Lead Therapist

Center for Discovery; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Center for Discovery is seeking a Lead Therapist to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team. The role focuses on delivering treatment services per the Clinical Model, directing clinical staff, and ensuring patient safety and high-quality clinical care.

The Lead Therapist leads process groups, conducts clinical assessments, and supports continuity of care. Requires advanced degree and licensure with substantial mental health experience, including eating disorders, and a valid driver's license.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in the relevant field is required.
• Active state license or license eligible is required.
• Minimum of two years of experience working in the mental health field; experience with eating disorders is recommended.

Responsibilities

• Works with Regional Clinical Director to ensure high quality clinical care.
• Facilitates weekly treatment team meetings to ensure consistent communication and proper progress oversight.
• Trains new clinical employees within their scope and coordinates training with the clinical team.

Education

Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field

Active state license or license eligible

Job description

Position Summary:

The Lead Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model. Therapist responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitate clinical assessments, conducting therapy sessions, and other case management tasks, as assigned. The Lead Therapist works collaboratively with other key facility leadership and is responsible for directing and supporting the clinical staff.

Essential Job Functions:

• Works with Regional Clinical Director to ensure high quality clinical care


• Facilitates weekly treatment team meetings to ensure consistent and effective communication, including proper oversight of patient progress and ensures a team approach is being utilized.


• Trains all new clinical employees within their scope and coordinates training with clinical team members.


• Provides support to milieu staff to ensure patients are receiving the highest level of clinical care, at all times.


• Attends outreach events, supports relationship management in the community, and facilitates program tours as needed


• Provides high quality clinical documentation for Utilization Reviews and conducts peer reviews as needed


• Assessments patients for suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.


• Maintains a patient caseload as dictated by census and assigns cases based upon the appropriate clinical match with each therapist.


• Leads or co-leads 3-4 process groups and/or any additional clinically oriented groups every week. Provides oversight of all other groups conducted.


• Assists in admission processes and understands role in ensuring expeditious access to care for those seeking services.


• Ensures clinical documentation is completed in a timely manner throughout the course of treatment.


• Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care.


• RTC: two individual sessions and one family/support system session


• PHP: one individual session and one family/support system session


• IOP: one therapeutic session – individual or family/support system, as clinically indicated


• Ensure discharge planning is adequate and complete for all discharging patients.


• Facilitates patient transfers to a higher level of care, as needed.


• Facilitates Multi-Family, Family Program and/or Family Weekend.


• Mentors all therapists within the program and provide clinical consultation, as needed.


• Ensure supervises remain current on documentation, case management, and documentation, as well as supporting clinical activities and interventions.


• Completes other tasks, as requested, or assigned.


• RTC Only: Provides on-call support to the facility at least 1x per month and returns all program phone calls within 20 minutes, while on call. Communicates appropriately with On Call Administrator regarding pertinent facility issues, while on call.

Knowledge, Education, and Experience:

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required


• Holds active state license, or license eligible


• Two or more years of experience working in the mental health field, required


• Minimum of two years of experience working with eating disorders, recommended


• Must possess a current driver’s license and be in good standing

Employment Status: Full-time

Schedule: 11am-7pm Monday-Friday

Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives, experiences, and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.