Counselor - Clinical Treatment and Planning

DHRM • Staunton, VA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The clinician in this role serves as a key clinical member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, responsible for coordinating comprehensive and individualized treatment plans, assessment of clinical need, providing group interventions, and delivering individual therapy. This role ensures treatment plans are completed within required timeframes, meet hospital policy and TJC/CMS standards, and reflect individualized goals, objectives, and interventions. The clinician collaborates closely with all team members to support timely reviews, updates, and revisions to treatment plans, while also facilitating therapeutic groups and providing direct clinical services to individuals.

Requirements

• Clinical theories and evidence‑based practices applicable to children and adolescents, including their use in both individual and group therapy (e.g., Unified Protocol, CBT, DBT‑informed approaches, trauma‑informed care, motivational interviewing, and skills‑based group interventions).
• Psychiatric diagnoses and symptom presentation across developmental stages, including co‑occurring disorders.
• Risk assessment and safety planning, including suicide risk, self‑harm, aggression, and vulnerability.
• Crisis intervention principles and de‑escalation strategies in an inpatient setting.
• Treatment planning standards, including goal development, measurable objectives, and intervention planning consistent with TJC/CMS requirements.
• Interdisciplinary team processes, including roles of psychiatry, nursing, psychology, social work, and education.
• Documentation standards for medical records, including legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements.
• Family systems and engagement strategies, including working with guardians, DSS, and community providers.
• Cultural humility and trauma‑informed care principles.
• Confidentiality laws, including HIPAA and state regulations governing minors.

Nice To Haves

• Experience providing therapy in inpatient, residential, or acute psychiatric settings.
• Training or certification in evidence‑based practices (e.g., Unified Protocol, CBT, DBT‑informed approaches, trauma‑informed care).
• Experience with crisis intervention, safety planning, and interdisciplinary treatment teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating comprehensive and individualized treatment plans.
• Assessment of clinical need.
• Providing group interventions.
• Delivering individual therapy.
• Ensuring treatment plans are completed within required timeframes, meet hospital policy and TJC/CMS standards, and reflect individualized goals, objectives, and interventions.
• Collaborating closely with all team members to support timely reviews, updates, and revisions to treatment plans.
• Facilitating therapeutic groups.
• Providing direct clinical services to individuals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed