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ResponsibilitiesTherapist at Chris Kyle Patriots Hospital - Military Programs - Join Our Team at North Star Behavioral Health
- $10,00.00 Sign-on bonus with commitment*
North Star Behavioral Health, Alaska's premier mental health facility, is on a mission to provide hope and healing to individuals facing psychiatric or substance abuse challenges. We specialize 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. At North Star, your career can thrive through robust education opportunities and advancement within the Universal Health Services (UHS) network.
Who is North Star: At North Star Behavioral Health, we are dedicated to delivering a level of care that not only meets but exceeds expectations. Our vision is simple yet profound: to provide care that patients enthusiastically recommend to their family and friends, care that physicians prefer for their patients, and care that our employees take pride in delivering every day.
We uphold this vision by wholeheartedly embracing the following principles:
- Service Excellence
- Continuous Improvement
- Employee Development
- Ethical and Fair Treatment
- Teamwork
- Compassion
- Innovation
Our commitment to excellence isn't just a slogan—it's a way of life at North Star Behavioral Health. If you share these values and are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of individuals and families facing mental health challenges, we invite you to join our team.
Together, we can continue to provide the highest level of care and create a brighter future for those we serve.
Key ResponsibilitiesThe Clinical Therapist is a key member of the Northstar Behavioral Health Team who is responsible for providing direct and indirect client care by providing psychotherapeutic services to clients and families. The CT will serve as a member of the interdisciplinary team, supporting the facility’s treatment program and philosophy. The CT will also serve as the primary liaison between the family and outside agencies for discharge planning, abuse reporting, and continuum of care functions.
Job Duties/ Responsibilities
- Through a collection of 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 source(s), and/or parent/guardian (as appropriate) is reflected in the plan.
- Ensures that treatment plan goals and interventions effective address acuity, patient management issues, and target behaviors, ensuring the goals and objectives are measurable.
- Provides individual therapy 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.
- Provide group therapy sessions and be able to effectively manage group process to maximize therapeutic benefits to patients; conducts process and specialty groups as assigned.
- Establishes rapport and minimizes resistance with families to effectively 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 treatment team; ensures initial discharge plans are documented within specified timeline.
QualificationsQualifications: To excel in this role, you should have:
Clinical Expertise: Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or related field.
Licensure: State of Alaska LCSW preferred.
Therapeutic Skills: Proficiency in providing psychotherapeutic services.
Communication: Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Generous PTO, 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
- Education Assistance
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth
- A supportive and collaborative work environment
- Access to ongoing training and educational opportunities
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $12.6 billion in 2021. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 89,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.comEEO StatementAll UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.NoticeAt UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.
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