Licensed Therapist
Intermountain Health
**Job Description:**
The Licensed Therapist utilizes clinical expertise to develop and implement plans of care appropriate care team, assess crisis situations to appropriately provide needed resources and or referrals for the patient, and to provide family and individual treatment as indicated. This position provides care appropriate to the established plan of care in the assigned patient population.
**Scope:**
+ Promotes mission, vision, tenets and values of West Pines Behavioral Health, and abides by service behavior standards. Performs other duties as assigned. May be required to float to other departments (within scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need. Provide group and individual therapy using therapeutic techniques and other outcomes-based approaches appropriate to group functioning and skills based upon the information gathered during the comprehensive initial assessment
+ Document group and individual activities as well as progress and response to treatment in the patient’s medical records as needed
+ Assess coping mechanisms and current functioning in the following areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness
+ Plan and develop group and individual treatments in coordination with a psychiatrist and as a member of a multi-discipline team
+ Implement group and individual treatments ensuring a safe, comfortable therapeutic environment
+ Manage patient crisis and provide verbal de-escalation to provide a therapeutic milieu environment.
**May provide supervision to interns or licensure candidates if it meets requirements.**
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, or a related mental health field
+ State licensure ( LCSW, LPC, LMFT) Must keep on file Obtain and maintain all certifications as assigned including CPR within
+ At least one (1) years relevant experience
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ At least two (3) years relevant experience
**Physical Requirements:**
Physical Requirements
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
**Location:**
West Pines
**Work City:**
Wheat Ridge
**Work State:**
Colorado
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$30.94 - $47.77
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/) , and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers (http://www.sclhealthbenefits.org) ; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/diversity/) .
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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