Behavioral Therapist PRN

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C.; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana Behavioral Health, a partnership involving Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and Oceans Healthcare, is seeking therapists to provide direct clinical services including assessments, interventions, treatment planning and discharge planning. The role involves individual, family, and group therapy to advance patient progress and well-being.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will review assessments and contribute to comprehensive treatment plans under physician supervision, ensuring

Qualifications

• Direct clinical services in accordance with accepted standards of social/work clinical practice.
• Plan and conduct individual, family and/or group therapy as assigned.
• Conduct, assess and interpret completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment.

Responsibilities

• Review all Multidisciplinary assessments and compile a Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan under supervision.
• Perform case management and discharge planning as assigned.
• Attend multidisciplinary treatment team meetings and provide updates on patients' progress toward treatment goals.
• Deliver patient services in an ethical manner promoting respect for the patient and dignity.
• Assess and interpret age/disability/cultural needs; communicate with patients and families accordingly.
• Conduct treatment and discharge planning involving the patient's support system when appropriate.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
• 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.

Job description

Louisiana Behavioral Health is a partnership between Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and Oceans Healthcare, two Louisiana-based providers leading the transformation of behavioral health care through evidence-based, patient-centered treatment for adolescents, adults and seniors.

As a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team, our therapists provide direct clinical services - including assessments, interventions, treatment planning and discharge planning, as well as providing individual, family, and/or group therapy to further patient/family/group progress in treatment.

Members of the Oceans' team work together to provide the highest quality care by practicing the "Oceans 6" values.

• Dignity
• Comprehensive Care
• Quality
• Integrity
• Advocacy
• Teamwork

Essential Functions:

1. Provides direct clinical services in accordance with accepted standards of social/work clinical practice.
2. Plans and conducts individual family and/or group therapy as assigned by the Director of Social Services or physician's order.
3. Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment.
4. Reviews all Multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan under the supervision of the attending physician.
5. Performs case management and discharge planning as assigned by the Director of Social Services.
6. Attends multidisciplinary treatment team meetings, provides updates 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
7. 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.
8. 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
9. 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.
10. Performs other duties and projects as assigned.