Behavioral Clinical Therapist: Marshall I. Pickens, PRN, Days

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:  Inspire health.  Serve with compassion.  Be the difference.

• Develops individualized treatment plans which encompass discharge planning and follow up; including but not limited to facilitation of alternative placement, coordination of medical equipment, and case collaboration with referral resources to support transition/discharge to the next level of care.

• Prepares case history of patient's personal, social, and emotional development.

• Assists patients in the evaluation of their strengths and symptoms and the incorporation of these into personalized treatment goals 

• Provides therapeutic intervention with patient\family including individual, marital, parental, family, and group therapies.

• Provides education related to patient's diagnosis

• Communicates patient and family issues to treatment team and acts as the liaison between other active services and/or services involved in patient's discharge plan

• Assists patients in locating and utilizing community resources including legal, financial assistance, and other referral services.

• Strives to expand the variations of service they provide by integrating community-based programs to provide home and community-based treatment options for the identified patient/family.

• Responsible for clinical updates and advocates with 3rd party payers when required. 

• Documents all social service interventions and maintains patient and program records in accordance with applicable standards and regulations.

• Monitors caseload and quality review to assure compliance for third-party payers and regulatory agencies including, but not limited to, clinical documentation, chart review, completion of prior request and authorizations.

• Assumes responsibilities for making sure individualized treatment plan is implemented with patient/family

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of psychological, behavioral, physical, health, and medical sequela of various disabilities and incorporates this knowledge into treatment planning.

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of various supportive, vocational, and community resources addressing and supporting recovery of various psychological, behavioral, and physical disabilities.

• Demonstrates knowledge of age-appropriate interventions and cultural differences as applied to the recovery process.

• Coordinates outpatient scheduling including initializing the recertification of services.

• Applies facets of Mental Health First Aid during times of crisis to patients. 

• Enhances professional growth and development through professional affiliations, participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, workshops and review of current literature.

• Participates in planning conferences and peer supervision, adhering to a professional code of ethics.

• Identifies and works with potential community support systems such as neighborhood networks and community organizations to support patient transition and discharge planning.

• Performs as Designated Examiners which involves the commitment process, designated exam, and testimony for probate courts.

• Provides oversight and supervision to students from local universities.  Assists student interns from affiliated schools in the professional development of clinical skills.

• Collaborates with the department's leadership team in assessing department needs and designing systems to meet department and organizational strategic initiatives.

• Coordinates with utilization review to determine need for authorization of payer of active or post-acute services.

• Maintains program statistics, through internal audits for purposes of evaluation and research.

• Participates in weekend on call rotation.  

• Provides intake and psychosocial assessments for all patients in accordance with hospital and departmental policy and procedures/regulation requirements.

• Assesses for immediate discharge planning needs, develops and coordinates a discharge plan as determined by the patient's mental status, level of independence, functional capacity, family/social support systems, and financial resources.

• Assesses preadmit resources and services as well as support systems

• Determines appropriate follow up and referral services as identified by the interdisciplinary team. 

• Participates in following and monitoring corporate compliance standards.

• Participates in program evaluation, CQI studies and performance improvement measures.

• Provides input into formulation or revision of departmental policies and procedures. 

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.