IOP Therapist

Neuropsychiatric Hospitals•Houston, TX

About The Position

Medical Behavioral Hospital of Clear Lake, TX is adding IOP therapists to our growing clinical services team to provide outstanding care to our patients and their families in their recovery journey. The IOP Therapist will provide individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy to adults and adolescents in our Physician directed-intensive outpatient program. Therapist will assist clients using best practices of group counseling techniques. Therapist will complete master treatment plans, daily suicide risk assessments, discharge planning and pre-authorization/reviews of the insurance.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work or Counseling required.
Independent or Associate License in Counseling or Social Work preferred.
Basic Life Support (BLS) and Handle with Care (HWC) certifications required and obtained during orientation.
Minimum of 1 year of experience in mental health or healthcare required. 3 years of experience preferred.
Experience developing and administering treatment plans
Individual and group counseling techniques
Exceptional communication skills

Responsibilities

Conducts psychosocial assessments to document history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members. Communicates with physicians to report patient progress needs, concerns, and potential and actual problems.
Works closely with all members of the health care team in development of the plan of treatment, including discharge plans, based on the psychosocial assessment and accepted social work interventions.
Provides group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conducts educational and other didactic group for patients and family members using various professional treatment modalities.
Provides social work services including short-term individual counseling, group therapy, community resource planning, and crisis intervention.
Develops and coordinates an individualized discharge plan for the patient by utilizing treatment team and chart information to determine the patient's aftercare needs.
Develops and maintains thorough knowledge of referral resources throughout the service area.
Maintains up-to-date knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party reimbursement sources.
Demonstrates skill of writing individualized, behavioral and measurable treatment goals base upon information on psychosocial assessment and psychiatric evaluation.
Conduct daily group therapy sessions. Conduct individual and or family therapy sessions.
Obtain insurance benefit information, authorization for treatment and perform ongoing utilizations reviews.
Files all progress notes in the medical record within 24 hours of the date of service.