides comprehensive, intensive, community-based treatment to families with children and youth at risk of out of home placement due to mental health disorders. This advanced professional position requires the ability to build professional empathetic relationships with clients, while providing efficient and appropriate direct clinical services. A CAT Therapist is expected to be an advocate for clients and interact with clients in a manner that reflects cultural sensitivity. Their purpose is to not only provide clinical treatment, but also help assure the clients rights are protected, report any abuse and/or neglect as mandated by law.

This position is responsible for providing great client care as the first contact for persons seeking inpatient Crisis Stabilization and Detox Services and assists throughout the admission process. Provision of direct client care and interaction under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Screening with significant training oversight by the Director of Access Center. Position requires heavy customer contact, teamwork skills, diligence in documentation, as well as independent critical thinking to manage sometimes multiple customer needs at the same time. This position has potential for exposure to blood and body fluids.

This is a professional supervisory position responsible for providing supervision and oversight over emergency screening of the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) for Gainesville or Lake City which provides the first contact for persons in crisis seeking mental health, and/or addictions treatment. In addition, the Director gives input and maintains compliance of policies and procedures pertaining to emergency screening and crisis management. This position will be responsible for coordinating with other Access and Admissions leadership to support a “No Wrong Door” philosophy of care. Clinical, crisis intervention, customer service, and supervisory skills as well as the ability to multi-task are essential requirements of this position to successfully direct the team that provide services to clients through Emergency Screening. Direct reports of the Director include master’s level Emergency Screeners and bachelor’s (or equivalent) level Emergency Screening Coordinators. This position participates in the Administrator On-Call rotation (AOC).

The FACT Lite Director/Team Lead oversees a multidisciplinary team to promote behavioral health, social support services, and medical care for patients/members, utilizing medical and health related professionals from numerous community organizations, as well as Meridian staff. The work is performed with a high degree of independence. Florida Assertive Community Team Director is to train and guide staff to perform assessments and screenings, including identifying gaps in care, then co-develop long and short term goals with patient/member for those dealing with severe and persistent mental Illness, Director oversee staff’s performance in co-development of crisis intervention and resiliency plans (WRAP plans, relapse prevention plans) with patients/members. Provide oversight and care direction of Community Team Based wraparound models. The Director is accountable for Multidisciplinary Team performance to coordinate and link client to receive the necessary services related to members’ comprehensive medical, behavioral, and social healthcare coordination needs. Fact Lite Director and team perform services telephonically, virtually, in the community and or at patient/members residence with goal to improve clinical healthcare outcomes, improved consumer experience with healthcare systems and enhancements in facilitating client’s recovery and reductions in total healthcare costs.

This professional position ensures that each client has the opportunity to identify and work through personal treatment goals for recovery from a variety of mental illnesses, behavioral problems, and/or substance abuse disorders by providing evidenced based therapeutic interventions. This position acts as a liaison for clients and families with inpatient/outpatient Meridian staff and community agencies and performs other duties as required to meet program and departmental goals and objectives.

This is an advanced professional clinical position providing psychiatric services to Meridian's target populations. This position requires that the psychiatrist work with patients and within a multi-disciplinary staff to provide patient care and oversee services provided by lesser credentialed clinical providers. Work is performed with a high degree of independence and reviewed through observation, peer review, conferences and reports.

Serves as liaison between client relations units and functions as a team leader for a particular unit. The work required the use of independent judgment and initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities of maintaining a professional office setting, and the ability to provide clerical support on all levels within the Center. This position requires heavy public contact.

This is an entry-level position providing supportive counseling, psycho-educational lectures and ancillary services within the Residential Program. The position requires the ability to model behaviors and work as a member of the treatment team in reaching the goals of the individualized Person served Recovery plan, as well as the goals of the program.

The Unit Supervisor works closely with the CSU Management to ensure coverage and patient process flow, according to Policy and Procedure, in all inpatient clinics. The Unit supervisor also acts as a liaison between management, staff and the clients we serve. The Unit Supervisor may also perform clerical, budgeting and medical record functions.

This is a position providing the first contact for persons seeking services or needing information about available mental health or addictions treatment. Counselor IIIs provide immediate crisis intervention and mental health first aid to callers. This position requires the ability to conduct telephonic initial assessments and make appointments for appropriate services or provide information and/or a referral to assure consumers are satisfied with the outcome of this initial contact. Customer service, computer, and crisis intervention skills are essential requirements of this position.

This is a very important position, in that a Peer Specialist has a perspective of individuals coming to receive treatment services that few professionals have, experiencing and receiving treatment services in treatment settings. It is not uncommon for people with similar lived experiences to offer each other practical advice and suggestions for strategies that professionals may not offer, or even know about. Those personal experiences are what makes the Peer Specialist and empowering helper, through the sharing of their stories of recovery and their willingness to share tools they have used to succeed. Peer Specialists provide hope, support, education, and assist persons served in seeing that they are more than their disorder. Peer Positions are available in many of our programs including Mobile Response, OTP, Crisis Stabilization, Homeless Recovery, Family Services and Substance Recovery.