Behavioral Health Therapist
Duke Careers
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Provide psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation
- Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate treatments and interventions
- Interventions may include crisis intervention, individual, marital, family and/or group therapies
- Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance use problems in patients
- May participate in on-call or after-hours coverage
- Provide consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed
- Maintain a working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact patient care
- Provide education to patients and loved ones around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation
- Participate in multi-disciplinary healthcare teams and provide leadership in representing clinical perspective
- May provide teaching and training for staff and faculty
- Contribute to the academic mission of the health system by participating in academic activities
- Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources
- Knowledge of health system resources to access and provide for patient care needs
- Document assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards
- Maintain records in accordance with department, hospital, medical center and/or health system policies
- Attend and participate in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings
- Participate in department and/or health system continuous quality improvement
- Keep current with license requirements and seek to increase further enhancement of job-related knowledge
- Adhere to onsite and/or hybrid availability for work policies as outlined by direct supervisor
Requirements
- Master's degree in human services/sciences from an accredited school
- Two years of outpatient psychotherapy experience as a fully licensed, autonomous clinician
- Current licensure as a licensed LCSW, LMFT, and/or LCMHC LCAS is preferred as a secondary license
Benefits
- $5000.00 Commitment Bonus paid over 1 year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
psychosocial assessmentspsychosocial treatment plancrisis interventionindividual therapymarital therapyfamily therapygroup therapyDSM diagnosismental health treatmentsubstance use management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationeducationconsultationadaptationtrainingquality improvementorganizational skillsinterpersonal skills
Certifications
Master's degree in human services/sciencesLCSWLMFTLCMHCLCAS