Licensed Clinical Therapist - Outpatient Behavioral Health - FT - Days - MRH

Memorial Healthcare

About The Position

The Licensed Clinical Therapist provides clinical assessment, treatment planning, group, family, and individual counseling, and education services for patients in outpatient behavioral health. The role focuses on integrated health and behavioral health treatment and quality, patient- and family-centered care. It requires critical thinking, decisive judgment, organization, independent work with minimal supervision, and the ability to act appropriately in a stressful environment.

Requirements

Master’s degree in clinical social work, counseling, or marriage and family therapy.
One year of experience in behavioral health.
A Florida license in social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy, or Florida registration as an intern in clinical social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy.
Interns must become fully licensed within two years of starting the position.
Ability to work with minimal supervision, exercise critical thinking and decisive judgment, and take appropriate action in a stressful environment.
Ability to work independently and remain organized.
Strong focus on integrated health and behavioral health treatment and the ability to provide quality patient- and family-centered care.

Responsibilities

Provide evidence-based patient and family counseling and education, case management, and safe discharge planning.
Conduct suicide risk screenings and assessments, and develop safety plans in accordance with department policies and procedures.
Initiate Baker Acts when needed and communicate with patients and caregivers to facilitate voluntary crisis stabilization admissions.
Obtain, process, and complete legal paperwork, including guardianship, Baker Act, and firearm-law documentation, and include it in patient charts.
Conduct evidence-based group therapy addressing patients’ psychological, emotional, and aftercare needs, and complete clinical documentation within 24 hours of service delivery.
Complete psychosocial evaluations to determine patients’ psychological, emotional, and aftercare needs.
Identify and refer patients to appropriate community resources for follow-up care.
Supervise interns and students.
Coordinate care for a caseload of patients, integrating treatment with multidisciplinary care team members.
Assess patients’ responses to treatment on an ongoing basis using validating tools and provide behavioral health counseling, including individual, family, and group therapy.
Discuss and update patient strengths and needs in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings.
Develop timely, comprehensive, individualized treatment plans, including initial plans, treatment plan reviews, and discharge planning.