Child Therapist - Inpatient

Upstate; City of Syracuse (NY); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 88 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health, dental and vision insurance

401k eligibility after 1 year

Generous paid time off

Résumé du poste

Upstate is seeking a Child Therapist - Inpatient to provide consultations and psychotherapy to patients on the Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry units, within hospital settings. You will participate in individual and milieu therapy, collaborate with families, and coordinate care with the health team.

The role requires LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC licensure and inpatient or pediatric experience is preferred. Work days, evenings, and overnights with flexible hours exist.

Qualifications

• LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC license from an accredited program with child psychiatry focus.
• Experience in inpatient or pediatric mental health settings preferred.
• Strong communicator capable of partnering with families and health team.

Responsabilités

• Provide consultations, and individual and milieu therapy to patients on the Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry units.
• Coordinate care across services to improve patient outcomes.
• Observe, evaluate and conduct individual, group and family psychotherapy sessions as appropriate.
• Arrange referrals, testing and consultations as needed; maintain relationships with families and providers.
• Work days or evenings and overnights; flexible hours.
• Be experienced or willing to be trained in inpatient psychiatry patient care; work with diverse populations.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Formation

LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC licensed

Description du poste

Child Therapist - Inpatient

• Syracuse
• Allied Health
• Full-time
• Opening on: Jun 23 2026
• Psychiatry
• MedBest
• Clinical Specialist, L2
• 90102
• N/A

Job Summary:

Provide consultations, and individual and milieu therapy to patients on the Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry units, working in the hospital and inpatient settings.

Responsibilities include providing expert level clinical care and coordination of care via a full range of services that will improve quality of patient care delivered. Observes and evaluates patients, provides individual, group and family psychotherapy sessions, as appropriate, arranges for referrals, testing, consultation, and therapeutic services and maintains outstanding relationships with families, referring physicians and all members of the health care team.

Work Days or evenings and overnights. Flexible hours.

Be experienced or willing to be trained in the assessment and treatment of inpatient psychiatric patients. Work in diverse environments with people of different backgrounds. Must be a strong communicator and able to develop an effective partnership with providers, staff and all stakeholders, regardless of their cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.

Minimum Qualifications:

LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC from an accredited training program with a practice focus on child psychiatric patients.

Preferred Qualifications:

Supervised inpatient clinical experience with children and adolescents.

Work Days:

Monday - Friday daytime hours

Message to Applicants:

The Department of Psychiatry at Upstate is committed to embracing diversity by treating everyone with respect and dignity. Our department culture values faculty, staff and patients of every race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation, socioeconomic status, age, and physical and cognitive ability. Consistent with the combined missions of the College of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry, one of our primary goals is to attract and cultivate a dynamic and culturally sensitive faculty and staff that exemplifies, promotes and celebrates diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability. Minority applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

Our benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, eligibility for employer 401k funding after 1 year (3% quarterly/5% annual on vesting schedule), tuition reimbursement, generous paid time off, including vacation and personal time, paid sick leave, holidays and floating holidays

L2: $60,406 - $88,200

Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as internal equity, market and business considerations.