Ensures discharge appointments are confirmed with patient and loved ones prior to discharge.

Completes discharge session with patient to ensure coping skills, transition plan, and resources are understood and intact.

Begins discharge planning on day of admission for all patients.

Communicates with the Utilization Review Department and Business Department regarding authorization and payment.

May provide additional clinical support for other members of the clinical team in their absence.

Assesses patients for suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.

Is appropriately accessible to family members or loved ones.

Provides utilization reviews to insurance companies, providing appropriate clinical information to obtain initial authorization and continuing stay authorization, as necessary.

Facilitates multi-family groups, family program, and/or family weekend.Required to sit at a meal and/or snack a minimum of once per week.Facilitates process orientated and psychoeducation groups one to two times, daily.

IOP: one therapeutic session – individual or family/support system, as clinically indicated.PHP: one individual session and one family/support system session.RTC: two individual sessions and one family/support system session.Completes appropriate number of therapy sessions weekly for patients, including family/support system sessions aligned with the patients’ level of care.Participates in weekly treatment team and communicates weekly treatment goals with all team members.Understands role in providing expeditious access to care for individuals seeking services.Facilitates admission assessments and the admission process for new patients with professionalism, courtesy, and a welcoming attitude.Establish therapeutic rapport with patients and families/loved ones.

Ensures clinical documentation is completed timely throughout the course of treatment.This position may be conducted from an off-site location provided required guidelines are met.Ĭompensation will be dependent upon geographic region, education, and experience 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. The Virtual Program Therapist works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model.

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