Telehealth Therapist PRN Intensive Outpatient Program
Job description
The Telehealth Therapist provides remote clinical services - assessment, interventions, treatment planning and discharge planning, as well as providing individual, family, and/or group therapy to further patient/family/group progress in treatment according to the Joint Commission, Federal and State Regulations, Oceans' Mission, policies and procedures and PI standards.
Essential Functions:
- Provides remote clinical services in accordance with accepted standards of social/work clinical practice in a timely fashion as outlined by Joint Commission, Federal and State Regulations, Oceans Behavioral Hospital's Mission, policies and procedures and PI Standards.
- Plans and conducts individual family and/or group therapy as assigned by the Director of Social Services or physician's order.
- Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment - (Biopsychosocial) as assigned by Director of Social Services or physician's order within 72 hours (or 3 sessions) of admission.
- Reviews all Multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Integration under the supervision of the attending physician within 96 hours (or 4 sessions) of admission.
- Performs case management and discharge planning as assigned by the Director of Social Services.
- Attends treatment team meetings when indicated and reporting on assigned patients and their progress toward treatment goals; combines the reports of all disciplines into a multidisciplinary treatment integration summary, which facilitates the patient's progress towards treatment plan goals
- Delivers patient services in an ethical manner which promotes respect for the patient and enhances the patient's dignity and satisfaction; Demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret a patient's response to treatment in age/disability/culturally sensitive specific manner.
- Assesses and interprets age/disability/cultural needs; Identifies safety, psychosocial, special mobility and special equipment needs; and Communicates in an age/disability/culturally sensitive related manner to patients and their families
- Conducts treatment and discharge planning in accordance with age/disability/cultural needs and involves members of the patient's support system in decision making as appropriate.
- Performs other duties and projects as assigned.
Requirements
Educational / Experience Requirements:
LMSW, LCSW, or LPC. 0 to 1 year post-graduate experience in clinical practice. Must have completed at least two semesters of internship-one of which must have been with a specific mentally ill population: Adolescent, Adults, and Geriatrics. An internship within chemical dependency field is also acceptable. (Any population which is assigned will be based on a mentorship training system if no experience has been had with that population.)
Qualifications / Skills:
- Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to any age-related disability-related needs of the patients served on assignment.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the patient population served.
- Must be able to assess and interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s needs and provide the appropriate care, including age related care/disability/cultural sensitivity related care to adolescent, chronically mentally ill, adult, geriatric, chemically dependent, and dually diagnosed patient populations.
- Must demonstrate in-depth knowledge of mental illness and chemical dependency and the family dynamics which accompany them.
- Must have basic knowledge of chronic mental illness.
- Must have in-depth knowledge of clinical therapy modalities.
- Must have excellent communication and group/process skills as related to age specific patient needs.
- Must be able to demonstrate assessment, intervention, treatment and d/c planning skills.
- Must be able to pass the general age/disability post-test.
- Must be versatile, flexible, and able to perform in stressful situations.
- Must have good time and organizational skills.
- Must be capable of coordinating multi-faceted workload.
- Must be able to work with an array of mental/physical disabled persons.
- Must successfully complete CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral de-escalation program.
Working Environment:
Subject to many interruptions. Occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries. This position can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically to atmosphere. This person might sometimes experience disagreeable sights and/or unpredictable patient behavior. Work requires spending approximately 85% or more of the time inside a building, which offers protection. Because this role will be dealing with confidential infromation, it cannot operate out of a public location. Must have a home office.
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