Mental Health Therapist Outpatient

Job Summary and Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate and effective psychotherapy and counseling services to clients managing mental health challenges.
• Conduct assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and maintain clinical documentation while managing your caseload.
• Demonstrate expert clinical judgment, strong therapeutic communication, and a commitment to professional development, ensuring high-quality, independent client care.
• Independently evaluates and/or assesses the bio-psycho-social needs of patients, and treats mental health disorders by conducting therapy sessions with patients utilizing various treatment modalities such as individual, group, family and/or significant other counseling and education to assist these individuals in achieving defined treatment goals and provide crisis intervention when needed.
• Maintain a positive professional relationship with clients, peers, coworkers, and members of the community.
• Maintain open, therapeutic communication with peers, patients, and the patient's family.
• Maintain strict standards of ethical behavior including the confidentiality of all patient affairs.
• Work effectively and collaboratively in a diverse and multicultural environment.
• Document clinical services (i.e., evaluations/assessments, progress notes, group notes, treatment plan, discharge summaries, etc) that reflect progress toward goals as established in the treatment plan in accordance with departmental record keeping policy, procedure and licensure standards.
• Collaborate, consult, refer and coordinate treatment and discharge/after-care services with departmental treatment team, other internal programs, and external agencies and significant others having joint interest in meeting the needs of the client in a timely manner.
• Assume responsibility for personal and professional growth, assure compliance with all annual competencies, and fulfill yearly education requirements in order to maintain an active license.
• Participate in all mandatory safety, security and infection control programs, as well as those required and provided by the department.
• Absorb timely reimbursement for services rendered: providing information for utilization reviews, obtaining proper authorizations, assisting in providing documentation for third party payment, and maintaining currency of patient demographics and insurance information as necessary.

Job Requirements

• Required Masters Other in Counseling, Social Work, Nursing or other related behavioral health field
• Independent Mental Health Practitioner/Counselor: NE Preferred
• Three years of post license experience in a mental health/addiction recovery or related field.

Pay Range

$32.85 - $39.07 /hour