Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or (LCSW)

Job Description

Job Description

Open Positions: Dallas, Plano, Allen, McKinney

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE:

Salience Health has an exciting opportunity for full time Clinical Therapist in the fast growing and diverse area of Dallas/Fort Worth. You would be joining a collaborative multi-specialty team that includes Psychiatrists, Primary Care, Nurse Practitioners, and Counselors that are all supported by well- trained medical assistants and an administrative team.

As part of a comprehensive behavioral health team, the Clinical Therapist will fulfill multiple roles as therapy provider and crisis clinician. As a crisis clinician, the Clinical Therapist will offer support, education, crisis services in conjunction with our psychiatric providers, and provide resources as needed for the patients. As a therapy provider, the Clinical Therapist will facilitate individual psychoeducational sessions, utilizing an evidence-based therapeutic approach. At Salience Health, we all have one common mission and that is to relentlessly pursue remission and recovery together one patient at a time.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

• Conducts New Patient Therapy Evaluations to gather patient information and assess patients’ emotional and mental health needs.
• Facilitates psychoeducational CBT individual sessions.
• Conducts crisis interventions by completing a risk assessment, determining risk level, implementing an appropriate intervention, and ensuring follow up after the initial intervention.
• Demonstrates crisis intervention skills and understanding of suicide prevention.
• Establishes positive, trusting rapport with patients.
• Ability to connect with patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrates understanding of common psychiatric diagnoses and ability to recognize the behaviors associated with the psychiatric diagnoses to utilize appropriate intervention techniques.
• Diagnoses and treats mental health disorders.
• Creates individualized therapeutic treatment plans according to patients needs and circumstances.
• Meets with patients regularly to provide therapeutic treatment and adjust treatment plans as necessary.
• Conducts ongoing assessments of patient progress.
• Maintains ongoing communication with the treatment team.
• Involves and advises family members when appropriate.
• Refers patients to outside specialists or agencies when necessary.
• Maintains thorough records of patient meetings and progress.
• Follows all safety protocols and maintains patient confidentiality.
• Serve as a client advocate to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
• Attends weekly team meetings.
• Perform all other duties assigned.
• Contributes to practice by accomplishing related tasks as needed.
• Attend all company trainings and meetings pertinent to position.
• Maintain required licensure.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND ABILITES

• 2+ years of working clinical experience with providing diagnostic assessment and therapy services to a full range of individuals from youth through adulthood.
• Valid license with all state licensing requirements: LCSW, LPC.
• Valid malpractice insurance.
• Maintain professional licensure and/or certification throughout employment with this agency. Ability to work as a team member and cooperatively.
• Ability to maintain professionalism.
• Ability to stabilize crisis situations.
• Adheres to the culture of the agency.
• Must be able to work flexible work schedule including evenings on occasion.
• Superb organizational skills.
• Ability to guide, direct, or influence people.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to manage time and prioritize tasks.
• Skilled in operations of computer and use of appropriate computer software.
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with mentally or emotionally disabled persons and their families.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to ethical and behavioral standards of conduct for Social Work or Licensed Professional Counselor practice.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:  Please do not apply if you do not have the following

• Licensure: LPC, LPC-S, LCSW
• Education: Graduated from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in clinical services such as social work, counseling, or psychology.
• Current with all state licensing requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Environment:

The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Physical Demands :

Light-Exerting up to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Frequently: 0-50%

Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Fingering, Grasping, Talking, Hearing, Repetitive Motion, Standing, Walking, Driving, Reaching, Pushing, Lifting

Vision

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading.

EEOC Disclosure: Salience Health is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics .

OUR MISSION:
Salience Health serves patients in our communities utilizing a collaborative, team approach to provide personalized health and wellness through comprehensive assessment and patient education to enable earlier disease intervention. We will Relentlessly Pursue Remission and Recovery Together, One Patient at a Time.

We are changing people's lives the Salience Way:

OUR VISION:
We will reconnect patients to a better quality of life. We believe every patient matters and is deserving of our full attention.

OUR PROMISE:
Dedicated to improving the overall health of our patients, we strive to be the medical provider of choice for patients who seek quality care, improved access, and convenient locations and hours. We focus on a positive, comprehensive patient experience, consisting of care provided by a focused, professional team, a cheerful environment, timeliness of appointments, and affordability of treatment. We promise to provide the highest quality of integrated health care to every patient regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or social status.

Collaborative Team
At Salience Health we utilize a “team care” model where providers from different specialties come together to coordinate each patient’s care. We believe that when all areas of the patient’s health is treated under one roof, providers can better care for, diagnose, and treat the whole patient.

Patient-Centric Staff
Our model is designed to keep the patient as our number one priority. We provide extensive patient education, engagement, and resources to ensure patients achieve improved behavioral health outcomes.

Remission Driven
With our primary motivation being patient remission, we provide state-of-the-art diagnostic assessments that help us provide uniquely tailored care and treatment plans for our patients to help us achieve that goal.

Company Description

OUR MISSION:\r\nSalience Health serves patients in our communities utilizing a collaborative, team approach to provide personalized health and wellness through comprehensive assessment and patient education to enable earlier disease intervention. We will Relentlessly Pursue Remission and Recovery Together, One Patient at a Time.\r\n\r\nWe are changing people's lives the Salience Way:\r\n\r\n VISION: \r\nWe will reconnect patients to a better quality of life. We believe every patient matters and is deserving of our full attention. \r\n\r\nOUR PROMISE:\r\nDedicated to improving the overall health of our patients, we strive to be the medical provider of choice for patients who seek quality care, improved access, and convenient locations and hours. We focus on a positive, comprehensive patient experience, consisting of care provided by a focused, professional team, a cheerful environment, timeliness of appointments, and affordability of treatment. We promise to provide the highest quality of integrated health care to every patient regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or social status.\r\n\r\n Collaborative Team\r\nAt Salience Health we utilize a “team care” model where providers from different specialties come together to coordinate each patient’s care. We believe that when all areas of the patient’s health is treated under one roof, providers can better care for, diagnose, and treat the whole patient.\r\n\r\n Patient-Centric Staff\r\nOur model is designed to keep the patient as our number one priority. We provide extensive patient education, engagement, and resources to ensure patients achieve improved behavioral health outcomes.\r\n\r\n Remission Driven\r\nWith our primary motivation being patient remission, we provide state-of-the-art diagnostic assessments that help us provide uniquely tailored care and treatment plans for our patients to help us achieve that goal.