Behavioral Health Therapist

UPMC; Cumberland (MD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonuses

Job summary

UPMC Western Maryland seeks Behavioral Health Therapists to join our Outpatient Behavioral Health team, offering a Monday–Friday dayshift with flexible scheduling and strong supervision opportunities.

You'll provide clinical treatment services for mental health diagnoses, with a clear career ladder, sign-on bonuses for full-time commitments, and ongoing CEU opportunities to support professional growth.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include conducting assessments for new patients under supervision, documenting sessions and plans, and coordinating care.
• Providing individual and group therapy to patients with mental health diagnoses.
• Creating and updating treatment plans and ensuring continuity of care.
• Maintaining daily records of clinical productivity and participating in team meetings and quality initiatives.
• Referring patients to higher levels of care when needed and engaging families in treatment.

Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, conducts assessments of new patients using the identified format for documentation and clinical decisions regarding treatment, interventions, and referrals, as instructed.
• Implements, improves, and adapts concepts, models, and constructs of treatment for application in service delivery to patients.
• Documents all assessments, treatment sessions, contacts, case management, and other work done on behalf of patients according to guidelines.
• Creates a treatment plan that includes an effective continuum of therapeutic, supportive, and other services for the patients a variety and complexity of needs serviced by the program.
• Assesses changing needs of patients per guidelines for outpatient and/or partial hospitalization programs, and incorporates these into treatment plan and treatment plan review.
• Completes clinical documentation on the same day of service delivery and provides clinical information to patient access representative personnel and insurance providers to ensure authorization for services.
• Participates in regular treatment team meetings to discuss clinical cases, review and update patient treatment plans, monitor therapeutic progress, and initiate recommendations for referral and continuing care.
• Provides individual and group therapy to patients in the program and engages families in the assessment and treatment processes when indicated. Provides education to patients on recovery.
• Reviews cases and/or groups periodically, as well as the serious clinical patient condition changes with the supervisor and other clinical personnel as indicated.
• Discusses the need for additional services with the clinical team to determine the appropriateness of recommendations.
• Refers patients to other levels of care, community-based self-help programs for recovery, or other community social or human services as needed.
• Maintains daily records of clinical productivity in the program as instructed.
• Participates in the quality assurance and performance improvement activities of the program.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Individual therapy

Group therapy

Documentation

Treatment planning

Team collaboration

Job description

UPMC Western Maryland is seeking Behavioral Health Therapists to join our Outpatient Behavioral Health team!

This position works primarily dayshift hours Monday - Friday. Enjoy the ability to have a flexible work schedule.

We offer weekly supervision by an approved licensed supervisor and CEU opportunities!

Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced therapist, we offer a career ladder to continue to grow yourself! We will consider all levels of therapists for this role.

*Job title and pay rate will be based on certification and experience.

Sign-On Bonuses are being offered for full-time:

$5,000 with a 1-year commitment

$7,000 with a 2-year commitment

$10,000 with a 3-year commitment

As a Behavioral Health Therapist, you will provide clinical treatment services to clients with mental health diagnoses who meet dimensions for outpatient and/or partial hospitalization treatment criteria.

Responsibilities:

• Under direct supervision, conducts assessments of new patients using the identified format for documentation and clinical decisions regarding treatment, interventions, and referrals, as instructed.
• Implements, improves, and adapts concepts, models, and constructs of treatment for application in service delivery to patients.
• Documents all assessments, treatment sessions, contacts, case management, and other work done on behalf of patients according to guidelines.
• Creates a treatment plan that includes an effective continuum of therapeutic, supportive, and other services for the patients a variety and complexity of needs serviced by the program.
• Assesses changing needs of patients per guidelines for outpatient and/or partial hospitalization programs, and incorporates these into treatment plan and treatment plan review.
• Completes clinical documentation on the same day of service delivery and provides clinical information to patient access representative personnel and insurance providers to ensure authorization for services.
• Participates in regular treatment team meetings to discuss clinical cases, review and update patient treatment plans, monitor therapeutic progress, and initiate recommendations for referral and continuing care.
• Provides individual and group therapy to patients in the program and engages families in the assessment and treatment processes when indicated. Provides education to patients on recovery.
• Reviews cases and/or groups periodically, as well as the serious clinical patient condition changes with the supervisor and other clinical personnel as indicated.
• Discusses the need for additional services with the clinical team to determine the appropriateness of recommendations.
• Refers patients to other levels of care, community-based self-help programs for recovery, or other community social or human services as needed.
• Maintains daily records of clinical productivity in the program as instructed.
• Participates in the quality assurance and performance improvement activities of the program.