PRN Therapist
Acadia•Chattanooga, TN
•Onsite
About The Position
The Inpatient Therapist assesses, diagnoses, and provides clinical services for people with behavioral health disorders. The role applies psychotherapeutic techniques to treat diagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders in individuals and families, and may provide services in inpatient or outpatient settings. The therapist works with adolescent patients aged 12 and older and older adults at a 94-bed treatment center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, providing psychiatric and addiction services. The schedule is PRN days.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a Human Services field.
- One or more years of experience working with a comparable patient population.
- Requisite state or national licensure for professional therapy providers, or eligibility for state licensure as a professional therapy provider.
- CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
Nice To Haves
- First aid may be required based on state or facility.
Responsibilities
- Apply psychotherapeutic techniques and interventions to treat diagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders in individuals and families.
- Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop initial discharge plans.
- Conduct individual, group, or family sessions as appropriate to each patient's treatment plan.
- Develop initial treatment plans based on assessments, coordinate additional services, and revise plans as necessary.
- Document therapy services according to facility and professional standards.
- Maintain an assigned caseload.
- Participate in treatment team meetings and collaborate with staff to facilitate patient services.
- Provide services in inpatient or outpatient settings as needed.
- Perform case management, discharge planning, or aftercare planning as needed.
- Maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers; acknowledge and work to resolve unmet patient needs and complaints, with patient safety as a priority.
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
