Outpatient Primary Therapist III

Atrium Health Floyd; Rome (GA); On-site; USD 45,529 - 68,328; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Georgia seeks a Primary Therapist III to care for adults with psychiatric diagnoses, offering individual, family, and group therapy. Responsibilities include facilitating therapeutic groups, completing documentation, and collaborating with healthcare teams. Applicants must hold a Master's degree and have five years of related experience. The position is full-time with a schedule of Monday to Friday, offering a pay range of $33.05 - $49.60 per hour.

Qualifications

• Licensed by the state of Georgia (LPC, LCSW, LMFT).
• Five years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates group therapy and develops therapeutic programming.
• Completes documentation for therapeutic goals and notes.
• Communicates treatment issues with staff and physicians.

Skills

Therapeutic techniques

Communication

Group therapy facilitation

Psychiatric care

Education

Master's degree in counseling or related field

Job description

Department and Location

36608 Floyd Behavioral Health Services - Behavioral Health O/P: Adult Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

Job Summary

The Primary Therapist III will care for adults with various psychiatric diagnoses, including those with substance abuse disorders. The therapist will provide services that include individual, family, and group therapy, within a clinical team environment. Therapists at Floyd Behavioral Health use an electronic medical record and provide care through a Cognitive Behavioral treatment approach.

Schedule and Compensation

Full time, 40 hours per week. Work schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., no major holidays or weekends. Pay range: $33.05 - $49.60 per hour. Eligible for benefits.

Responsibilities

Coordinates Patient Care

• Facilitates group therapy and develops programming and therapeutic treatment for identified patients.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with patients, physicians, allied health professionals and all referral sources.
• Plans and facilitates daily adult groups including, but not limited to, educational groups and Psychotherapy (talk therapy) groups and other groups as assigned.
• Works cooperatively with Inpatient and Outpatient Manager in program development.
• Monitors patients throughout the day while in groups and between group times as needed.

Completes Documentation

• Completes appropriate documentation for group notes, Plan of Care therapeutic goals and interventions and Plan of Care updates, Therapist Notes, Crisis Safety Plan, and CSSR-S in specified time frames.
• Group notes have correct day and time while documentation is completed within 24 hours. Documents calls and related information in the Electronic Medical Record at a timely manner.
• Checks and audits charts for documentation and charge errors monthly (if applicable in department).
• Participates in discharge planning and referral contacts with documentation of discharge plans (if applicable in department).
• Takes daily attendance of patients and calls if patients are absent with documentation in Electronic Medical Record (if applicable in department).

Communicates with Staff Nurse and Physicians

• Communicates treatment issues and medication concerns to nurses and physicians daily.
• Participates in treatment teams with coworkers and providers while providing feedback regarding patient progress to plan for future treatment.
• Attends staff meetings as needed.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with supervisors and coworkers. Performs duties as assigned to maintain a safe and therapeutic clinical environment.
• Provides one-on-one interventions with patients to de-escalate behaviors using intervention, when necessary. Attends debriefings on patients as needed.
• Works constantly with confidential information and must constantly make decisions concerning true emotional status of patients, i.e., ability to harm self and others.
• Interacts daily with psychiatrist, nurses, social services, and other therapist to provide appropriate services and programs at patients. Interacts with family and outside agencies for patient care as needed.
• Stays abreast of organization’s programs and services. Complies with facility safety, infection control and security program. Attends in-service programs as mandated per policy. Manages resources responsibly.
• Maintains a clean and neat physical environment in compliance with infection prevention standards. Seeks and identifies opportunities to improve care, patient flow or utilization of resources.
• Participates in process improvement initiatives for the department and facility as directed. Participates in the orientation and supervision of new employees and students.
• Assists in orienting new staff.
• Participates in training and development activities to enhance own knowledge and skills. Completes required facility and departmental continuing education.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required

• Licensed by the state of Georgia (LPC, LCSW, LMFT).

Education Required

• Master's degree in counseling or a related field from an accredited institute.

Work Experience Required

• Five years of related experience.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Standing and walking for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally lifts and carries weight up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to distinguish letters, numbers and symbols with vision and hearing within normal range to respond to code alerts and equipment alarms.
• Work-related stress due to volume and time constraints with irregular working hours.