Oral Health Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Overview
To provide assistance to the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, treatment planning, counseling, and discharge planning for patients and their families.
Qualifications
Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor (CADC) within 2 years - Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association (IAODAPCA)

One of the following:

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) within 2 years - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) within 2 years - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFP)

Education: Master‘s Degree: Social Work, Counseling; Psychology,
Work Experience: Behavioral health
Other Requirements
Advanced reading, writing and oral skills Ability to respond appropriately to customer/co-worker. Interaction with a wide variety of people. Maintain confidential information. Ability to communicate only the facts to recipients or to decline to reveal information. Ability to project a professional, friendly, helpful demeanor. Basic computer knowledge: Uses word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail application, and web browser. Comfortable within a Windows OS and learning new applications
Responsibilities
Provides individual, group, and family counseling to assist patients/families in achieving treatment goals

• Provides individual counseling to patients as stipulated on the treatment plan.
• Facilitates regularly scheduled group therapy/week.
• Assures that families are involved in treatment process.
• Provides family counseling as stipulated on the treatment plan.
• Group facilitation reflects expertise in group dynamics.
• Cognitive behavior therapy and other brief therapies are utilized whenever appropriate.
• Documentation is timely, succinct, legible, and uses the correct charting format.
• During times of low census (less than 4), will assist with assessments, admissions, and facilitating other groups at the direction of the Program Manager.
• When assisting as a team member to control an aggressive or violent patient, CPI methods will be used.

Completes ongoing assessments of patients

• Documentation is timely, legible and succinct and includes impression and recommendation.
• Family and significant others are utilized whenever possible in the completion of ongoing assessment of the patient progress.
• Patient is ongoingly assessed during informal sessions as well as during formal individual and family sessions.
• Documentation of ongoing assessments reflects progress towards goals outlined in treatment plan.
• Facilitates various groups and assigned with attention to achievement of the goal or process associated with each group.
• Accurately documents activities according to the policies and procedures.
• Is knowledgeable of and capable of providing emergency assistance in regard to inappropriate acting out behavior by any patient. Always attempts to utilize verbal redirection, interaction of other staff, utilization of quiet room, etc. before instituting emergency measures such as safety codes, restraints, etc.
• Is knowledgeable and capable of working with patients who present a dual problem, Mental Illness/Substance Abuse co-occuring disorders
• Is able to perform all duties of a counselor as needed and assigned.

Collaborates with other members of the treatment team as well as community providers in the development and implementation of an individualized treatment plan and provides referrals and discharge planning.

• Participates actively in regularly scheduled staffing meetings as well as community, return to work, discharge, and employer staffing.
• Participation reflects knowledge of the patient‘s strengths, illness, support systems, and history
• Document identified problems, discipline specific interventions, discharge plan, goals met, etc. on the treatment plan
• Proactively meets with other members of the treatment team on a daily basis to coordinate care and discharge planning specifically; psychiatrist, Unit Counselors, other community providers, patients and family members.
• Begins discharge planning process as soon after admission as is clinically appropriate and that plan is in place prior to discharge.
• Keeps patient/family informed of plans as they progress (when clinically appropriate)
• Uses creativity and patient advocacy in the planning and implementation of the discharge plan
• Facilitates transition between levels of care within Service Line continuum of care
• Provides necessary information to providers at next level of care

About Us
Find it here.
Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we‘re committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.
Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee‘s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information:
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $29.29per hour - $50.38per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.