Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital - Mental Health Therapist

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Rotating (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview
Provide professional mental health treatment to patients and families, utilizing recognized best practice interventions. These core services include assessment of psychosocial functioning and capacities, ability to complete a mental status examination, ability to diagnose mental health condition and provide treatment recommendations. Provide a variety of therapies to address mental health diagnosis that effect children and their families. Collaborate with many disciplines, programs, departments, and organizations in the accomplishment of these duties. Must be able to provide supervision to developing mental health providers in the treatment of children and their families, including training and direct supervision of Fellows. Also provide clinical care to the Behavioral Health Integrated Program when appropriate on an as needed basis.

What you will do

• Professional Practice
• Assesses, plans, implements professional interventions based upon knowledge of social work practice, human behavior and the social environment, as well as child and family development and functioning. Interventions are directed to the required by patients and their families around illness and disease, hospitalization, and any continuing care that may be required over time.
• Performs psychosocial assessment with patients and/or family.
• Intervenes/treats patient and/or family-based on the psychosocial assessment providing age and developmentally appropriate counseling, treatment and resources as indicated.
• Encourages and utilizes feedback from patients, families and other staff to improve professional services. Evaluates the effectiveness of professional services and redefines goals or modalities as indicated. Organizes individual workload and sets priorities based on patient care needs and departmental standards. Meets workload standards for assigned areas.
• Adheres to professional medical - legal reporting requirements. Seeks appropriate supervision on risk management issues.
• Professional Communications
• Responsible for accurate documentation of professional services in the patient's electronic medical record. All requirements for record keeping and documentation, including billing data, are to be completed in a timely manner.
• Required documentation of assessments and interventions are well organized, clear, and timely.
• All written work is compliant and recorded properly according to hospital policy.
• Required information system data is completed and submitted according to program, department and hospital standards.
• Completes hospital, department and program requests for information within required time frames.
• Completes and submits any required reports or forms to other departments or outside agencies (as appropriate) within required time frames.
• Professional Work Environment
• Promotes a positive, professional work environment with patients/families, hospital staff, as well as agencies and organizations providing services to patients and families.
• Actively supports the mission, goals and priorities of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
• Maintains positive and effective work relationships with internal and external customers.
• Appropriately exchanges constructive feedback with peers, colleagues and supervisory staff.
• Actively participates in team meetings, care conferences, rounds and other forums designed to facilitate the delivery of effective and efficient patient and family care
• Educates others on the psychosocial aspects of health and illness.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity in all work performed.
• Collaborates with others in the promotion of health through education and wellness initiatives.
• Demonstrates a positive professional attitude and cooperatively and constru