Inpatient Therapist (Licensed)-Ft

Responsibilities

Inpatient Therapist – FT Opportunity

West Oaks Hospital has provided psychiatric care to the Houston area and surrounding communities for over four decades. Our 176-bed acute care facility is fully accredited and includes a 16-bed residential treatment center for adult chemical dependency. We offer a broad range of behavioral health programs for children, adolescents, and adults. Treatment is offered at multiple levels of care including inpatient, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient.

We are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to assist you and answer your questions about treatment options and insurance coverage. The hospital is easily accessible off the Southwest Freeway near the Galleria.

West Oaks Hospital is seeking a dedicated and positive Therapist to join our team of compassionate, dedicated professionals. The Inpatient Therapist will provide direct care to patients with psychiatric and substance abuse conditions in an acute setting. Responsible for collaborating with the patient, family/support, multidisciplinary team, outside providers, and community agencies to support and coordinate treatment and discharge planning. Responsible for continuing own personal development to enhance practice.

Works with adult, adolescent, children and geriatric patients.

Job

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Complete psychosocial assessments, treatment plan reviews, individual therapy, group therapy and family therapy sessions within established time frames either face to face or telephonically with all patients, family and significant others.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team including physicians, RNs, care managers and other healthcare team members in crisis intervention; creating behavioral plans, case conferences, client-centered interventions and discharge planning.
• Conduct assigned therapeutic groups. Provide comprehensive education, instructions, advocacy information designed to assist the patient and significant others to identify and secure needed health care follow-up services.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation and generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi student loan refinancing program
• Student loan forgiveness
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries
• Pet insurance
• More information is available on our benefits guest website:

• Education required:
  
  Master’s Degree in Human Services related field. Preferred:
  Master’s in Social Work.
• Licensure: LPC, LPC‑A, LMFT, or LMSW. CPR and hospital de‑escalation certifications.
• Experience required:
  One to three years of clinical experience in an inpatient psychiatric setting. Chemical dependency experience preferred.

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