Lead Licensed Psychotherapist - Programmatic Care

Overview

Lead Licensed Psychotherapist role in our Crystal Adolescent co-occurring intensive outpatient program. Lead a multi-disciplinary team and provide diagnostic assessments, individual, group, family therapies to patients ages 12-19 and their families.

Responsibilities Job Description

Determines clinical interventions, facilitates therapy and provides education for patients and their families. Facilitates treatment planning and manages each case. Responsible for development of transition/discharge plan. Communicates effectively and respectfully with others, including interdisciplinary team and all other contacts. Functions as an interdisciplinary team member.

Job Expectations

Demonstrates clinical competence in the treatment planning process.

• Facilitates treatment planning and oversees management of each case.

• Coordinates/facilitates the development of treatment plan by collaborating with patient, family and interdisciplinary team.

• Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, clinical diagnosis, level of functioning and other relevant needs.

• Implements, reassesses and adjusts treatment plan as necessary.

Demonstrates clinical competence to assess individual patient needs.

• Completes an interdisciplinary assessment tool with each patient.

• Updates interdisciplinary assessments tool each week.

Demonstrates clinical competency to partner with multi-disciplinary team in the treatment planning process.

• Assists in developing an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, clinical diagnosis, level of functioning and other relevant needs.

• Implements, reassesses and adjusts treatment plan as necessary.

• Communicates frequently and effectively with interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity and coordination of care.

• Documentation is thorough, timely, legible and clinically appropriate and meets regulatory requirements.

Demonstrates competence in developing a clinically relevant transition/discharge plan.

• Collaborates with patient, family, and provides input to interdisciplinary team in developing a discharge plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, clinical diagnosis and level of functioning and other relevant needs.

Demonstrates clinical competence in conducting group therapy, family therapy and psycho-education groups.

• Provides individual, couples and family therapy.

• Ensures thorough, timely, legible and clinically appropriate documentation.

Demonstrates the ability to advance evidence based practice by utilizing standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery.

• Incorporates data and information into practice to continually improve care and practice so that patient outcomes are enhanced.

• Promotes a culture of evidence based practice by participation in any of, but not limited to, the following activities: Utilizing evidence based policies in clinical practice

• Attends and participates in learning opportunities about evidence based practice

• Membership in hospital or unit based practice council/research council

• Evidence based practice project (e.g. policy development or poster presentation)

• Journal club, journal article critique and circulation · Literature review

• Development of standard/pathway/guideline for patient care

• Presentation

• Research study

Organization Expectations, as applicable:

• Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served

o Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.

o Communicates in a respectful manner.

o Ensures a safe, secure environment.

o Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.

o Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.

o Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.

• Fulfills all organizational requirements

o Completes all required learning relevant to the role

o Complies with all relevant laws, regulation and policies

o Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

Education: Masters in Social Work and/or Psychology

Experience: At least two years' experience

License/Certification/Registration

One of the following current Minnesota licenses: Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

(LICSW), Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Preferred

Education

Experience

Two years' supervised therapy experience in mental health including assessment, individual, group and family therapy.

License/Certification/Registration: Ability to supervise

LADC preferred

EEO Statement

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status