Therapist PRN

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C.; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Oceans Behavioral Hospital Lake Charles is seeking a Therapist to provide direct clinical services, including assessment, interventions, treatment planning and discharge planning, with individual, family, and group therapy as needed.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, document progress per Joint Commission and state regulations, and support patients and families with ethical, culturally sensitive care across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Qualifications

• Experience providing individual, family and/or group therapy.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments within 72 hours.
• Strong case management and discharge planning skills.
• Effective collaboration within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical services and treatment planning per Joint Commission and PI standards.
• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments within 72 hours of admission.
• Review multidisciplinary assessments to create treatment integration.
• Perform case management and discharge planning.
• Participate in treatment team meetings and report patient progress.
• Deliver ethical care that respects patient dignity and individuality.
• Identify safety and cultural needs and communicate with patient families.
• Involve support system in treatment decisions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Individual therapy

Family therapy

Group therapy

Discharge planning

Case management

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Ethical patient care

Cultural sensitivity

Job description

At Oceans Behavioral Hospital Lake Charles, healing is our focus. We are passionate about helping adults and seniors manage the challenges associated with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. Utilizing proven, innovative and progressive therapies, our qualified professionals strive to promote long-term wellness through a range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric counseling and treatment options.

The Therapist provides direct clinical services - assessment, interventions, treatment planning and discharge planning, as well as providing individual, family, and/or group therapy to further patient/family/group progress in treatment according to the Joint Commission, Federal and State Regulations, Oceans' Mission, policies and procedures and PI standards.

Essential Functions:

1. Provides direct clinical services in accordance with accepted standards of social/work clinical practice in a timely fashion as outlined by Joint Commission, Federal and State Regulations, Oceans Behavioral Hospital's Mission, policies and procedures and PI Standards.
2. Plans and conducts individual family and/or group therapy as assigned by the Director of Social Services or physician's order.
3. Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment - (Biopsychosocial) as assigned by Director of Social Services or physician's order within 72 hours (or 3 sessions) of admission.
4. Reviews all Multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Integration under the supervision of the attending physician within 96 hours (or 4 sessions) of admission.
5. Performs case management and discharge planning as assigned by the Director of Social Services.
6. Attends treatment team meetings when indicated and reporting on assigned patients and their progress toward treatment goals; combines the reports of all disciplines into a multidisciplinary treatment integration summary, which facilitates the patient's progress towards treatment plan goals
7. Delivers patient services in an ethical manner which promotes respect for the patient and enhances the patient's dignity and satisfaction; Demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret a patient's response to treatment in age/disability/culturally sensitive specific manner.
8. Assesses and interprets age/disability/cultural needs; Identifies safety, psychosocial, special mobility and special equipment needs; and Communicates in an age/disability/culturally sensitive related manner to patients and their families
9. Conducts treatment and discharge planning in accordance with age/disability/cultural needs and involves members of the patient's support system in decision making as appropriate.
10. Performs other duties and projects as assigned.