Job Description

The Associate Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model. Therapist responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitate clinical assessments, conduct therapy sessions, and other case management tasks, as assigned.

Essential Job Functions

• Ensures clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment and meets clinical quality standards outlined in policies.
• Completes and responds to documentation requirements and timelines to ensure compliance with the monthly medical record review, per the Medical Record Review Policy.
• Establish therapeutic rapport with patients and families/loved ones.
• Facilitates admission assessments and the admission process for new patients with professionalism, courtesy, and a welcoming attitude.
• Participates in weekly treatment team and communicates weekly treatment goals with all team members.
• Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care.
• Facilitates process orientated and psychoeducation groups one to two times, daily.
• Required to sit at a meal and/or snack a minimum of once per week.
• Facilitates multi-family groups, family program, and/or family weekend.
• Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary.
• Completes discharge session with patient to ensure coping skills, transition plan, and resources are understood and intact.
• Ensures discharge appointments are confirmed with patient and loved ones prior to discharge.
• Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge.

This is a full-time position working 11:00 AM-7:00 PM at our eating disorder program in Alexandria, VA.

For a virtual tour of the facility, please visit our website at centerfordiscovery.com.

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Qualifications

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required
• Completion of state requirements to conduct therapeutic interventions, required
• Operates under supervision and is not licensed
• Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire
• Obtain CPR, AED, and First Aid certification within 90 days of hire
• Obtain ServSafe certification within 90 day of hire
• Must possess a current driver’s license and be in good standing

Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway! To provide truly innovative care, we need to have a diverse team around us. That’s why Discovery Behavioral Health is committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you find yourself meeting some but not all the above, we’d be happy to consider your application.

Additional Information

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

For more information about our company benefits, please visit us at discoverybehavioralhealth.com/careers/

Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives, experiences, and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.