Lead Clinical Therapist

Company: Discovery Behavioral Health
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionThe Clinical Supervisor is responsible for providing clinical supervision of clinicians, and collaborating on case conceptualization, treatment planning, discharge planning, and therapeutic interventions. Responsible for providing effective leadership to the clinical staff and licensed clinicians, has knowledge of the organization, provides supervision, reports to the Program Director.-- Clinical Supervisor delivers all supervision within the Eating Disorder Division in accordance with standards of State and Federal regulations.-- **Sign on Bonus of $1,500**Responsibilities

• Supports and guides therapists to ensure high quality clinical care of patients.
• Ensures therapists are aligned and using the Center For Discovery Clinical Model.
• Attends clinical meetings to assist in information sharing, and collaborate on patient cases.
• Meets with each clinical staff weekly.
• Supervises students completing field placement.
• Supervises therapists-----TM casework and clinical interventions.
• Reviews therapists-----TM documentation to ensure quality and timely documentation.
• Supports in clinical interventions with patients, as needed.
• Responsible for carrying a case load, as needed.
• Supports in a rotation of on-call responsibilities with other treatment team staff
• Builds positive relationships with all program staff and physicians.
• Works collaboratively with leadership in the program to promote efficient and effective functioning of the program.
• Review, assess, and evaluate patient treatment plans and clinical records.
• Review, assess, and evaluate patient discharge planning.
• Ensures clinical staff meets educational/licensure requirements.
• Evaluates clinical staff based on specified performance standards, on a timely basis.
• Implements plans for performance improvement, as needed, and provides coaching to all therapists to promote a continuous growth and learning mindset.Qualifications
  • Graduation from an accredited college or university with a minimum of a Masters-----TM Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or health-related field.
  • Must be a fully licensed clinician-- in the state of Maryland (LCPC, LCSW, PsyD, etc.)
  • Significant experience working in Eating Disorder treatment
  • A minimum of 2 years supervisory experience with familiarity of continuous Quality Improvement and Joint Commission standards.
  • Meet supervisory requirements of the state of Maryland.Additional InformationWe 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/PandoLogic. Keywords: Clinical Therapist, Location: Fairfield, CT - 06825

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