Shift Day
Location
Greer, SC | United States
Job description
Responsibilities
SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES:
The Inpatient Mental Health Therapist provides group, family and individual therapy for patients on each of the hospital units. They are an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, nurses, technicians, pharmacists, and others. The inpatient therapist engages with patients daily to help them resolve their mental health crisis utilizing a variety of therapeutic models and techniques. The inpatient therapist promotes safety and well-being following discharge by engaging in safety planning with patients and their families / supports.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Assesses the patient's medical history, mental health history, and current presentation to understand the patient's needs from treatment.
• Organizes and prioritizes daily work by assessing new, current, and discharging patient needs in area(s) of responsibility.
• Treats various mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
• Performs social work consultation for patients and caregivers. Conducts psychosocial assessments. Provides supportive, crisis bereavement and other social work interventions as necessary.
• Develops a plan of care either individually or with input from the patient, patient family and significant others, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Modifies care plans to reflect changes in patient status.
• Refers patients to other services to improve their well-being. These referrals may include community services, treatment programs, support groups, psychiatrists, or other mental health providers.
• Educates, communicates, and coordinates with multiple patient care teams and outside agencies as necessary to ensure the patient receives quality care, a timely discharge, and to identify and resolve delays and issues. Credentialing through medical staff office and peer review requirements may apply if working in the behavioral health setting.
• May provide support and debriefing, in conjunction with the Employee Assistance Program, for staff members following adverse events.
• Acts as an advocate on behalf of patients and families, where appropriate, to ensure effective communication with multidisciplinary care team, outside agencies and other resources as necessary.
• Works with the multi-disciplinary team to develop a discharge plan in order to provide further care, services, and referrals in order to ensure continuity of care.
• Completes timely and accurate documentation in the medical record using knowledge of documentation standards for the department to facilitate communication with team members. Documentation is done in compliance with all clinical guidelines and billing/reimbursement standards.
• Complies with federal, state, local, and clinical program/facility standards.
• Acts within the scope of the Mental Health Practice Act.
• May identify patients at risk for potential avoidable delays, extended stay, readmission, financial or complex discharge needs. Coordinate with care providers and leaders to reach optimal solutions.
• May provide psychotherapeutic modalities appropriate to the level of care.
• May ensure that productivity standards and expectations are met.
• May coordinate the discharge planning process from patient admission to departure. Screens for and assess patient needs, develop a discharge plan, and coordinate with internal and external services for care during and after the hospital stay.
QualificationsQUALIFICATIONS AT ENTRY:
Master's Degree in Social Work or related fields. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Computer skills (email, word processing, and spreadsheets).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience working with in a healthcare setting.
MACHINES, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED ON JOB:
Telephone Computer, printer and software
Copier Television and video player
Chart-o-graph machine Books
Staple Desk equipment
3-hole punch
Tape recorder
Keys (unlocking doors)
Writing instruments
Restraining devices
Calculator
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF JOB:
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
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.
VISUAL ACUITY:
Ability to inspect and analyze figures, transcription, written materials, computer terminal characters, and other similar objects at distances generally close to the eyes.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Possible exposure to psychiatric patients who may exhibit violent/aggressive behavior; potential exposure to communicable diseases, blood/body fluids and, other hazardous waste. Ability to exercise self-control in potentially volatile situation such as being verbally or physically confronted in a threatening or aggressive manner. Must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and foot traffic. Ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another. Must be flexible and not easily frustrated in dealing with differences of opinions. Able to assist in patient restraints and seclusions.
THE CAROLINA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO SERVICE EXCELLENCE
Service Excellence is part of all we do at The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health. Our standards include:
• Treat everyone as a guest by making a good first impression, anticipating needs and displaying service recovery skills.
• Demonstrate professionalism and excellence by looking professional, being accountable for actions and delivering excellence in our everyday work.
• Practice teamwork by participating in decision-making and process improvement, communicating effectively and focusing on the problem/issue, not the person.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is committed to the principle of Equal Employment Opportunity for all employees and applicants. It is our policy to ensure that both current and prospective employees are afforded equal employment opportunity without consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation or, disability in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.
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