Outpatient Therapist

Lancaster-Behavioral-Health-Hospital; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Generous PTO

Medical, dental, vision plans

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with company match

Student loan refinancing program

Career development opportunities

Make a difference daily

Job summary

Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking a qualified Partial Hospital Therapist to join the inpatient unit. Responsibilities include psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, and delivering individual, group, and family therapies within a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements include LPC/LSW/LCSW licensure, an MSW or related master’s degree, and at least two years of partial hospital experience. This role supports recovery-focused care within LBHH’s comprehensive services.

Qualifications

• Licensure: LPC, LSW or LCSW required.
• Two years of partial hospital experience preferred.
• MSW or master’s degree in a recognized mental health field required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments to document patient history and identify treatment focus.
• Develop and implement treatment plans with concise, realistic goals.
• Provide individual, group and family therapies and other didactic groups.
• Document treatment in the medical record in a timely manner.
• Attend treatment team meetings and coordinate case management.
• Coordinate individualized aftercare plans with patient, family and community resources.

Skills

LPC licensure

LSW/LCSW licensure

Education

MSW or master’s in mental health

Job description

Responsibilities

Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital (LBHH) is a 126-bed, inpatient psychiatric hospital and start-up joint venture between Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine and Universal Health Services.

In addition to a general adult unit and dedicated adolescent unit, the facility offers services for treating those with co-occurring disorders on the psychiatric-medical unit, an intensive adult unit to care for those with severe conditions, as well as a women's trauma unit.

Partial Hospital Therapists are responsible for completing the following duties and tasks:

• Conduct psychosocial assessments to document patient history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.
• Participate in the development and implementation of treatment plans, ensuring that concise, realistic care plans are carried out.
• Provide individual, group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conduct other didactic groups using various professional treatment modalities.
• Document treatment provided to patient in medical record legibly and in a timely manner.
• Conduct and attend regular treatment team meetings to provide social service perspective to total case management of the patient with the interdisciplinary team by presenting patient’s case and progress toward treatment plan goals, making treatment recommendations, and actively coordinating each case with all members of the treatment team.
• Develops and coordinates individualized aftercare plans for the patient by utilizing treatment team, family, community professional, individual preference, and written chart information to determine the patient’s discharge needs. Accesses by phone or written correspondence family or community resources such as housing options, therapy, medication management, other mental health practitioners or services, medical practitioners/family physician to meet the patient’s aftercare needs.

What do our current employees value at LBHH?

• An environment that puts patient care first.
• One of the most rewarding aspects of working at LBHH is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times.
• Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career.
• There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for leadership development.
• Supportive and responsive leadership.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

What's in it for me?

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• Robust tuition reimbursement
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• An opportunity to make a difference every single day.

Qualifications

What Does LBHH Require for this Role?

• Licensure: LPC, LSW or LCSW required.
• Education: MSW or master's degree in a recognized mental health field required.
• Experience: Two years of partial hospital experience

Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital: Treatment. Compassion. Hope. Today, tomorrow and always.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

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