Full Time Therapist (LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LCDC, LPC-Associate)
About The Position
Provide therapeutic treatment services to patients, including psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, individual, family, and group counseling, and timely discharge planning and case management based on known or anticipated needs. Participate in multidisciplinary patient care for early-adult through late-adult patients, developing and implementing treatment interventions to alleviate psychiatric symptoms and functional impairment. The therapist assesses medically and psychosocially complex situations; uses appropriate therapeutic methods; collaborates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community resources; and monitors and reassesses care plans as patient circumstances change. The role also includes connecting patients and families with assistance programs and community resources, providing education and advocacy around care decisions and coverage, conducting psychotherapy groups, and documenting interventions accurately and confidentially in the medical record.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or another Behavioral Health field.
- Current Texas state license: LCSW, LMSW, LPC, or LPC-Associate.
- Experience working in a mental health clinic or other behavioral health setting.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practices used in clinical interventions.
- Experience assessing and treating different age groups.
- Ability to assess, counsel, and intervene effectively with medically and psychosocially complex patients.
- Ability to understand complex dynamics related to clinical situations.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local assistance programs and community resources.
- Knowledge of reimbursement systems and ability to explain payer requirements and coverage for post-acute care services.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with adolescents and adults.
Responsibilities
- Provide therapeutic treatment, crisis intervention, individual, family, and group counseling.
- Complete psychosocial assessments addressing relevant social, economic, cultural, age-related, behavioral, abuse, treatment-history, support-system, and resource factors.
- Develop and implement individualized plans of care with patients, families, the healthcare team, and community resources.
- Monitor and evaluate care plans and available services throughout the hospital stay, reassessing plans when patient status changes.
- Use therapeutic counseling methods appropriate to the clinical situation, including crisis intervention, psychosocial support, brief goal-directed therapy, and group therapy.
- Connect patients and families with federal, state, and local assistance programs and community resources, including initiating contact and facilitating referrals.
- Educate and advocate for patients and families regarding medical care, discharge planning, advance directives, end-of-life care, and guardianship when appropriate.
- Educate patients and families about payer requirements and post-acute care coverage, and advocate for authorizations for continued care when appropriate.
- Conduct psychotherapy groups using CBT, DBT, and trauma models.
- Document social work interventions accurately and promptly in the medical record in accordance with regulatory policies and procedures.
- Maintain patient confidentiality and appropriate professional practice.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Healthcare spending account
- Dependent care spending account
- PTO plan with holiday premium pay
- Life insurance, with supplemental life, term, and universal plans also available
- Short- and long-term disability, with additional buy-in opportunities
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Job Type
Full-time
