Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist

Responsibilities:

• Utilizes specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients.
• Participates in development and implementation of an appropriate assessment based interdisciplinary treatment plan.
• Consults with team managers, statutory and voluntary agencies and patient relative to ensure compliance with patient treatment plan.
• Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessment, participates in interdisciplinary rounds.
• Provides individual, group, family and crisis counseling.
• Acts as a liaison with patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.
• Provides education and resources for patients and family members.
• Supervises and/or trains lower level social workers, students or interns. Processes paperwork, telephone calls and completes clinical documentation.
• Participates in continuing professional education, departmental meetings and teaching.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or related field.

Certifications:

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), or Licensed Social Worker (LSW); no record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of three years' experience in a behavioral health setting is required with comprehensive knowledge of current psychotherapeutic techniques, theories, and practices sufficient to evaluate, diagnose and counsel patients.
• The ability to concisely document clinical findings and patient needs in an electronic medical record while navigating a multi-specialized behavioral health environment and the ability to communicate across different electronic platforms and across a broad geographic provide base is essential.

Physical Requirements:

• A high degree of manual dexterity to produce materials on PC; normal or corrected vision; extensive sitting and frequent walking; occasional lifting or carrying up to 25 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.