Behavioral Health Professional - Plain Community Outpatient - Days

Full-time (80 hours biweekly)

Weekdays, daytime hours - 8 am to 4:30 pm

Sign On Bonus Eligible

Plain Community Outpatient Clinic:

Provides mental health care services sensitive to the values of the Plain Community. Provides talk therapy, education and medication therapy. Completes psychological testing.

General Summary

Provides individual, group and/or family therapy. Provides preadmission screening to determine appropriateness for admission. Interviews patients and/or families to obtain psycho-social histories. Collaborates with the treatment team to develop a treatment plan and coordinates discharge planning.

Essential Functions:

• Conducts individual or group therapy sessions. Assesses patients' progress and modifies or extends treatment program accordingly.

• Provides therapeutic intervention with patient and family including individual, marital, parental, family and group therapies.

• Interviews patients and family members to obtain information about home environment, family relationships, health history, and patient's personality traits.

• Documents current, accurate observations of care to the patient in appropriate records.

• Coordinates care of assigned patients.

• Assists in the implementation of education and training experience for interns and other designated students.

• Prepares and maintains written documentation as required by the profession and the department.

Common Expectations:

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).

• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.

• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.

• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Minimum Education:

• Master's Degree in Counseling, Psychology or Human Service-related Field Required

Work Experience:

• Less than 1-year Related experience Required

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits

• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

• Retirement savings plan

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Short-term disability

• Education assistance

• Financial education and support, including DailyPay

• Wellness and Wellbeing programs

• Caregiver support via Wellthy

• Childcare referral service via Wellthy

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