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Job Description:

We are Hiring Mental Health Therapists at Peace Hospital!

Location: 2020 Newburg Road Louisville KY 40205

Shift: FT Days

About Us

Peace Hospital part of UofL Health is a private non-profit behavioral health hospital. One of the largest behavioral health facilities in the nation Peace Hospital is known for providing care for children adolescents adults and senior adults age 55 and older. Our Kosair for Kids Childrens Peace Center is the largest and most comprehensive private provider of youth inpatient behavioral health services in the country treating children and adolescents with behavioral health and co-occurring disorders. We have a partial hospitalization program for school-aged children and an inpatient specialty program for children and adolescents who have complex treatment needs such as intellectual or developmental disabilities accompanied by acute behavioral and psychiatric symptoms. UofL Health is home to over 14000 team members 1000 providers 200 practice locations 9 hospitals and 4 medical centers.

Our Mission

As an academic health care system we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate innovative patient-centered care.

This position is responsible for providing direct clinical behavioral health and/or substance use services to child adolescent adult and/or geriatric patients and families. Services include: group therapy family therapy individual therapy psycho-education discharge planning and coordinating with community government and/or other behavioral health agencies for aftercare services.

Essential Functions:

Under the direct supervision of a board approved supervisor this position will provide therapeutic and case management services including:

• Adheres to respective Board mandated professional development and CEU requirements needed to maintain active provisional licensure
• Demonstrates screening and assessment skills needed to obtain essential information from patients their families or collateral sources to develop person-centered care and discharge plans
• Documents and communicates key information needed to collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary treatment team to develop individualized and developmentally appropriate care and discharge plans. Provides rational for prioritization and/or deferment of problems
• Displays proficiency in providing therapeutic interventions to families individuals and groups. Offers specialized treatment interventions such as sexual offender therapy play therapy EMDR or other if certified/credentialed to do so
• Displays proficiency in clinical documentation to include development of care plan goals objectives and intervention strategies

Shift Length (in hours):

8 hours

# Shifts/Week:

5

Overtime Required:

Infrequently Sometimes Often n/a (exempt position)

Other Functions:

• Adheres to all clinical documentation requirements in an accurate and timely manner
• Maintains compliance with all company policies procedures and standards of conduct
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description:

Education:

• Masters degree in a behavioral health or human services related field (required)

Experience:

• Two years of clinical experience in a behavioral health or human service setting (preferred)

Licensure:

• Current independent licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LCADC) in the state of KY (required)

Certification:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)
• Able to complete Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training and perform CPI techniques (required)