Therapist Acute, PRN (BayPointe)
About The Position
The Therapist provides individual, group, family, and play therapy in a hospital acute setting. The role conducts clinical assessments, uses assessment data to support a diagnosis, develops treatment and behavior management plans, and evaluates consumers for discharge or transfer to a less restrictive setting. The Therapist collaborates with consumers, families or guardians, treatment team members, and outside resources, and responds to crises, including assisting with seclusion and restraint as required. The position also includes clinical leadership and training for behavioral staff, timely and comprehensive documentation, and participation in quality improvement activities and committees. The Therapist participates in a late-night, weekend, and holiday rotation to provide counseling and crisis intervention and, where applicable, oversee consumer visitation. The position requires a master’s degree in a mental health discipline. Physical demands include frequent standing, sitting, and walking; occasional lifting and carrying; and the ability to assist with restraint procedures and other consumer care activities.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a mental health discipline.
- Ability to meet the physical demands described, including lifting up to 50 pounds to assist with activities of daily living and participating in restraint or hold procedures.
- Maintain a current license and applicable renewal requirements, including continuing education, if applicable.
Responsibilities
- Use assessment data to support a DSM V, DSM IV-TR, or DSM IV diagnosis and provide effective clinical assessments.
- Provide individual, group, family, and play therapy using therapeutic models and theories appropriate to consumer needs and treatment plans.
- Develop treatment plans with consumers and, as appropriate, their families or guardians.
- Provide clinical direction and training to behavioral staff as a team leader.
- Assist with seclusion and restraint as required by AltaPointe policies and procedures.
- Formulate behavior management plans and oversee their implementation.
- Evaluate consumers for discharge or movement to a less restrictive environment and arrange services as needed.
- Recognize crisis situations and deescalate or resolve them.
- Collaborate with treatment team members and outside sources in delivering clinical services.
- Assist with approving movies, television programs, and other materials according to program guidelines.
- Ensure certification and program standards and objectives are met.
- Participate in late-night, weekend, and holiday therapist rotation, providing group and family counseling, crisis intervention, and oversight of on-site consumer visitation facility-wide when applicable.
- Follow the professional code of ethics and AltaPointe policies and procedures.
- Document timely, complete, clinically comprehensive assessments; consumer problems; treatment goals; services and techniques; measurable treatment goals; case dispositions, closings, follow-up, and referrals.
- Manage caseload according to consumer needs and meet AltaPointe productivity standards.
- Maintain current licensure and renewal requirements, attend workshops and in-services, seek clinical supervision and consultation, and work to improve clinical skills.
- Accept and apply suggestions for improvement.
- Treat consumers with care, dignity, compassion, sensitivity, and respect for privacy and confidentiality; remain calm and gentle with consumers and families.
- Cooperate with others, assist consumers and visitors as needed, and complete assigned tasks promptly.
- Access community resources according to consumer needs.
- Participate in Performance Improvement activities and AltaPointe committees as required.
