Job Description

Overview:

Mesa Springs

Full time Inpatient Therapist

Shift:Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

Mesa Springs is a 72-bed behavioral hospital located in Fort Worth, Texas. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. At Mesa Springs we are dedicated to Changing People\xe2\x80\x99s Lives\xc2\xae.

As a Therapist, you will be a member of the clinical services team at Mesa Springs. Our team drives a \xe2\x80\x9cClinical First\xe2\x80\x9d attitude to help fulfill our mission of \xe2\x80\x9cChanging People\xe2\x80\x99s Lives\xc2\xae\xe2\x80\x9d. Our therapists utilize an evidence base approach to meet the individual needs of our patients. Our model includes group, family and individual therapy. As a therapist, you will work closely with all departments to provide an exceptional experience for each patient, their family and support systems. Our patient centric approach delivers superior outcomes for inpatients and outpatients.

Members of our team Enjoy:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation

UKG Wallet \xe2\x80\x93 We\xe2\x80\x99ve 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 2. Demonstrates proactive communication with those involved with the patient\xe2\x80\x99s 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\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Social Work or Counseling or relevant licensure in state of practice.LMSW,LCSW,LPC/(-A)LMFT-A,LMFT
• 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.

Mesa Springs