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Therapist Discharge Planner
PHP Department
Part Time, Evening Shift, .60 FTE
University Hospital and Medical Center
Tamarac, FL
Facility Description:
University Hospital and Medical Center is a 317-bed acute care hospital offering a wide range of surgical and medical services Since opening in 1974, we have distinguished ourselves as a leader in breakthroughs in orthopedic care as well as joint replacement. We continue to build on this tradition in our Orthopedic and Spine Institute. Our Center for Behavioral Health offers inpatient child, adolescent, adult and geriatric services while our outpatient services include a Partial hospitalization program (PHP), Intensive outpatient program (IOP) and a 24 hour behavioral health support hotline. They are also a certified Baker Act receiving facility. University is licensed by Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration and certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. Our family-friendly ER provides expert, compassionate care for patients of all ages and special accommodations for seniors. Other specialty services include a wound care center as well as comprehensive diagnostic services accredited in multiple modalities including pediatric CT imaging by the American College of Radiology.
We continue a proud tradition of providing high quality personalized care in our local community. Explore possibilities to join our team where colleagues are valued and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect, and dignity.
Benefits:
We are committed to providing our employees with the support they need. At University Hospital, we offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your family needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:
- Student Loan Repayment*
- Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs*
- Paid Personal Leave
- 401k (100% annual match – 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)
- Identity Theft Protection discounts
- Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)*
*If applicable, please refer to the CBA or the local HR office to confirm if this benefit applies to your position.
Job Description:
The LCSW provides assessment, psychosocial evaluations, and individual, family and group therapy. Must demonstrate use of best practices: approaches to counseling practice that have empirical evidence to support their effectiveness. Scope of practice to include mental health and substance use disorder treatment. Ability to engage patients in the treatment process is necessary. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. This position necessitates working in a team setting to ensure quality throughout the continuum of care, as well as identifying those individuals who meet criteria for outpatient admission. In the outpatient setting clinicians engage in frequent communication with community partners referring to our programs.
Job tasks and responsibilities include:
- Responsible and accountable for coordination of services through an interdisciplinary process which provides a clinical and psychosocial approach through the continuum of care
- Group Therapy: process and psycho-educational groups
- Individual and family therapy
- Knowledgeable of community resources
- Engages patient’s family in treatment planning, when appropriate
- Provides age and culturally appropriate care
- Timely documentation in the patient record
- Follows hospital and regulatory guidelines
- Protects patient privacy
- Demonstrates competence in the performance of tasks necessary to maintain a therapeutic milieu
- Monitors patient behavior and the environment of care and intervenes appropriately to maintain safety
- Consistently demonstrates professional and ethical behavior consistent with hospital standards
- Other duties as assigned
- Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Licensed in the State of Florida (LCSW)
- BLS certification
- 1-3 years mental health experience preferred
- Experience in group and individual therapy required
- Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision required
- Good time management skills
