Hybrid Military/IOP Program Therapist

About the role

Salt Lake Behavioral Health is seeking a PRN Therapist for our Intensive Outpatient and Military Programs. Shifts include IOP Groups and Military Individual Therapy Sessions.

About Salt Lake Behavioral Health

We understand that not all wounds are visible. Depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and suicide affect millions of individuals and families. Our mission is to transform lives through exceptional patient care. Salt Lake Behavioral Health is a private 118-bed freestanding psychiatric hospital located in Salt Lake City, specializing in mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in meeting their biopsychosocial needs while enabling access to therapeutic treatment skills to achieve optimal emotional health.
• Provide basic consultation, teaching, specialized clinical services, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term therapy, and information and referrals as needed.
• Manage a set caseload, provide mental health/chemical dependency treatment in a group setting, complete individualized treatment plans, and coordinate continuing care/discharge planning.
• Work with treatment and multidisciplinary teams.
• For the Military Behavioral Health Therapist: assist patients in meeting biopsychosocial needs with a focus on complex trauma and PTSD.
• Work with an interdisciplinary treatment team to create a therapeutic milieu using treatment modalities including EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychodrama, and expressive therapies.
• Provide group, individual, and family therapy with the military population.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a human relations field required.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in trauma/PTSD treatment or in a psychiatric healthcare facility preferred, with direct experience in individual and group therapies, crisis intervention, and EMDR trained.
• Fully licensed to practice in the State of Utah as a mental health professional.
• CPR certification required.
• Successfully complete training for restraints and seclusions prior to assisting in any patient restraints or seclusions and within 90 days of employment.
• May be required to work flexible hours.