Licensed Therapist (LCSW / LPC)

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

SUMMARY / OBJECTIVE :

Salience Health has an exciting opportunity for full time Clinical Therapist in the fast growing and diverse area of Dallas / Fort Worth. You would be joining a collaborative multi-specialty team that includes Psychiatrists, Primary Care, Nurse Practitioners, and Counselors that are all supported by well- trained medical assistants and an administrative team.

As part of a comprehensive behavioral health team, the Clinical Therapist will fulfill multiple roles as therapy provider and crisis clinician. As a crisis clinician, the Clinical Therapist will offer support, education, crisis services in conjunction with our psychiatric providers, and provide resources as needed for the patients. As a therapy provider, the Clinical Therapist will facilitate individual psychoeducational sessions, utilizing an evidence-based therapeutic approach. At Salience Health, we all have one common mission and that is to relentlessly pursue remission and recovery together one patient at a time.

RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES :

• Conducts New Patient Therapy Evaluations to gather patient information and assess patients’ emotional and mental health needs.
• Facilitates psychoeducational CBT individual sessions.
• Conducts crisis interventions by completing a risk assessment, determining risk level, implementing an appropriate intervention, and ensuring follow up after the initial intervention.
• Demonstrates crisis intervention skills and understanding of suicide prevention.
• Establishes positive, trusting rapport with patients.
• Ability to connect with patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrates understanding of common psychiatric diagnoses and ability to recognize the behaviors associated with the psychiatric diagnoses to utilize appropriate intervention techniques.
• Diagnoses and treats mental health disorders.
• Creates individualized therapeutic treatment plans according to patients needs and circumstances.
• Meets with patients regularly to provide therapeutic treatment and adjust treatment plans as necessary.
• Conducts ongoing assessments of patient progress.
• Maintains ongoing communication with the treatment team.
• Involves and advises family members when appropriate.
• Refers patients to outside specialists or agencies when necessary.
• Maintains thorough records of patient meetings and progress.
• Follows all safety protocols and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Serve as a client advocate to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
• Attends weekly team meetings.
• Perform all other duties assigned.
• Contributes to practice by accomplishing related tasks as needed.
• Attend all company trainings and meetings pertinent to position.
• Maintain required licensure.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND ABILITES

Requirements :

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS : Please do not apply if you do not have the following