Outpatient Primary Therapist III

About the role

The Major Responsibilities include coordinating patient care, facilitating group therapy, establishing positive relationships, and monitoring patients throughout the day. The therapist also completes appropriate documentation, communicates with staff and providers, participates in discharge planning, and maintains a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates group therapy and develops programming and therapeutic treatment for identified patients.
• Works cooperatively with Inpatient and Outpatient Manager in program development.
• Maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Attends staff meetings and debriefings on patients as needed.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Communicates treatment issues and medication concerns to nurses and physicians daily.
• Participates in treatment teams with coworkers and providers while providing feedback regarding patient progress to plan for future treatment.
• Takes daily attendance of patients and calls if patients are absent, documenting in the Electronic Medical Record.
• Completes appropriate documentation for Group notes, Plan of Care, therapeutic goals and interventions, and Plan of Care updates, Therapist Notes, Crisis Safety Plans, and CSSR-S.
• Documents calls and related information in the Electronic Medical Record in a timely manner.
• Checks and audits charts for documentation and charge errors monthly.
• Participates in discharge planning and referral contacts with documentation of discharge plans.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors, when necessary.
• Works constantly with confidential information and makes decisions concerning the true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatry nurses, social services, and other therapists to provide appropriate services and programs to patients.
• Interacts with families and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy.
• Manages resources responsibly and maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards.
• Sets and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers.
• Performs duties as assigned to