PRN Outpatient Therapist Behavioral Health
Frisco, TX - USA
Job Summary
Schedule: PRN Weekdays
Your experience matters
How youll contribute
AnOutpatient Therapistwho excels in this role:
- Conducts individual and group therapy sessions to educate patients regarding psychological emotional or substance abuse problems
- Displays active involvement in treatment planning process
- Provides family session counseling to all patients to ensure appropriate communication and involvement of family members and support groups
- Actively communicates with clients families and outside referral sources
- Demonstrates proactive communication with those involved with the patients treatment
- Works well with the interdisciplinary team including physicians utilization review and nursing staff members
- Demonstrates active communication with team members
- Effectively communicates to UR on treatment and LOS issues
- Completes appropriate paperwork for clients in a timely accurate and complete manner
- Demonstrates appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation skills
- Acts as a member of team with crisis situation occurs assisting others to ensure patient safety
- Completes accurate assessments of patients utilizing clinical skills
- Assists care coordination department as requested
- Completes all documentation thoroughly timely and in accordance with hospital standards
- Displays a thorough knowledge of confidentiality
- Completes releases appropriately
- Demonstrates knowledge of HIPAA regulations and abides by those standards
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of all clinical regulations including TJC Medicaid and state and federal laws
- Displays active involvement in the discharge transition and after-care planning treatment processes Other duties as assigned
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient addition to your base compensation this position also offers:
Healthy staffing levels
Flexible scheduling
Career growth
Competitive compensation
What were looking for
Applicants should have aMasters degree in Social Work Counseling or equivalent required. Additional requirements include:
- Current clinical or social work license as required by state regulations
- CPR and CPI Certification within 30 day of employment
- Prior experience with psychiatric and chemical dependency patients
Collin Springsis a 72-bed behavioral health hospitaloffering exceptional care to the McKinney TX community.
EEOC Statement
Collin Springsis an Equal Opportunity Employer.Collin Springsis committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
About Company
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 a ... View more