Program Therapist

About the position

Responsible for providing clinical psychotherapy and evaluation services to patients to promote optimal individual, interpersonal and social functioning. Promotes patient's continued well-being through direct psychological services as determined by Clinical Manager. Collaborates with other community providers as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct collaborative clinical care (individual psychotherapy, supportive therapy, family/marital and/or group therapy) to patients to promote change according to patient's treatment plan.
• Provides quality service to patients, including clinical care and documentation.
• Adheres to agency's code of ethics, standards, policies and procedures as well as the state mental health code.
• Provides direct service in accordance with department's productivity and other performance standards.
• Provides independent patient/family assessments and treatment as needed and collaborates with the outpatient multidisciplinary team as clinically determined.
• Forms therapeutic relationship with patient integrating theoretical knowledge effectively and ethically in treatment.
• Assesses and evaluates outpatients, including psychosocial evaluation, level of clinical care required, mental status exam, diagnostic formulation and initial treatment plan.
• Provides program development and evaluation in specified area.
• Develops and recommends changes to improve service delivery as needed.
• Implements changes and new programming to meet both clinical and fiscal standards as determined by the clinical and administrative program director.
• Coordinates and communicates with other providers and service components to assure continuity of care and the provisions of comprehensive services.
• Provides clinical care or referral to patients' families to enhance adaptive functioning as needed, including family therapy and supportive family contacts.
• Assists in receiving authorization from managed care/insurance companies.
• Makes skilled judgement regarding clinical risk assessments in an outpatient setting.
• Diagnoses and treats psycho-physiological disorders in an outpatient setting.
• Familiar with theory and psychodynamic and behavioral interventions with medically related physiological disorders.
• Advances knowledge, skill, and professional development through participation in clinical supervision and/or peer consultation groups.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a mental health discipline. MSW preferred.
• Must be licensed with 3rd party reimbursable approval.
• At least three years of supervised and/or independent professional experience in mental health or human services.
• A minimum of one year of outpatient experience preferred.
• At least two years of experience providing direct supervised and/or independent clinical care as a psychotherapist.