Behavioral Health Therapist

Essential Job Duties:

Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

1. Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers, and coworkers
2. Must demonstrate working knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria
3. Complete Diagnostic Assessments with all 5 Axis and criteria to support diagnosis; incorporate client participation in treatment plans.
4. Provides psychotherapy for patients, and consults other professionals as needed.
5. Provide documentation that demonstrates services are medically necessary.
6. Work with multi-disciplinary team including therapists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
7. Coordinate services with other community agencies
8. Initiates transition/discharge planning; provide appropriate services.
9. Performs psychosocial evaluations and documentation and provides psychotherapeutic interventions that are appropriate to the client's age, education, cultural and ethnic background, medical status, and functional ability.
10. Documents all patient related activity in a timely manner and according to agency policy and legal and ethical standards.
11. Performs all administrative tasks related to his/her job assignments and other designated administrative tasks in timely manner.
12. Participates in clinical utilization review and interdisciplinary team sessions as needed, for the purpose of assisting in patient assessment, development and revision of treatment goals, and discharge planning.
13. In conjunction with the client(s) and a multidisciplinary treatment team, completes treatment plans in a timely manner, continually evolving the treatment plan to reflect the changing clinical needs of the client and the treatment.
14. Assists in planning and evaluation sessions with the organization which focus on program development, organization, and innovation.
15. Consults with Behavioral Health team and other colleagues when clinical decisions regarding risk arise.
16. Participates in seminars, workshops or other community education programs as required to maintain professional licensure. Participates in training sessions.
17. Delivers care in accordance with appropriate standards of care and practice, including patient rights and protection of confidentiality (e.g., DPH, HIPAA).
18. Complies with program policies and procedures.
19. Acts as a resource to the staff where services are rendered. Supports quality improvement activities.
20. Demonstrates appropriate professional judgment and effective use of time.
21. Acts as a resource for clinical and expertise to other staff members.
22. Works cooperatively within the Finance department to keep client accounts current.
23. Provides timely responses to requests for credentialing and paneling documentation and works collaboratively with Packard Health in regard to eligibility.
24. Performs other work-related duties as assigned/requested by supervisor.