Outpatient Therapist - Part Time

UHS•Lancaster, PA

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital (LBHH) is a 126-bed, inpatient psychiatric hospital and a joint venture between Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine and Universal Health Services. The facility offers services for a general adult unit, a dedicated adolescent unit, a psychiatric-medical unit for co-occurring disorders, an intensive adult unit for severe conditions, and a women’s trauma unit. This is a part-time, evening position, working four days a week for five hours a day. The role is hybrid once fully trained, involving a couple of days at the facility and a couple of days working from home. Outpatient Therapists are responsible for conducting psychosocial assessments, participating in the development and implementation of treatment plans, providing individual, group, and family therapies, and documenting treatment in medical records. They also attend treatment team meetings to provide a social service perspective and coordinate case management. Additionally, therapists develop and coordinate individualized aftercare plans, utilizing various resources to meet patient discharge needs.

Requirements

LPC, LSW or LCSW required.
MSW or master’s degree in a recognized mental health field required.
Two years of partial hospital experience

Responsibilities

Conduct psychosocial assessments to document patient history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.
Participate in the development and implementation of treatment plans, ensuring that concise, realistic care plans are carried out.
Provide individual, group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conduct other didactic groups using various professional treatment modalities.
Document treatment provided to patient in medical record legibly and in a timely manner.
Conduct and attend regular treatment team meetings to provide social service perspective to total case management of the patient with the interdisciplinary team by presenting patient’s case and progress towards treatment plan goals, making treatment recommendations, and actively coordinating each case with all members of the treatment team.
Develops and coordinates individualized aftercare plans for the patient by utilizing treatment team, family, community professional, individual preference, and written chart information to determine the patient’s discharge needs. Accesses by phone or written correspondence family or community resources such as housing options, therapy, medication management, other mental health practitioners or services, medical practitioners/family physician to meet the patient’s aftercare needs.