Outpatient Therapist

Overview

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.

As a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team, our therapists provide direct clinical services - including assessments, interventions, treatment planning and discharge planning, as well as providing individual, family, and/or group therapy to further patient/family/group progress in treatment.

• Provides direct clinical services in accordance with accepted standards of social/work clinical practice.
• Plans and conducts individual, family and/or group therapy as assigned by the Director of Social Services or physician's order.
• Conducts, assesses and interprets completion of Comprehensive Integrated Assessment.
• Reviews all Multidisciplinary assessments and compiles a Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan under the supervision of the attending physician.
• Performs case management and discharge planning as assigned by the Director of Social Services.
• Attends multidisciplinary treatment team meetings, provides updates on assigned patients and their progress toward treatment goals; combines the reports of all disciplines into a multidisciplinary treatment integration summary to facilitate progress toward treatment plan goals.
• Delivers patient services in an ethical manner that promotes respect for the patient and enhances dignity and satisfaction; demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret a patient’s response to treatment in age/disability/culturally sensitive ways.
• Assesses and interprets age/disability/cultural needs; identifies safety, psychosocial, special mobility and equipment needs; communicates in an age/disability/culturally sensitive manner to patients and their families.
• 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.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

• At a minimum a Clinical Social Worker (CSW), LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LPC-A (TX Only) or Psychologist.
• 0 to 1 year post-graduate experience in clinical practice.

• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to any age-related disability-related needs of the patients served on assignment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development appropriate to the patient population served.
• Is able to assess and interpret data about the patient’s status to identify needs and provide appropriate care, including age-related care/disability/cultural sensitivity related care to adolescent, chronically mentally ill, adult, geriatric, chemically dependent, and dually diagnosed populations.
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of mental illness and chemical dependency and the family dynamics that accompany them.
• Has basic knowledge of chronic mental illness.
• Has in-depth knowledge of clinical therapy modalities.
• Maintains excellent communication and group/process skills related to age specific patient needs.
• Is able to demonstrate assessment, intervention, treatment and discharge planning skills.
• Can pass the general age/disability post-test.
• Is versatile, flexible, and able to perform in stressful situations.
• Has good time and organizational skills.
• Is capable of coordinating a multi-faceted workload.
• Is able to work with an array of mental/physical disabled persons.
• Must successfully complete CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral de-escalation program.

Subject to many interruptions. Occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries. This position can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically with the atmosphere.