About this role
Are you passionate about helping kids be their best selves?
UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics is hiring a Full-Time Behavioral Health Therapist II to support the offices in Monroeville.
Sign on bonus available if applicable.
Purpose:
The purpose of this job is to be part of a collaborative care team that provides behavioral health assessments and treatment to service patients who have a behavioral health diagnosis. This level of service can be an outpatient treatment program or equivalent to outpatient.
Responsibilities:
- Evidence-Based Treatment: Utilizes relevant and evidence-based treatment approaches as appropriate.
- Patient Assessments: Conducts assessments of new patients, documents clinical decisions, and adapts treatment models for service delivery.
- Changing Patient Needs: Assesses and incorporates changing patient needs into treatment plans for various programs (outpatient, partial hospitalization, community, and school-based).
- Treatment Plan Reviews: Regularly reviews and updates treatment plans based on patient needs and program guidelines.
- Therapy Sessions: Provides individual and family therapy to patients within the pediatric practice and maintains a schedule of 35 sessions per week.
- Master's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Education in school counseling, or related field required.
- Two years of clinical experience diagnosing and treating behavioral and psychiatric conditions required.
- Knowledge of psychiatric evaluation and assessment process, as well as application of current version of the DSM required.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: - Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) is required.
- Act 31, Act 33, Act 34, Act 73.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Other facts
About UPMC
UPMC is a world-renowned, nonprofit health care provider and insurer committed to delivering exceptional, people-centered care and community services. Headquartered in Pittsburgh and affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC is shaping the future of health through clinical and technological innovation, research, and education. Dedicated to advancing the well-being of our diverse communities, we provide nearly $2 billion annually in community benefits, more than any other health system in Pennsylvania. Our 100,000 employees — including more than 5,000 physicians — care for patients across more than 40 hospitals and 800 outpatient sites in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, as well as overseas. UPMC Insurance Services covers more than 4 million members, providing the highest-quality care at the most affordable price. To learn more, visit UPMC.com.
What you'll do
- The Behavioral Health Therapist II will conduct assessments and provide individual and family therapy to pediatric patients. They will also regularly review and update treatment plans based on patient needs.
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