Outpatient Therapist

Intermountain Health; Logan (UT); On-site; USD 50,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Credentialing Support

Job summary

Intermountain Health's Budge Clinic in Logan, Utah is seeking a Clinical Mental Health Professional to perform psychosocial assessments, develop and implement plans of care, and coordinate with the care team to support patients, families, and caregivers.

This full-time role includes a $2,500 sign-on bonus for external candidates. Credentialing will occur prior to start (expected 60–90 days). Must hold state licensure (LCSW/LMFT/CMHC/LCPC or psychologist) and demonstrate excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or related field from an accredited institution.
• Current state licensure (as required by state) as LCSW, LMFT, CMHC/LPC/LCPC, LMFT, or Psychologist.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders; modify care plans as patient status changes.
• Refer patients to community services and other providers to improve well-being.
• Develop discharge plans with multidisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care.
• Organize daily work by assessing patient needs and prioritizing tasks.
• Provide psychosocial assessments and crisis interventions as needed.
• Coordinate with multiple care teams and outside agencies to ensure timely discharge and quality care.
• Provide staff support and debriefing as needed with Employee Assistance Program.

Skills

Behavioral Health

Patient Care

Team Collaboration

Community Services

Care Continuity

Communication

Referrals

Psychosocial Eval

Patient-Family Coord

Conflict Resolution

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Job description

Budge Clinic

Full time

R177388

Job Description

The Clinical Mental Health Professional utilizes clinical expertise to perform psychosocial assessments, develop and implement plans of care appropriate care team, assess crisis situations to appropriately provide needed resources and or referrals for the patient, and to provide family and individual treatment as indicated. This position works collaboratively with patients, patient's significant other, families, healthcare providers, insurers, community resources, and all other involved parties. This position provides care appropriate to the established plan of care in the assigned patient population.

To show our commitment to you, we are pleased to offer a $2500 sign on bonus (external candidates only)

Selected candidate will need to complete internal credentialing prior to starting, current timeframe is 60-90 days.

Essential Functions

• Diagnoses and treats various mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, modifying care plan(s) to reflect changes in patient status
• Refers patients to other services to improve their well-being. These referrals may include community services, treatment programs, support groups, psychiatrists, or other mental health providers.
• Works with the multi-disciplinary team to develop a discharge plan in order to provide further care, services, and referrals in order to ensure continuity of care.
• Organizes and prioritizes daily work by assessing new, current, and discharging patient needs in area(s) of responsibility.
• Performs behavioral health consultation for patients and caregivers. Conducts psychosocial assessments. Provides supportive, crisis bereavement and other behavioral health interventions as necessary.
• Educates, communicates, and coordinates with multiple patient care teams and outside agencies as necessary to ensure the patient receives quality care, a timely discharge, and to identify and resolve delays and issues. Credentialing through medical staff office and peer review requirements may apply if working in the behavioral health setting.
• May provide support and debriefing, in conjunction with the Employee Assistance Program, for staff members following adverse events.

Skills

• Behavioral Health Intervention
• Patient Care
• Mutli-disciplinary Teaming
• Community Based Services
• Continuity of Care
• Communication
• Referrals
• Psychosocial Evaluation
• Patient and Family Coordination
• Conflict Resolution

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or related field. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Current state licensure (as required by state) as LCSW, LMFT, CMHC/LPC/LCPC, LMFT, or Psychologist.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with patients, families, and treatment teams.
• Dual licensure with current state licensure as LAC
• Montana Only: Current state licensure as a MHPP.
• Experience treating anxiety and depression

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Ability to regularly lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Employees must be physically able to use crisis prevention intervention techniques including: physical management of a child, running to prevent a runaway incident. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, run or crawl.

Location:

Budge Clinic

Work City:

Logan

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$35.60 - $54.93

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more. (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/peak-program/)

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