What you’ll be doing:

Schedule: PRN (as needed)

The Primary Therapist conducts individual, family, and group therapy (adults, children and adolescents) on topics such as mood, anxiety, stress and eating disorders; conducts individual and family therapy and/or family education sessions; develops each patient’s individualized treatment plan; and works with interdisciplinary treatment team to implement the plan.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Facilitates curriculum-based groups and uses appropriate documentation
  • Appropriate and timely documentation of all group facilitation
• Provides meal monitoring and support
  • Provides meal support through coaching and skills per treatment team
  • Documents timely and appropriately meal-related forms
  • Participates in therapeutic meals and snacks with patients
• Conducts psychotherapy sessions including individual and family therapy
  • Appropriate and timely documentation of all sessions
• Completes required documentation including, but not limited to:
  • Appropriate documentation of weekly contact with outpatient providers
  • Appropriate documentation with family members
• For each patient on case load, completes clinical paperwork including (but not limited to):
  • Treatment plans
  • Individual and Family Therapy progress notes and group notes.
  • Wellness plan
  • Aftercare plan
  • Conducts comprehensive assessments and treatment planning for each patient on case load (CSSRS or behavioral plans as needed)
  • Discharge summary
• Participates in treatment team meetings, huddles, and other facility meetings to coordinate patient’s care with interdisciplinary team
• Participates in clinical supervision meetings and trainings
• Supports milieu management including (but not limited to):
  • De-escalation and crisis management
  • Bathroom monitoring
  • Monitoring outside breaks
  • Conducts self-harm and suicide assessment
  • Support morning routine in IP/Res programs
  • Collect weights, vitals and urine in some settings
  • Implements individual behavior management plans for some patients and serves as clinical lead for the program in some programs in evenings and weekends

Primary Therapist I must haves:

• Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related (required)
• Provisional therapy license with appropriate state licensing board (required)
• Collaborative nature and strong communication within multi-disciplinary team (required)
• 1+ year of facilitating groups (preferred)

Primary Therapist II must haves:

• Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related (required)
• Provisional therapy license with appropriate state licensing board (required)
• Has carried individual and/or family caseload for at least 18 months (required)
• Ability to move from one task to the next with ease, flexibility (required)
• Collaborative nature, strong communication within a multi-disciplinary team (required)

Primary Therapist III must haves:

• Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related (required)
• Has obtained and maintains an independent mental health license as required by state to practice individual therapy (required)
• Has carried significant individual and/or family caseload for at least 2 years (required)

Primary Therapist IV must haves:

• Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) or Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology from an APA Accredited program (required)
• Has obtained and maintains an independent mental health license as required by state to practice individual therapy (required)
• Has carried significant individual and/or family caseload for at least 2 years with documented success in treating patients with common diagnoses and expected comorbidities (required)

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