Clinical Therapist- Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Department:

34901 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital - Psychology: Child/Adolescent

Status:

Part time

Benefits Eligible:

No

Hours Per Week:

8

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Every other weekend Saturday and Sunday 830AM-4PM on site.

Job Description Summary:

• This position supports the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. This position will provide therapeutic supports to patients and families as well as administer risk assessments/make recommendations for patients admitted to the pediatric medical units, as needed. Smaller patient to therapist ratios allow for the therapist to focus on building relationships and promoting positive outcomes. The individual filling this position will work closely alongside the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and the larger multi-disciplinary team.

Major Responsibilities:

• Direct Service: Provides individual, couple and family therapy services utilizing a solution focused, brief therapy framework.​
  • 1)Interviews and evaluates patients, establishes diagnosis, and monitors patients’ behavior. The treatment plan is developed collaboratively with the patient by defining goals, specific outcomes and timeframes for treatment. Intervenes psychotherapeutically to change attitudes, beliefs and behavior of patients to improve individual and family level of functioning.
  • 2)Provides case management, outreach and aftercare services to patients.
  • 3)Counsels crisis patients to stabilize patients’ condition in order to prevent patients from harming themselves or others, and uses short-term crisis intervention techniques and/or referral to other support services.
  • 4)Meets performance standards for direct staff hours (DSH) as outlined for position.
  • 5)Develops and leads at least one treatment and/or skills building group.
  • 6)Demonstrates ability to utilize and teach appropriate cognitive/behavior management and skill building techniques.
  • 7)Communicates with other agency programs and/or human service agencies to obtain all relevant patient information, refers patients and consults with other staff regarding patient progress.
  • 8)Consults with regard to crisis services.
  • 9)Communicates effectively orally and in writing.
  • 10)Provides coverage to maintain services as needed.
• Clinical Supervision: Provides supervision of the diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, treatment process and other professional duties. Directs supervisees on approaches to patient needs or suggests alternative approaches for resolution of problems.
  • 1)Assesses performance by monitoring the quality and quantity of job behaviors and evaluations performance annually.
  • 2)Ensures timely and accurate completion of forms, case recording and reports provided by the staff; reviews and provides reports as required.6)Fosters an environment where trainees will advance to further levels of competency.
  • 3)Assesses compliance with clinical and administrative policies and procedures;
  • 4)Provides orientation and training to trainees
  • 5)Actively incorporates during supervision how the billing process impacts the therapeutic process.
  • 6)Fosters an environment where trainees will advance to further levels of competency.
• Recordkeeping: Completes various administrative and insurance forms to assure accurate data collection for billing, management information system, and other purposes in accord with agency policies and procedures.
  • 1)Maintains concise comprehensive case records by following established agency policies and procedures.
• Agency and Training Activities: Actively participates in agency activities and in the community in ways that make a positive contribution to agency operations.
  • 1)Demonstrates constructive involvement with professionals in the agency and in the community. Develops and maintains professional relationships with court, police, human services, entitlement, and governmental agencies, health services vendors and private organizations to enhance service delivery and agency image. Interprets program services to the social service community, and occasionally represents the agency in public, civic and private groups.
  • 2)Participates in quality as