Psychotherapist Job, Full Time 1st Shift, BHS Department

Day Kimball Healthcare•Putnam, CT

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Day Kimball Health is hiring for a Staff Psychotherapist for Child Adolescent for our BHS department as a 1st Shift job in Putnam, CT. As the Staff Psychotherapist, you will be a vital member of a dynamic team responsible for providing direct services to psychiatric outpatients including evaluation, diagnosis, psychotherapy and referral for other services if needed. Provides services to adolescents as well as adults.

Requirements

MSW, MS, MA in Psychology or related field required.
Current Connecticut state licensure required.
Nonviolence Crisis Intervention Training.
Meets physical and mental demands of position.
Demonstrates good communication skills and ability to maintain positive relationships with physicians, patients, families, and other hospital personnel.
Demonstrates strong organizational abilities.
Superior verbal skills.
Good interviewing skills and knowledge of DSM-IV (TR) and psychopathology.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of one year experience in a psychiatric setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs individual, marital, family, and group psychotherapy for persons in the thirteen-town area who apply for such services.
Evaluates psychiatric patients in the Emergency Department under the supervision of a psychiatrist.
Serves as liaison with other service providers or community supports for the continuous improvement of services to patients.
Maintains patient charts appropriately, including development of treatment plans with measurable goals.
Attends and participates in interdisciplinary staff conferences.
Assists patients and families in dealing with: acute psychiatric symptoms, assessing needed clinical interventions, encouraging use of and compliance with medication.
Discusses patients' progress in therapy in weekly supervision sessions.
Takes appropriate action when patients become suicidal, homicidal or psychotic.