Postitatud: Muu sees Austin | Posted: |
Job Description
The Senior Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model. Therapist responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitate clinical assessments, conduct therapy sessions, and other case management tasks, as assigned.
Essential Job Functions
Ensures clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment and meets clinical quality standards outlined in policies.
Completes and responds to documentation requirements and timelines to ensure compliance with the monthly medical record review, per the Medical Record Review Policy.
Establish therapeutic rapport with patients and families/loved ones.
Facilitates admission assessments and the admission process for new patients with professionalism, courtesy, and a welcoming attitude.
Understands role in providing expeditious access to care for individuals seeking services.
Participates in weekly treatment team and communicates weekly treatment goals with all team members.
Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care.RTC: two individual sessions and one family/support system session
PHP: one individual session and one family/support system session
IOP: one therapeutic session – individual or family/support system, as clinically indicated
Facilitates process orientated and psychoeducation groups one to two times, daily.
Required to sit at a meal and/or snack a minimum of once per week
Facilitates multi-family groups, family program, and/or family weekend.
Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary.
Is appropriately accessible to family members or loved ones.
Assesses patients for suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.
May provide additional clinical support for other members of the clinical team in their absence.
Begins discharge planning on day of admission for all patients.
Completes discharge session with patient to ensure coping skills, transition plan, and resources are understood and intact.
Ensures discharge appointments are confirmed with patient and loved ones prior to discharge.
Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge.
Provides support to milieu staff in their interactions with patients and their loved ones.
Provides clinical supervision to other clinicians in the organization, as assigned.
This is a full time position that will work Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
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