Mental Health Therapist, PRN, Weekends

Mental Health Therapist PRN Weekends and SOME days during the week for Staff PTO coverage, etc *Full Licensure highly preferred **Please read Qualifications carefully Piedmont Eastside, Behavioral Health, PRN Snellville, GA Our 62-bed Behavioral Health Unit is seeking compassionate mental health clinicians to care for patients with psychiatric illnesses. Our recovery-oriented program provides opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative care environment. 62-bed Inpatient Psychiatric Center Adult Psych Unit (ages 18- 64) Geriatric Psych Unit (ages 65 and older.) (Patients in this unit requires assistance with all aspects of daily living -Total Care) Intensive Outpatient Program ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) Social Workers are expected to conduct group therapy, psychosocial assessments, and discharge planning.

Responsibilities Provide Psychiatric and/or Chemical Dependency counseling services to the patients admitted to Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health inpatient units. KEY

• 1. Provides individual, group, and marital/ family therapy/ counseling in a variety of psychiatric settings. 2. Performs Psychosocial Assessments. 3. Provides treatment planning. 4. Provides discharge planning including linkage to community resources, referral sources and post discharge care providers. 5. Provides referrals for extended treatment or outpatient follow up. 6. Conducts psychoeducational groups and classes for patients and families. 7. Functions as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team. 8. Makes Post Discharge Wellness Check Calls on discharged patients. 9. Ensures and maintains confidentiality and privacy of patient information. 10. Maintains appropriate professional boundaries. 11. Possesses excellent writing and verbal skills. 12. Is knowledgeable of and follows all policies in daily job performance. 13. Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care or the delivered. 14. Attends in-service presentations and completes all mandatory education requirements. 15. Regular, punctual and dependable attendance. 16. Practices, develops and endorses customer service skills in relationships with internal and external customers. 17. Other duties as assigned. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS: A. Core Competencies: 1. Service: Strives to meet expectations/needs of customers; responds to concerns with sense of urgency; seeks win-win solutions for unreasonable patient/customer expectations 2. Quality/Ethics/Integrity: Seeks opportunities for improvement; prevents small problems from becoming large ones; pays attention to detail; follows instructions and protocol/procedures; adheres to company code of conduct; maintains integrity in all aspects of his/her work 3. Relationships: Builds effective working relationships; finds and provides information to clarify situations; expands on original ideas; contributes own ideas; places high priority on other team members’ goals; gains team agreement to support ideas; clearly explains rationale behind ideas/goals; demonstrates sensitivity to differing cultural views and needs; meets attendance and punctuality requirements 4. Adaptability: Seeks to understand changes in work tasks/processes; actively seeks information about new tasks/processes; treats change and new tasks/processes as opportunities for learning and personal growth; speaks positively about changes to others; quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with change B. Job Specific: As defined in department specific competencies KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES
• Ability to listen, empathize and respond to patient, family, internal and external partners needs.
• Basic computer skills.
• Good working knowledge of community resources for psychiatry, psychotherapy, and mutual support groups in local and surrounding area.
• Ability to perform as a team member on a multi-disciplinary treatment team of physicians, nurses, activities therapists and technicians. POPULATION SERVED: Adults of all ages with mental health and/or chemical dependency needs. COMPETENCIES: The competencies identified for this position are summarized and reviewed periodically throughout employment. The required behaviors and measurement associated with core, job specific, age specific, and management (if applicable) competencies and are maintained in the department education file. Age Specific: Neonate 0 day – 30 days Pediatric 31 days – 12 yrs Adolescent 13 yrs – 17 yrs Adult 18 yrs – 69 yrs Geriatric 70 yrs and up N/A No responsibility to treat or care for patients X X Disclaimer The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Qualifications Education Master’s Degree Required Work Experience 2 years of experience in a clinical setting, either inpatient or outpatient /partial hospital setting addressing both psychiatric and chemical dependency issues with clients. A minimum of two years of supervised experience in psychiatric setting or addictive disease treatment setting Required or 3 years of continuous active recovery in twelve step program Required Licenses and Certifications Professional certification and/or licensure as LCSW; LMSW; LMFT; LPC or actively pursuing such certification and/or licensure with projected completion within 2.5 years of hire Required and BCLS - Basic Life Support American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification Upon Hire Required and CPI certification within 90 Days Required Business Unit : Company Name Eastside Medical Center