Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist – Epilepsy Center

                    

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Job Title

Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist – Epilepsy Center

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

Epilepsy-Main Campus Hospital

                      

Job Code

T9991W

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist – Epilepsy Center

 

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Neurological Institute and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. The Neurological Institute is known for being a leader in treating and researching the most complex neurological disorders and advancing innovations in neurology.   

 

Cleveland Clinic has one of the largest, most comprehensive programs in the world for the evaluation, medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy in children and adults, managing more than 10,000 patients every year. We are committed to our epilepsy patients -- providing excellent clinical management and applying advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and approaches. 

 

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am—5:00pm. 

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Utilize specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in psychotherapy, clinical counseling, diagnostic interviews, assessments and treatment plans to patients ranging from 5 years old to late adulthood.  

• Provide individual, group, family and crisis counseling.  

• Utilize a clinical focus across the mental health spectrum from anxiety and depression to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  

• Participate in the development and implementation of assessments based on interdisciplinary treatment plans.  

• Consult with team members, statutory and voluntary agencies, and relatives to ensure compliance with the patient treatment plan.  

• Act as a liaison with patients, families, community support workers and facilities to obtain information and facilitate discharge planning.  

• Educate and provide resources to patients and families.  

• Supervise and/or train lower-level social workers, students or interns.  

• Process paperwork and complete clinical documentation.  

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling or a related field.  

• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW).  

• No record of substantiated ethics or patient abuse reports.  

• Three years of experience in a behavioral health setting.  

• Comprehensive knowledge of current psychotherapeutic techniques, theories and practices sufficient to evaluate, diagnose and counsel patients.