The Associate Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model. Therapist responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitate clinical assessments, conduct therapy sessions, and other case management tasks, as assigned.
Essential Job Functions
- Ensures clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment.
- Establish therapeutic rapport with patients and families/loved ones.
- Facilitates admission assessments and the admission process for new patients with professionalism, courtesy, and a welcoming attitude.
- Participates in weekly treatment team and communicates weekly treatment goals with all team members.
- Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care.
- Facilitates process orientated and psychoeducation groups one to two times, daily.
- Required to sit at a meal and/or snack a minimum of once per week.
- Facilitates multi-family groups, family program, and/or family weekend.
- Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary.
- Completes discharge session with patient to ensure coping skills, transition plan, and resources are understood and intact.
- Ensures discharge appointments are confirmed with patient and loved ones prior to discharge.
- Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge.
This is an on-call position.
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Requirements
- Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required
- Completion of Washington state requirements to conduct therapeutic interventions, required
- Current registration number with the state of Washington , required
- Holds an active clinical license in the state of Washington or operates under supervision and is not yet fully licensed, required (LMFTA, LMHCA, LWAIC, LICSWA, LMFT, LMHC, LISCW, LSWA)
- Experience working in behavioral healthcare, highly preferred
- Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire
- Obtain CPR, AED, and First Aid certification within 90 days of hire
- Obtain ServSafe certification within 90 day of hire
- Must possess a current driver’s license and be in good standing
Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway! To provide truly innovative care, we need to have a diverse team around us. That’s why Discovery Behavioral Health is committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you find yourself meeting some but not all the above, we’d be happy to consider your application.
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