Associate Therapist-Eating Disorder, Outpatient
Company: Discovery Behavioral Health
Location: Kirkland
Posted on: January 15, 2023
Job Description:
Job Description
The Associate 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.
- 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. - -
- Communicates with the Utilization Review Department and
Business Department regarding authorization and payment.
- 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.
- Facilitates patient transfers to higher level of care, as
needed.
- Actively participates in clinical outreach and program tours,
as needed. -
- Effectively manages crises in sessions and the milieu.
- Provides support to milieu staff in their interactions with
patients and their loved ones.
- Works collaboratively with the entire treatment team and milieu
staff to ensure the highest level of clinical quality at all
times.
- Completes other tasks, as requested or assigned.
- RTC Only: Provides on-call support to facility at least 1x per
month and returns all program phone calls within 20 minutes, while
on call. Communicates appropriately with On Call Administrator or
Regional Director regarding pertinent facility issues, while on
call.Compensation Range: -$65-75k for associate, $75-85k for
licensedCompensation will be dependent upon geographic region,
education, and experienceThis is a full-time position working
Mon-Fri 11-7:30 -For a virtual tour of the facility, please visit
our website at centerfordiscovery.com.
Qualifications
- Master's or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required
- Completion of state requirements to conduct therapeutic
interventions, required
- Operates under supervision and is not licensed
- Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire
- Obtain CPR, AED, and First Aid certification within 90 days of
hire
- Obtain ServSafe certification within 90 day of hire
- Must possess a current driver's license and be in good
standingNot sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway!
To provide truly innovative care, we need to have a diverse team
around us. That's why Discovery Behavioral Health is committed to
creating an inclusive environment. If you find yourself meeting
some but not all the above, we'd be happy to consider your
application.
Additional Information
Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is
reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we
work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives, experiences, and
strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.We are proud to be
an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and
perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. -All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.For more
information about our company benefits, please visit us at
discoverybehavioralhealth.com/careers/PandoLogic. Keywords: Mental
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