Primary Therapist na Ascent Behavioral Hospital

Description

Job Title: Mental Health Therapist 

Department: Clinical
Reports To: Clinical Director

FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Ascent Behavioral Hospital – Millcreek, UT

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About Ascent Behavioral Hospital

Ascent Behavioral Hospital is a specialized adolescent psychiatric hospital dedicated to delivering high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health care in a safe, structured, and compassionate environment. Our mission-driven culture emphasizes integrity, accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence in support of patient care and organizational sustainability.

Position Summary

The primary therapist role provides clinical services for teens in an acute psychiatric hospital setting by combining group therapy and acute stabilization in a trauma-informed environment. Caseload will consist of adolescents, ages 12 through 18, who are struggling with issues such as depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, drug and alcohol abuse, and trauma. The primary therapist will be a critical component of a multi-disciplinary treatment team aimed at stabilizing clinically complex adolescents and providing support to the adolescent’s family.

Key Responsibilities 

• Performs a biopsychosocial assessment of patients and families within seven days of admission. 
• Provides psychiatric diagnoses for each patient on his/her caseload, utilizing the most current best practice.  
• Creates and adjusts an individualized master treatment plan for each of his/her patients.
• Works in conjunction with direct care staff to help patients complete therapeutic assignments. 
• Instructs co-workers on psychiatric disorders, common symptoms, and therapeutic techniques as assigned by the Clinical Director.
• Aids in crisis intervention outside of regularly scheduled therapy sessions. 
• Participates and contributes to the collection of treatment outcomes in a timely manner.
• Participates in the clinical team’s on-call rotation. Is responsive to parents and staff as needed while on call. 
• Communicates to educational consultants on a weekly basis or as requested by the consultant.
• Coordinates aftercare and transition plans with parents, treatment team, educational consultants, and outside agencies as needed.
• Completes all documentation within the designated timeframe provided. Documentation must be done within 24 hours for all clinical sessions and groups.
• Coordinates with the assigned psychiatrist to provide information and assist in any testing that needs to be completed.
• Communicates with clinical director and clinical team at least once per week..
• Attends weekly individual supervision with the hospital’s Clinical Director. 
• Conducts two group therapy sessions per day as assigned by the clinical director.
• Communicates with each family upon admission and as needed throughout the patient’s stay.  Provides a family therapy session at the time of discharge.
• Participates in daily treatment team meetings
• Attends and participates in weekly clinical team meetings. 

Competency

•  Knowledge of company policies and procedures.
•  Knowledge of DSM-V disorders and other pertinent issues facing the patients and their families.
• Knowledge of pertinent clinical terminology, typical interventions, and appropriate clinical techniques. 
• Knowledge of laws regarding documentation, reporting, and confidentiality.
• Skill in planning, implementing and adjusting a course of treatment.
• Ability to support the hospital program, it’s mission statement, and it’s philosophies. 
• Ability to hold appropriate boundaries with patients and parents.
• Ability to assess and interpret patient behavior.
• Ability to make critical decisions regarding patients based on input from multiple sources.
• Skill in facilitating therapeutic involvement of all necessary participants in treatment.
• Skill in recognizing potential enmeshment and blind spots in your relationships with patients, parents, and other members of the treatment team
• Ability to solicit and use patient feedback throughout the therapeutic process.
• Ability to maintain collaborative working relationships with referral resources and with other outside practitioners involved in the patient's care.
• Ability to maintain effective communication with third party payers (i.e. insurance companies)
• Ability to manage risks, crises, and emergencies in a collaborative way.
• Ability to work cooperatively with all members of the treatment team
• Ability to manage frustrations/complaints by verbalizing and problem solving with your supervisor as opposed to destroying employee culture by complaining to peers. 
• Ability to practice within defined scope of practice and competence as a therapist.
• Ability in seeking consultation and support from others when needed
• Ability to take guidance and direction from supervisors
• Ability in taking initiative to improve the delivery of clinical services to patients and families.
• Ability to display an effective balance of clinical care and customer service.

Requirements

Qualifications

Please ensure your resume includes education, work experience, certifications, and licenses

• Advanced degree in a mental health field
• 2+ years clinical experience
• Licensed with Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
• DOPL license is unrestricted and in good standing
• Able to pass criminal investigation background checks
• Eligible to work in the USA
• Able to pass motor vehicle record checks
• Current Utah driver's license (within 30 days of employment)
• 1st Aid & CPR certified (we may provide)
• crisis intervention certified (we may provide)

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and other insurance plans available after probationary period

• Employer contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Continued professional development and certification opportunities
• Significant discounts for hundreds of professional gear brands
• Close to many world-class ski resorts