Travel Licensed Therapist - Behavioral Health

Travel Therapist Opportunity

Assignment Details - Licensed Inpatient Therapist

• Specialty: Behavioral Health
• Location: Clive, IA
• January 2025 start date
• Duration: 13 weeks with potential to renew
• Full-Time, 40 hours per week, 5x8 schedule
• Shift: Day shift, Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
• Enhanced hourly rate & tax-exempt stipend where applicable
• Bi-weekly pay
• Paid travel to/from assignment
• Opportunity for overtime

Who we are & where you can make a difference:

Quality care is our passion; improving lives is our reward. Horizon Health, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, is a leading behavioral services management company. Our Adventure Therapist powered by Horizon Health program offers flexible employment opportunities across our national network of over 200 behavioral health facilities.

Why become a Travel Therapist with Horizon Health?

• Be independent, enjoy variety AND be part of a collaborative team.
• Train once and receive your passport to over 200 UHS locations in 39 States and DC!
• Start confident - Receive our comprehensive orientation prior to your first assignment.
• Career development opportunities - join a large, nationwide network of peers and leaders that educate, routinely exchange ideas, and review current topics within the industry.
• Our in-house travel program is exclusive to UHS behavioral health facilities across the country. View our locations: UHS Map
• Fall in love with a location and facility? An intercompany transfer into any permanent position is easy with no pause in your benefit coverage.

Benefits for our In-house Traveling Therapist include:

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Expand your experience and energize your career
• Discounted Car Rental agreements
• Multiple Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

Job duties to include:

• Provide high quality patient care, displaying good skills in assessment of patients' functional needs and outcomes; consulting with and participating as part of the patients' treatment team.
• Assess patient needs regularly and assist in the developing and updating of the Master Treatment Plan.
• Provide clinically sound individual, family, and group therapies within required time frames and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Work within a team environment to ensure that each treatment modality is appropriate for the patient.
• Provide treatment and case management activities to the patient, which may include individual and group therapy, linkage with community resources, and discharge planning.
• Perform social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their biopsychosocial needs while enabling them to access through therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health.
• Complete specialized clinical social work services for patients/families, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term family therapy, and provide referrals as needed.
• Complete and maintain all required documentation in a timely manner consistent with policies and regulations.

To learn more about our travel positions before applying, please contact Devon Thornton, Adventure RN/Therapist Recruiter, at Devon.Thornton@horizonhealth.com.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 335 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Visit us online today at: https://jobs.uhsinc.com/careers/

Travel Therapist Job Requirements:

• Education: Master's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, mental health, or a related field required
• Licensure/Certifications: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Iowa; may consider non-licensed; must have current CPR and Mandtory Reporter for Adult/Child
• Experience: one or more year's experience in a mental health setting preferred

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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