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Job Title

• Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist
• Part Time

Location

Akron

Facility

Bath Health and Wellness:

Department

Psychiatry-Neurological Institute

Job Code

D99876

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General's Bath Health and Wellness Center and become part of a top healthcare system in Akron. This patient-friendly facility offers a variety of primary care, emergency care and specialty services along with Lifestyles, a medically based fitness program and facility.

As a Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist, you will utilize specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas of psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients in the Intensive Outpatient Program at Bath Health and Wellness Center and Akron General. This role is crucial in helping patients transition out of the hospital or preventing them from coming back to the hospital. As a part of Cleveland Clinic, you will also have continuous education and professional development opportunities to enhance your skills.

A PRN caregiver in this position works Monday-Thursday from 8: 00AM – 2:00PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide therapy sessions for individuals, groups or families.

• Utilize a clinical focus across the mental health spectrum from anxiety and depression to bi-polar and schizophrenia.

• Utilize specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas of psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients.

• Participate in the development and implementation of an appropriate assessment based interdisciplinary treatment plan.

• Consult with team managers, statutory and voluntary agencies and patient relatives to ensure compliance with patient treatment plan.

• Complete comprehensive psychosocial assessment and participate in interdisciplinary rounds.

• Provide individual, group, family and crisis counseling.

• Act as a liaison with patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.

• Provide education and resources for patients and family members.

• Supervise and/or train lower-level social workers, students or interns.

• Process paperwork, take telephone calls and complete clinical documentation.

• Participate in continuing professional education, departmental meetings and teaching.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling or a related field

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

• No record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports

• Three years of experience in a behavioral health setting

• Comprehensive knowledge of current psychotherapeutic techniques, theories and practices sufficient to evaluate, diagnose and counsel patients

• Ability to concisely document clinical findings and patient needs in an electronic medical record while navigating a multi-specialized behavioral health environment

• Ability to communicate across different electronic platforms and across a broad geographic provide base

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Two years of experience in Mental Health service delivery with one year of leading group therapy

• Experience with DBT Therapy

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit/stand for extended periods of time.

• Must be able to climb stairs, pull, push and facilitate movement of the patient.

• Must have normal or correctable vision.

• Must have normal or correctable hearing to be able to hear normal conversations.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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