Mental Health Therapist

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What Awaits You?

• Career growth and development
• Diverse and collaborative working environment
• Affordable and comprehensive benefits package
• $5000.00 sign-on bonus

SUMMARY

In collaboration with patients/families, case managers, physicians and the interdisciplinary team, the Mental Health Therapist 1 provides direct psychosocial and practical care including psychological assessments, problem identification, goal setting, behavioral intervention and implementation of care plans. He / She Collaborates with all disciplines to optimize patient outcomes; scope of services may include, but is not limited to: developing action plans to mitigate psycho-social barriers to discharge; patient/family engagement and education; employing interventions (crisis intervention, grief counseling, suspected abuse reporting) to address immediate needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform all functions.

• Completes diagnostic intake in accordance with joint commission requirements.
• Completes full psychosocial assessment and plan of care for patients and families who require intervention.
• Provides direct psychotherapy and psychosocial care for a full case load of patients in assigned area.
• Works in a collaborative practice model, facilitating care coordination with the multidisciplinary treatment team for care progression to optimize patient outcomes.
• Monitors effectiveness of medication and observes for and reports side-effects of medication. Notifies and consults with physician if medication changes are indicated.
• Adheres to departmental and regulatory documentation standards and formulates clear descriptions of the problems, goals and interventions. Adheres to timely completion of medical record documentation.
• Implements and regularly uses feedback informed treatment (FIT).
• Maintains a current and productive network of referral resources. Seeks out local, regional and national community resources to meet patient need.
• Assists with resource referral, capacity determination, legal guardianships, adoptions, psychiatric referral, and assessment of abuse/neglect/IPV, end of life and charity care.
• Identifies need for and facilitates family meetings.
• Leads or participates in interdisciplinary rounds if applicable for assignment area and articulates social work role to the team members.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• May be required to provide coverage during absences and vacancies.
• May serve on committees within the medical center and community.
• Provides on-call coverage as needed.
• Participates in supervision as mandated by COMAR regulations.
• Does not include clinical supervisory responsibility.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Masters degree in applied psychology or related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively within an integrated interdisciplinary team.
• Comprehensive knowledge of community resources.
• Knowledge of and ability to gather relevant data to synthesize and summarize information in making judgments regarding patient care.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills necessary to communicate/exchange and interact effectively and professionally with hospital staff, agency health care professionals, patients and families.
• Prioritizes work in a timely and effective manner.
• Proficiency with an electronic patient record, email, general office and communications equipment.

Required Licensure, Certification, On-going Training:

• Maryland LGPC required, LCPC and LCSW-C will also be considered

Work Experience:

• One-year experience, healthcare related field preferred
• Field placement may be considered in work experience

Salary Range: Minimum 31.45 per hour - Maximum 51.91 per hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility.

In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

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Diversity and Inclusion are Johns Hopkins Medicine Core Values. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

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