Job Description

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This Licensed Mental Health Therapist position includes a market competitive benefit and compensation package with a salary range of $70,000-$75,000

• Conduct interviews upon admission to identify the strengths and needs of the patient and the family. Along with the psychiatrists, nurses, and occupational therapist, help to develop treatment goals for the hospital stay and beyond.
• Provide information and supportive counseling to patients and families in relation to the illness itself and how it affects relationships, work/school performance, and family life.
• Primary point of contact for the family. When appropriate, provide the family with information and arrange and conduct meetings to facilitate communication among patient, family and care team members. This is often vital to the transition of the patient when discharged and to the long-term success of treatment.
• Conduct therapeutic groups to help patients with coping skills.
• Guide patients’ contact with agencies in the community and provide most of the information for follow-up. Planning for aftercare is a collaborative process with patient, family, the treatment team, and outside services.
• Provide person centered and individualized care in individual treatment, group, and family therapy as deemed appropriate to the individual’s specific illness.
• Provide psychosocial assessments of all patients. Conduct assessments of patient’s social, emotional, interpersonal and socioeconomic issues.
• Work to enhance patient and family communications with the treatment team members to enable patients to be active partners in their own care.
• Provide clinical support and coverage to other clinical staff and units, as assigned/needed.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary team processes, including rounds, treatment planning, case reviews, and collaborate on discharge planning with the treatment team, including the case management team.
• Primary therapist to assigned patients to assess presentation in relation to DSM 5 including substance use, aging, bullying, anger management, relationships, depression, LBGTQ, self-esteem, stress and suicide.
• Work collaboratively with the patient, legal guardian, caregiver, collateral contacts and treatment team in creating a personalized treatment plan.
• Contribute in staff meeting, case conferences, case presentations, and training initiatives.
• Complete required documentation in the patient electronic medical record in a timely manner, according to policy and procedure.
• Individuals will be assigned to a caseload between two/three inpatient units, depending on the needs of the program.
• Individuals may be assigned to cover groups as well depending on census and needs of the program.

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Signet Health is hiring for NY licensed and experienced Licensed Mental Health Therapists for our in-patient program at Westchester Medical Center. This professional clinical position is responsible for conducting clinical evaluations and delivering treatment services in individual and group formats consistent with the scope of practice of the incumbent. Treatment and therapy will be provided based upon the treatment plan developed by the multidisciplinary treatment team. This professional will be a key member of the treatment team and its process.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Licensed in New York as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or Limited Permit.

• 2 years’ experience providing behavioral health services in an inpatient setting preferred.

• The incumbent must have knowledge of crisis intervention principles and practices, case management practices, understanding and the ability to provide individual, group and family therapy.

• Knowledge of medical and pharmacology terminology.

• Skills to detect unusual patient behaviors through observing people who are at risk because of health problems, substance use or other health related problems.

• Professional writing skills to document patient’s condition, treatment and care plan in records.

• Establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with patients, co-workers, supervisors, physicians and the general public and work in a treatment team environment.

• Physical ability to perform duties assigned.

• Knowledge of regulatory agency standards Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Mental Health and Det Norske Veritas standards.

• Commitment to enhancing cultural competency.

• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, and to follow oral and written instructions as well as the ability to read and understand English.

Hospital/Program Description

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.

The Behavioral Health Center, located on WMC's Valhalla campus, has been a leading provider of psychiatric services since 1929, offering a full spectrum of inpatient, outpatient, community and emergency care for adults, children, and adolescents.