Clinical Therapist-Psychiatric Day Treatment Program

Children's Health•Dallas, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This position specializes in evaluating children and families in crisis and helping them adjust to acute and/or ongoing medical and/or psychiatric stressors. The position can provide support for inpatient and outpatient medical and psychiatric services or can provide psychiatric assessment to patients in the emergency room. These services may include any of the following: diagnostic evaluations; consultations on the behavioral management of medically and psychiatrically ill children; individual; play and family therapy; case management and disposition planning as appropriate. This position also provides education and practical coping strategies for patients and families.

Requirements

WORK EXPERIENCE At least 1 year job related experience required
At least 3 years job related experience preferred
EDUCATION Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience required
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS State of Texas License at a Master's level (LPC, LMFT, LPT, or equivalent) required
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers as required by CP 1.20 Life Support Course Requirements 60 Days, required
JOB PROFILE Requires depth within a specialized, critical discipline and/or breadth of substantive professional knowledge that crosses disciplines within the professional field
Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and /or complexity
Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies
Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Responsibilities

Provide evaluation and treatment services to patients and families with complex psychosocial needs; provide crisis intervention and emergency services as needed.
Case management and disposition arrangements.
Contribute to program development
Maintain fiscal accountability and apply problem solving skills that demonstrate responsibility for generating allocated billable and/or patient contact hours.
Contribute to the teaching mission of the hospital by working with trainees as co-therapists, and participating in didactics on topics of own expertise.