Therapist- PRN

Universal Hospital Services Inc.; South Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Master's Level Therapist/Clinician to join their dedicated team. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on patients' lives through compassionate care and evidence-based approaches. You will facilitate therapy groups, conduct psycho-social assessments, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to deliver quality treatment. The position emphasizes personal growth, teamwork, and a commitment to patient progress. Join a supportive environment where your skills and empathy will help transform lives and foster hope within the community.

Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Competitive Compensation

Challenging Work Environment

Qualifications

• Master's degree required in social work, psychology, or mental health counseling.
• Experience in psychiatric hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate therapy groups and complete psycho-social assessments.
• Maintain documentation and communicate effectively with patients' families.
• Participate in treatment planning and provide case management services.

Skills

Therapeutic Skills

Communication Skills

Psycho Social Assessments

Discharge Planning

Crisis Management

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

Master's Degree in Psychology

Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling

Job description

Responsibilities

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is currently looking for a Master's Level Therapist/Clinician to join our team of dedicated professionals.

Who We Are

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is a 156-bed licensed, private psychiatric facility located on 13 acres in Greer, SC, conveniently close to I-85. Specializing in psychiatric programs and substance use treatment, inpatient programs are offered for adolescents, adults, and senior adults. There are also intensive outpatient programs (IOP) and partial hospitalization programs (PHP) for patients with psychiatric and co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Above all else, we treat every patient with compassion and respect. Using evidence-based treatment approaches and individualized care, we strive to instill hope in our patients, their families, and our community.

Who You Are

It’s the opportunity to make a difference that drives you. It's taking the time to really listen to a patient so you can do your best to help. It's the camaraderie among professionals who push you further than you ever thought you could go. You are as equally diligent and attentive during quiet times as you are in a crisis situation. You are a highly empathetic individual with a high level of emotional and social intelligence. Your satisfaction comes from a patient’s noticeable progress or a sincere word of thanks from your patient's family. It's these experiences that solidify your dedication to helping others.

Position Summary:

• Able to facilitate therapy groups
• Completes Psycho Social assessments
• Maintains patient, program, department, and related documentation
• Effectively communicates with patient family or patient social support
• Effective discharge planning skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Participates in treatment care planning and helps implement treatment care plan
• Substantial knowledge of therapeutic skills and can effectively use these skills to intervene with behavioral health patients
• Participate in restraint and seclusion of patients when required
• Supports hospital Service Excellence standards
• Completes annual and other training in a timely manner
• Maintains CPR training

Inpatient

To provide quality case management psychotherapeutic services to adult and/or adolescent psychiatric patient populations (age range approximately 12 and up) and their families, spouse, significant other. To serve as a member of the interdisciplinary team supporting the organization’s treatment program and philosophy and assure the deliverance of quality treatment to adult and/or adolescent patients and their families.

Outpatient

To develop and administer a comprehensive intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization program, Suboxone program, or other outpatient programs that respond to the community’s need and support the organization’s overall mission, philosophy, and goals. To integrate the management of the intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization program, Suboxone program, or other outpatient programs into the Carolina Center’s continuum of care.

Benefit Highlights:

Challenging and rewarding work environment • Career development opportunities • Competitive Compensation

Qualifications

Master's degree in social work, psychology, mental health counseling, or a similar educational degree required. Licensure preferred; experience in psychiatric hospital setting preferred; range of experience within the continuum of care preferred (e.g., inpatient, outpatient, or IOP, partial).

Physical and Mental Requirements of the Job:

Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situations such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner. Able to reach, walk, and stand for sustained periods of time; able to move about quickly on foot; able to finger, grasp (sometimes using repetitive motions) and lift objects, raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position; able to push using upper extremities to press against something with steady force; able to express and exchange ideas via spoken word to convey detailed information in an audible, accurate, and possible quick manner; able to perceive the nature of sounds with no less than a 40 dB loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 20000 Hz, with or without correction; able to make fine discriminations in sound.

Work is primarily sedentary in nature, requiring the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Visual acuity required adequate for reading, preparing and analyzing data, transcription, and characters on computer terminal; visual inspection of documents.

Worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions; conditions are typical of office settings and administrative work.

Must be able to concentrate on work amidst distractions such as noise, conversations, and foot traffic; must be able to consistently meet deadlines regardless of case load; must be flexible in work hours in order to meet patient and hospital operating needs.