Primary Therapist - Full Time

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality comprehensive clinical services that include: clinical triage, psychosocial evaluations, individual group and family treatment, treatment plan development and coordination, referent relations, discharge planning, utilization management with insurance companies, and case management with social service support systems.
• Attend daily treatment rounds, providing input to and being receptive to input from other members of the treatment team.
• Identify changes in the patients’ clinical status and communicate to the appropriate member of the treatment team.
• Perform case management with internal and external entities for smooth transitions across the continuum of care.
• Coordinate discharge planning and communicate plan clearly to patient and family and all other providers involved.
• Complete discharge summaries within established time frames.
• 100% contact with providers in community involved in patient’s care (e.g., therapists, doctors, schools, probation officers, etc.).
• Outreach to non-attending patients per PHBH policy.
• Maintain patient attendance and utilization reviews.
• Timely and accurate completion of UM forms.
• Participate in hospital and performance improvement initiatives and goals.

Qualifications

• L-LAC or LSW or PS (Required)
• Cert Alcohol and Drug Counselor (Required)
• Master of Arts or Science (Required) for psychiatric programs, minimum qualifications for addictions programs include a masters degree in the social sciences with an LSW, LAC or psychologist with a 3-year permit.
• Two or more years experience in treatment of the specific program’s patient population (Preferred).

Benefits

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.