Addiction & Recovery Therapist

Responsibilities

Addiction & Recovery Therapist

Full‑Time positions are eligible for our $30,000.00 sign‑on bonus!

New grads are welcome to apply!

North Star Behavioral Health Hospital is the premier behavioral health provider serving Alaska. Our intensive Holistic Treatment Program is dedicated to individuals 18 and older in need of detoxification and/or rehabilitation for substance abuse. North Star Behavioral Health, Alaska's premier mental health facility, specializes in military‑specific care for first responders, service members, veterans, and their dependents through the Chris Kyle Patriots Hospital.

Our commitment is to prioritize patient care, offering excellence, comfort, and security during their most vulnerable moments. Join us, and you'll become part of a supportive network of peers and leaders dedicated to continuous learning and industry excellence.

The Clinical Therapist is a key member of the North Star Behavioral Health Team responsible for providing direct and indirect client care by delivering psychotherapeutic services to clients and families. The CT is a member of the interdisciplinary team, supporting the facility’s treatment program and philosophy, and acts as the primary liaison between the family and outside agencies for discharge planning, abuse reporting, and continuum of care functions.

• Through interactions with patients and other health care providers, collects and analyzes data regarding the patient’s psychosocial history and current environment, and identifies anticipated discharge needs.
• Ensures the psychosocial data is comprehensive, completed within a specified timeline, and reflects the medical necessity for treatment; includes an integrated summary with recommendations for treatment and discharge.
• Coordinates the development and review of the Master Treatment Plan and Treatment Plan updates, ensuring that input from all treatment team disciplines, referral sources, and/or parent/guardian (as appropriate) is reflected in the plan.
• Ensures treatment plan goals and interventions effectively address acuity, patient management issues, and target behaviors, ensuring the goals and objectives are measurable.
• Provides individual therapy to patients, ensuring therapy interventions are directly related to treatment plan goals and objectives; meets with patients weekly to assess response to treatment, level of functioning and treatment needs; assists patients in setting appropriate goals; discusses ongoing discharge plan with clients.
• Provides group therapy sessions and effectively manages group process to maximize therapeutic benefits; conducts process and specialty groups as assigned.
• Establishes rapport and minimizes resistance with families to engage them in family treatment; makes weekly contact with each patient’s family and/or guardian in addition to family sessions to discuss progress.
• Ensures individual, family, and group therapy documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Communicates patient’s progress and readiness for discharge to members of the treatment team; ensures initial discharge plans are documented within the specified timeline.

• Tuition Assistance
• Free Lunch
• Licensure supervision
• Licensure renewal reimbursement
• Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations
• Diverse programming to expand your experience
• Health Stream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
• Competitive compensation & generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans
• 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Pet insurance
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website:

A safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values therapists and social workers. The rewarding aspects include delivering excellent care, comfort, and security to patients and families during their most vulnerable times. You are part of a large, nationwide network of peer clinicians and clinical leaders that routinely exchange ideas and…