Description

Description

Job Summary
Provides behavioral individual and/or family therapy through the outpatient clinic, under the supervision of the Chief Psychologist. Responsible for supporting and facilitating the IOP Program.

Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements

• Master's Degree Behavioral Healthcare field (Required)
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Institute (Crisis Intervention Training) - maintain active and in good standing throughout employment. required within 7 days of hire date.
• CPR BLS -American Heart Association - Maintain active and in good standing throughout employment - required within 7 days of hire date.
• Level II Background Check and Affidavit of Good Moral Character.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Prior experience in individual, group, and family therapy with a pediatric population preferred.
• Able to relate cooperatively and constructively with patients, families, and co-workers.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Able to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Ability to interpret, adapt, and react calmly under stressful conditions.
• Ability to problem solve to formulate a plan for treatment, education, or nutrition.
• Able to evaluate the patient's response to the implementation of the plan.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on the assigned unit/area.

Job Specific Duties

• Counsel and educate patients and families.
• Create and sustain a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients.
• Facilitate inpatient process groups (adolescent process group/children's process group).
• Acts as a liaison and maintains contacts with outside agencies for continuity of care.
• Contacts parents of patients to coordinate follow up family therapy appointments.
• Completes an initial psychosocial evaluation including a DSM-IV diagnosis, clinical observations, and recommendations in the form of a treatment plan.
• Completes documentation and progress notes immediately after each visit. Documentation is reflective of the patients' treatment goals and response to therapy.
• Informs Chief Psychologist of patient care concerns.
• Provides assigned psychological treatments and assessment procedures.
• Provides evidence based care to patients and families.
• Works effectively with physicians and other health care professionals as a member or leader of a health care treatment team or other professional group.
• Perform individual assessments for each patient for IOP program.
• Group leader for IOP Program Adolescent process group, Movement group, and Multi-Family Group.
• Completes clinical documentation (H&P, notes, results, etc.) for IOP groups and daily patient check-ins accurately and in a timely manner of 24 hours.
• Documents within the scope of practice all electronic medical record (EMR) meaningful use required fields in an effort to optimize utilization.
• Provides mentoring in precepting Psych students; actively provides feedback and detailed description of areas.
• Attends team, Psychiatry team, and case review meetings.
• Accountable to follow all Infection Control standards and practices per MCHS policy & procedures to ensure safe patient care.
• Provides education to patient/families on the continuing plan of care to include reviewing therapeutic follow up treatment plan; updates patient/families daily on Plan of Care (POC).
• Provides continuous supervision, observation of behavioral health patients, and adheres to non-violent crisis intervention strategies (CPI).

Job:

Rehab/Therapy

Department:

INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM-2100-631000

Job Status:

Professional