Primary Therapist

About the role

The Primary Therapist is to provide individual and group therapy sessions for the organization’s clients. The Primary Therapist will help guide and direct clients during sessions as well as prepare group notes, support clinical necessity and progress toward treatment plan goals. Maintains open communication lines with facility staff, attending clinicians and physicians, patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Completes psychosocial intake on clients within appropriate timeframe.
• Conducts Suicide Screening and Assessments.
• Completes the master treatment plan within appropriate timeframe.
• Counsels clients or patients, individually or in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making change.
• Collaborate with other staff members to perform clinical assessments or develop treatment plans.
• De-escalates AMA and other patient problems.
• Documents all activities in the patient medical record and files all notes in the charts on a daily basis for UR purposes.
• Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, or supporting clients or patients.
• Attends daily staff meetings to enhance communication with clinical staff regarding program and patient issues.
• Participate in required staff training (minimum 20 hours).
• Complete all assigned paperwork in an accurate and timely manner.
• Communicate with other staff as necessary to promote quality patient care.
• Participate in maintaining clean, properly supplied and efficient work areas.
• Observe and report safety, maintenance problems.
• Interact appropriately with patients, showing them respect while maintaining boundaries.
• Maintain professional demeanor at all times.
• Exercise sound professional judgment and seek assistance as necessary to effectively manage patient behavior.
• Protect the privacy of all patient information in accordance with privacy policies, procedures and practices, as required by federal and state law, and in accordance with general principle of professionalism as a health care provider.

Requirements

• Required Independent Licensure (State Dependent): LMHC, LCMHC. LPC, LMFT, LCSW, LICSW
• Highly desired, but not required (State Dependent): Addiction's Certifications: MCAP, CAP, CAC, LCADC, CADC, CAC, CAP, LADC, NCAC, MAC, LCAS, CSAC.