Licensed Therapist

Universal Health Services; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

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Competitive compensation

Job summary

Universal Health Services (Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services) in Winston-Salem, NC, seeks a full-time Unit Clinician to support inpatient adolescent through adult services. The role involves psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, and discharge planning within a multidisciplinary team.

The position emphasizes strong communication, clinical group work, and collaboration with physicians, therapists and families to ensure continuity of care and patient-centered outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in social work, counseling or related human services field.
• Current North Carolina license (LCMHC/LCMHCA, LCSW/LCSWA, LMFT/LMFTA) with LCAS preferred.
• Minimum 1 year direct clinical experience with adolescents and/or adults; knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan.

Responsibilities

• Interview patients and develop psychosocial history; assess therapeutic needs and set treatment objectives.
• Serve as patient/family primary contact and advocate with the treatment team during stay.
• Conduct psychoeducational therapy groups and lead discharge/aftercare planning.

Job description

Responsibilities

At Old Vineyard Behavioral Health Services, we are helping to create brighter, healthier futures for our patients and their families. We are the Piedmont Triad's only private psychiatric hospital meeting the chemical dependency illnesses and behavioral healthcare needs of those in our community.

Our 164-bed inpatient services for adolescents through senior adulthood offers comprehensive and individual assessments, psychiatric evaluation and medication stabilization, daily group therapy and personalized aftercare planning. We also offer a Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program to ensure the continuum of care for our patients. Old Vineyard is accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We are passionate about our work and are looking for individuals who share in this passion.

This opportunity is for a full-time Unit Clinician.

Job Duties

1. Interviews patients and develops the psychosocial history within established timeline. Assesses the therapeutic needs of the individual and family. Developes appropriate treatment objectives and treatment summaries.
2. Acts as the patient and family primary contact during the patient's stay at the facility, as well as their advocate with the treatment team.
3. Conducts psychoeducational therapy groups and is the primary individual responsible for discharge/aftercare planning activities.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in social work, counseling or other related human services field.
• Current license from the State of North Carolina (LCMHC / LCMHCA, LCSW / LCSWA, LMFT / LMFTA). Strong preference for LCAS in addition to counseling or social work license.
• One (1) year direct clinical experience specific to family, individual and group therapy with adolescents and/or adults. For specialized issues or treatment modalities, training must be specific to these; abuse reactive, sexual offending, substance abuse, sexual trauma, vocational, play therapy, art therapy and relaxation therapy. Must have knowledge of human development over the life span.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in order to document assessments, treatment planning and interventions into a meaningful document. Must be able to communicate with members of the interdisciplinary treatment team, managed care representatives, adolescents, adults and patient families in a clear and concise manner. Knowledge of individual, group and family therapy dynamics and techniques as related to cultural, social, economic, communication and role expectations within family systems. Knowledge of clinical skills to assess treatment dynamics accurately and develop effective treatment strategies within the overall treatment plan. Employees assigned to adolescents must have the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of adolescent needs, knowledge of growth and developmental stages and must possess an understanding of the range of treatment needed by this age group.
• Knowledge of human behavior or principles of psychology preferred including therapeutic relationships & processes, age specific growth & development, limit setting, crisis & behavior management.
• Requires sufficient body mobility to accomplish essential functions. Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time. Must be able to bend, stoop, and kneel with ease. Requires walking and standing often. Requires frequently speaking face-to-face as well as on the telephone. Able to write legibly and grammatically to convey patient behavior and information in the patient chart. Requires normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Must be able to express and exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Communicating fluently and effectively both verbally and in writing in English. Ability to perform Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (physical, verbal and non-verbal techniques). Ability to appropriately and professionally interact with all program staff, patients, visitors, attending physicians, and other department representatives.

Benefit Highlights

• Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+ locations!
• Diverse programming to expand your experience and energize your career
• HealthStream online learning catalogue
• Competitive Compensation

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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