Full-Time Mental Health Therapist - Virtual

Mental Health Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Discovery Behavioral model.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring patient safety and providing milieu interventions
• Leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups
• Facilitating clinical assessments and conducting therapy sessions
• Completing case management tasks
• Ensuring timely clinical documentation and meeting clinical quality standards
• Completing and responding to documentation requirements
• Establishing therapeutic rapport with patients and families
• Facilitating admission assessments and processes
• Understanding the role in providing expeditious access to care
• Participating in weekly treatment team meetings and communicating treatment goals
• Completing the appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly, including family/support system sessions
• Carrying a caseload of 12-15 patients
• Facilitating process-oriented and psychoeducational groups
• Facilitating multi-family groups
• Providing utilization reviews to insurance companies
• Ensuring accessibility to family members or loved ones
• Assessing patients for suicidality and potential danger
• Providing additional clinical support to team members
• Communicating with Utilization Review and Business Department
• Completing utilization reviews
• Beginning discharge planning on the day of admission
• Completing discharge sessions to ensure coping skills and resources are understood
• Ensuring discharge appointments are confirmed
• Communicating with referral sources and outpatient providers
• Facilitating patient transfers
• Actively participating in clinical outreach and program tours
• Effectively managing crises
• Providing support to milieu staff
• Working collaboratively with the treatment team
• Providing clinical supervision (as assigned)
• Ensuring supervisees remain current on documentation and case management
• Supporting clinical activities and interventions
• Qualifications:
• Master's or Doctorate degree in relevant field
• Active state license in Maryland
• 5+ years of experience in mental health field
• Current driver's license

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