Behavioral Health Therapist

12800 LDS Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Intermountain Health LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeks a Clinical Mental Health Professional to perform psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, and coordinate crisis resources for patients and families. The role supports inpatient social work and crisis teams, with duties spanning assessment, referral, and discharge planning to ensure timely, quality care.

Salary is listed hourly; a $500 sign-on bonus is available to external applicants with 1+ year of experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or related field.
• Current state licensure as LCSW, LMFT, CMHC/LPC/LCPC, LMFT.

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders; modify care plans as patient status changes.
• Refer patients to community services, treatment programs, support groups, psychiatrists, or other providers to improve well-being.
• Develop discharge plans with the multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care after leaving the hospital.
• Organize and prioritize daily tasks by assessing new, current, and discharge needs within responsibilities.
• Perform behavioral health consultations for patients and caregivers.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments with patients.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal comm.

Computer skills

Education

Master’s degree in social work or related field

Current state licensure (LCSW/LMFT/CMHC/LPC/LCPC)

Job description

The Clinical Mental Health Professional

The Clinical Mental Health Professional utilizes clinical expertise to perform psychosocial assessments, develop and implement plans of care appropriate care team, assess crisis situations to appropriately provide needed resources and or referrals for the patient, and to provide family and individual treatment as indicated. This position works collaboratively with patients, patient's significant other, families, healthcare providers, insurers, community resources, and all other involved parties. This position provides care appropriate to the established plan of care in the assigned patient population.

To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we will also offer a $500 sign on bonus to those that have 1+ year of experience. (External applicants only.)

Job Specifics

• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• FTE: PRN
• Shift: Variable shift, as needed
• Supports the Inpatient Social Work team at LDS Hospital, and the crisis teams at LDS and IMed.

Essential Functions

• Diagnoses and treats various mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, modifying care plan(s) to reflect changes in patient status.
• Refers patients to other services to improve their well-being. These referrals may include community services, treatment programs, support groups, psychiatrists, or other mental health providers.
• Works with the multi-disciplinary team to develop a discharge plan in order to provide further care, services, and referrals in order to ensure continuity of care.
• Organizes and prioritizes daily work by assessing new, current, and discharging patient needs in area(s) of responsibility.
• Performs behavioral health consultation for patients and caregivers.
• Conducts psychosocial assessments.
• Provides supportive, crisis bereavement and other behavioral health interventions as necessary.
• Educates, communicates, and coordinates with multiple patient care teams and outside agencies as necessary to ensure the patient receives quality care, a timely discharge, and to identify and resolve delays and issues.
• Credentialing through medical staff office and peer review requirements may apply if working in the behavioral health setting.
• May provide support and debriefing, in conjunction with the Employee Assistance Program, for staff members following adverse events.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or related field.
• Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Current state licensure (as required by state) as LCSW, LMFT, CMHC/LPC/LCPC, LMFT.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer Skills, i.e., email, word processing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with patients, families, and treatment teams.
• Dual licensure with current state licensure as LAC Montana Only: Current state licensure as a MHPP.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
• Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
• Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location

Intermountain Health LDS Hospital

Work City: Salt Lake City

Work State: Utah

Salary

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0. The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $35.60 - $54.93

Benefits

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Company Overview

Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services.

Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

Join our world-class team and embark on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment.

General Statements

All positions subject to close without notice.

The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.