Clinical Therapist, Psych - Full Time Days

Kindred Healthcare•Cleveland, MS

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Start your next chapter at Bolivar Medical Center, a 164-bed hospital serving Cleveland, MS, and part of the ScionHealth community hospital network. Bolivar Medical Center is a Joint Commission accredited hospital that provides inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department services and also offers a long-term care unit. At Bolivar, you will deliver vital care in a community setting with the backing of a highly regarded hospital system committed to quality, safety, and local impact. Job Summary Develops treatment plans, facilitating individual and group interventions and overseeing the overall mental health wellbeing of their patients.

Requirements

Demonstrates personal characteristics of patience, tact, cheerfulness and enthusiasm toward the program and patients
Must be able to cope with all types of patient behavior
Able to maintain a high awareness of patient satisfaction and teamwork
Attention to detail
Ability to respond to and cope with emergency situations professionally and calmly
Adaptable to performing well under pressure in a stressful environment and take appropriate action
Proficient computer knowledge
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
Demonstrates proficient time management skills
Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or Behavioral Science Field required
Basic Life Support
Current de-escalation training
Minimum two (2) years’ experience in Mental Health field, required

Nice To Haves

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) preferred
Additional languages preferred

Responsibilities

Interacts professionally with patients/families; treats patients and their families with respect and dignity
Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families
Effectively and appropriately communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers, demonstrating customer service excellence through application of positive language principles, appropriate response and use of constructive problem-solving techniques which foster positive outcomes
Maintains accurate and continued documentation appropriately for all assessments, treatments, and evaluations performed
Documentation meets current standards and policies
Documents all activity appropriately in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Conduct prescreening assessments, Evaluating clients’ mental, behavioral, and emotional health
Assist in the patients' and family members' orientation to the unit
Provide discharge planning and follow-up for patients assigned.
Complete Master Treatment Plan within 72 hours of admission and treatment plan review within seven (7) days after
Coordinate the interdisciplinary assessment process and develop a bio-psychosocial summary within five (5) days of admission
Provide group psychotherapy as well as other psychoeducation to patients according to program schedule
Provide individual psychotherapy and/or case management sessions, with a minimum of one session per week
Conduct family therapy sessions as needed throughout the patient's stay in program
Participate in clinical staff meetings, super-vision sessions, and inservices and promote a therapeutic social environment on the unit by formal and informal methods
Conduct community education activities as directed by the Program Director
Participate in Quality Assessment / Quality Improvement (QA/QI) process as assigned
Participates in rotation to provide 24-hour/7-days a week coverage of the unit