Mental Health Therapist

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🌲 Oregon – Remote

🌲 Oregon – Remote

💵 $67k - $84k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

😶‍🌫️ Therapist

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Discovery Behavioral Health

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Hospitality • Healthcare Insurance

Discovery Behavioral Health is a healthcare provider specializing in behavioral health treatment. Discovery Behavioral Health (DBH) operates a network of recovery centers across the United States offering services for substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and eating disorders. They provide multiple levels of care including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient services, and addiction medicine. DBH runs divisions for Eating Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health Disorder, and Psychiatry, plus a Veterans & First Responder program. The organization has 2,500+ employees, 130+ locations, serves 4,000+ patients daily, and maintains a large database of verified patient outcomes. It also provides career opportunities, partnerships, and resources for professionals and payers.

📋 Description

• Ensures clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment. • Carries a case load of 5-6 patients in RTC and 10-15 in OP. • Facilitates admission assessments and the admission process for new patients with professionalism, courtesy, and a welcoming attitude. • Understands role in providing expeditious access to care for individuals seeking services. • Participates in weekly treatment team and communicates weekly treatment goals with all team members. • Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care. • Facilitates process orientated and psychoeducation groups one to two times, daily in RTC and 2-4 times daily in OP. • Facilitates multi-family groups, family program, and/or family weekend. • Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary. • Is appropriately accessible to family members or loved ones. Returning all calls and emails within 2 hours during business hours of operations and 24-48 hours all other times. • Assesses patients for suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others. • May provide additional clinical support for other members of the clinical team in their absence. • Communicates with the Utilization Review Department and Business Department regarding authorization and payment. • Begins discharge planning on day of admission for all patients. • Completes discharge session with patient to ensure coping skills, transition plan, and resources are understood and intact. • Ensures discharge appointments are confirmed with patient and loved ones prior to discharge. • Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge. • Facilitates patient transfers to higher level of care, as needed. • Actively participates in clinical outreach and program tours, as needed. • Effectively manages crises in sessions and the milieu. • Provides support to milieu staff in their interactions with patients and their loved ones. • Works collaboratively with the entire treatment team and milieu staff to always ensure the highest level of clinical quality. • RTC Only: Provides on-call support to facility at least 1x per month and returns all program phone calls within 20 minutes, while on call. Communicates appropriately with On Call Administrator or Regional Director regarding pertinent facility issues, while on call.

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required • Completion of state requirements and state license to conduct therapeutic interventions required