Licensed Pediatric Therapist & PCIT Specialist

University of Miami

Miami (FL)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami is seeking a Licensed Therapist to provide case management, group and individual therapy, and psychosocial assessments in Miami, FL. This full-time role collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, supports discharge planning, maintains documentation, and participates in PCIT delivery, with some site travel and supervision requirements.

A Master’s degree and Florida license with at least 1 year of experience are required, along with strong communication and teamwork

Qualifications

Master's degree in relevant field required.
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.
Valid State of Florida Mental Health Professional license required.
Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Relates to and interacts well with patients to meet their age-specific physical and psychosocial needs.
Interviews and evaluates patients to determine need and develops treatment plans accordingly.
Works in conjunction with multidisciplinary service teams to ensure implementation of coordinated psychosocial services.
Prepares progress notes, reports, and correspondence for assigned patients, and maintains case records.
Conducts ongoing individual, groups, and family counseling sessions with patients.
Completes psychosocial evaluations, diagnoses psychological disorders, prepares comprehensive clinical summaries, and makes recommendations for treatment.
Interprets psychological or psychiatric case information based on patient interviews and medical or psychiatric sources.
Completes and maintains all required client-related and programmatic documentation.
Performs routine data collection tasks for studies.
Serves as program liaison to collaborating service providers and treatment centers.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
Provide Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to children with various psychological, learning, developmentally, and/or behavioral problems.
Scores program metric measures
Enters UM PCIT related data into appropriate databases/systems (e.g., REDCap, etc.)
Provides friendly, efficient, and professional telephone, email, and office contact with UM PCIT participants and community agency personnel
Prepares assessment and/or training packets containing appropriate measures/forms
Other duties as assigned by the UM PCIT Director and team leaders
Assist with manuscript preparation by contributing to literature reviews, writing assigned sections of manuscripts, and/or completing bibliographies
Some travel between sites will be required
Case management will consist of providing linkage community resources to families as needed.
Documentation will include writing timely intake reports, progress notes, treatment summaries, and other case related items.
Provide phone/email/on-site clinical and case-management consultations with families.
Weekly program supervision and clinical supervision required.