Psychiatric Therapist

Baptist Health Arkansas; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Arkansas seeks a licensed mental health professional to serve as primary therapist and case manager for a defined group of patients. You will coordinate, direct, formulate, and participate in all aspects of the treatment experience with an interdisciplinary team.

You will document treatment progress, ensure continuity of care through discharge, including discharge planning, and collaborate with physicians, social workers, and other specialists to optimize patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Licensed Mental Health Professional required (LPC, LCSW, or LPE-I).
• Supervision plan needed if pursuing independent licensure.
• Documentation of treatment progress and discharge planning are essential.

Responsibilities

• Acts as primary therapist and case manager for a group of patients.
• Coordinates, directs, formulates, and participates in all aspects of the treatment experience with the interdisciplinary team.
• Documents treatment progress and ensures continuity of care through discharge, including discharge planning.

Skills

LPC

LCSW

LPE-I

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

LPC

LCSW

LPE-I

Job description

Acts as primary therapist and case manager/case coordinator for a group of patients. Coordinates, directs, formulates, and participates in all aspects of the treatment experience with the rest of the interdisciplinary team. Documents treatment progress and ensures continuity of care through discharge, including discharge planning.

Other information:

Licensed Mental Health Professional required includes LPC, LCSW and LPE-I. Lower level licensure may be considered if there is an agreed upon supervision plan and pathway to independent licensure.

This job will be authorized80.00 hours bi-weekly.

Today, Baptist Health is Arkansas' most comprehensive healthcare organization with more than 250 points of access that include 11 hospitals, urgent care centers, a senior living community, and over 100 primary and specialty care clinics in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.