BH Outpatient Therapist-Mood and Anxiety Program

From the moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patients and families, you understand why you’re here. And when you speak with anyone on our team, you’ll want to be part of it. We’re looking for individuals who embody our One Team values and are driven to improve the lives of the children we serve—children who live fuller, healthier lives because of the knowledge, compassion, and dedication we share. Nationwide Children’s Hospital is a recognized leader in behavioral and mental health care, advancing the field through research, innovative interventions, strategic initiatives, and comprehensive treatment options.

About the role

Provides clinical assessment, behavioral health treatment, case management, care coordination, and crisis intervention for children, adolescents, and their families across all professional and clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses and documents client presenting problems, history, symptomology, mental status, and diagnosis.
• Prescribes initial interventions in a timely manner.
• Assists in developing specific, realistic, and measurable treatment goals and objectives.
• Employs strategies of intervention that are consistent with empirically supported treatments and consistent with program expectations.
• Coordinates client care with other service providers and community resources to assure continuity of care.
• Remains current in general knowledge of psychopharmacology in pediatric behavioral healthcare and collaborates consistently with team psychiatrist.

Requirements

• Master's Degree from an accredited university or professional school of Counseling, Social Work, or Marriage and Family Therapy.
• Appropriate Ohio licensure; must remain current in required licensure and clinical or other training as required.
• Independent license preferred.
• Experience providing and managing culturally appropriate and trauma-informed behavioral healthcare to children, adolescents, and families.

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, families, peers, and community representatives.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally: Bend/twist, climb stairs/ladder, lifting/carrying 0-10 lbs, loud noises, pushing/pulling 0-25 lbs, reaching above shoulder, squat/kneel, working outdoors.
• Frequently: Flexing/extending of neck, sitting, standing, walking.
• Continuously: Audible speech, color vision, computer skills, decision making, depth perception, hand use (grasping, gripping, turning), hearing acuity, interpreting data, peripheral vision, problem solving, repetitive hand/arm use, seeing (far/near).