What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Clinical Therapist position at Billings Clinic Health System?
The Licensed Clinical Therapist is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Licensed Clinical Therapist staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families. Under the direction of department leadership, Licensed Clinical Therapist staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical therapy services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Licensed Clinical Therapist is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Licensed Clinical Therapist is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non-medical barriers.
Essential Job Functions
Clinic’s mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service
expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements.
Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency
standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job
performance.
best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical
condition. Provide education and information to patient’s identified support
systems.
identify actual or potential barriers and care needs.
professionals, community and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between
hospital, clinic and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical
and referral information.
medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and
support systems.
patients and support systems in order to enhance patient and support system
engagement.
needs of patients and their support systems.
agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient’s and
organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care.
services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations.
Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary
team.
patients and their support systems.
reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the
needs of internal and external customers.
makes recommendations to multidisciplinary team when indicated. Modifies
treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status
and needs.
related to the plan of care.
patient and support system communication. Documentation is timely, reflects
professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational
policy.
department programs to address and improve quality of care.
process improvement activities.
addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics,
advance directives, disaster protocols and safety.
adaptable to change
policies/processes relevant to job performance.
needs of the department/organization.
