Inpatient Therapist​/LMSW - Houston, United States - Westpark Springs

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    Description

    Position:
    Inpatient Therapist (LMSW)


    Overview:
    INPATIENT THERAPIST (FULL-TIME)

    LMSW Westpark Springs is a 72

    -bed behavioral hospital located Richmond, Texas. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. At Westpark Springs we are dedicated to Changing People's Lives As a Therapist, you will be a member of the clinical services team at Westpark Springs. Our team drives a "Clinical First" attitude to help fulfill our mission of "Changing People's Lives".


    Members of our team Enjoy:
    Working with a highly engaged staff

    Healthy staffing levels

    Flexible scheduling

    Career growth

    Competitive compensation


    UKG Wallet – We've partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.


    Position Details:
    Provide Psychotherapy and counseling therapies to patients suffering from psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. Therapies include group, individual and family.

    Ensure accurate and timely patient documentation

    Actively communicates with clients, families, and outside referral sources, functioning within the scope of HIPAA and 42 CFR Part


    • Demonstrates proactive
    communication
    with those involved with the patient's treatment, documenting all correspondence held with patients and other stakeholders.

    Displays heavy involvement in treatment planning for patients. Works with patient to achieve treatment plan goals and accurately documents progress. Demonstrates initiative to revise the treatment plan to create new goals for patients if appropriate.

    Ongoing and consistent
    collaboration
    with the
    interdisciplinary
    team including physicians, utilization review and nursing staff members. Demonstrates active
    communication
    with team members.

    Demonstrates the ability to work with the utilization review department. Ensures
    communication
    with UR on length of stay and treatment of patients.

    Creates thorough discharge plans with clients that meets the clients after care needs.

    Ensures both patient and appropriate family members or referral sources have appropriate paperwork in a timely manner after discharge to ensure continuum of care.

    Qualifications:

    Requirements:

    Master's Degree in Social Work or Counseling and relevant licensure in state of practice Current unencumbered state licensure per state requirements

    CPR and CPI Certification within 30 day of employment and prior to patient contact.

    Experience:

    Prior work with psychiatric and chemical dependency patients.

    Group and individual counseling a must.