Behavioral Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary : Provide a range of psychological assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and / or case management services for individuals, couples, groups, and / or families.

Location : This position is required to be in person at any Infinity Health location.

Licensure : This position requires a valid LISW, LMHC, or LMFT licensure in the State of Iowa.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Practices exceptional customer service to all
• Supports the mission, vision, and values of Infinity Health
• Provide psychosocial assessments of residents and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and / or life situation
• Formulate, develop, and implement a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions. Interventions may include crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, marital, and family and / or group therapies
• Provide therapeutic crisis intervention and emergency services as required
• Assist with integrating each individual into their home / community
• Participate in staffing to present case histories; confer with internal and external members of therapy team to develop comprehensive evaluations or plan pertinent therapy programs to provide maximum benefits for each patient
• Prepare and maintain a case record for each patient to describe the nature of social problems and services suggested or provided
• Provide education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient’s diagnosis, illness, treatment and / or life situation.
• Maintain working knowledge of and liaison with community agencies and resources
• Provide consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed
• Participate in Quality Improvement activities, including data collection, tracking, and analysis
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings, training, and workgroup / committee activities to enhance team performance
• This position may be allowed to work remotely
• Assist with the implementation and sustaining of patient centered medical home status as needed
• Complete other duties as assigned

Qualifications :