Lead Therapist

Responsible for assisting with the day-to-day oversight of the Hope for Heroes - First Responders program.  Administers a comprehensive program that responds to the community's needs and supports the organization's overall mission, philosophy, and goals. The Lead Therapist assists in the planning, facilitating, and evaluating of activities with oversight of unit safety and programming.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implements policies and procedures for services, including a plan for ensuring ongoing quality improvement.
• Evaluates patient data, develops and implements a plan of care for the patient.
• Participates in treatment team as needed.
• Provides offsite activity coordination, such as Equine Therapy, Yoga, etc.
• Arranges and approves family visitation.
• Assures unit operation adheres to schedule and revises schedule as needed
• Assists with transportation coordination with intake and outpatient departments.
• Participates in weekly plan of care for each patient; works cooperatively as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team; Completes progress notes and discharge plans in a timely fashion.
• Ensures compliance with all treatment plan requirements.
• Appropriately utilizes established resources to assist in completing case management duties independently.
• Documents treatment provided to patients in their medical record based on established case management guidelines.
• Completes all reports for suspected abuse as legally mandated and consistently informs supervisor.
• Communicates with family members and caretakers regarding the needs of the patient and anticipated plans.
• Attends specialty training for clinical modalities recognized by the department of defense as needed.
• Consults other departments as appropriate to collaborate on patient care and performance improvement activities.
• Creates appropriate discharge plans as needed for the patient’s discharge in collaboration with military behavioral health leadership/medical teams.
• Attend military treatment team calls via phone or virtually for military installations both nationally and internationally as needed.

Requirements

• Current Nevada State Clinical License (LCSW, LMFT, LCPC) required
• Minimum one (1) year of inpatient clinical work with experience in diagnosis, psychotherapy and assessment-based treatment planning
• Maintains current knowledge of social, medical, and psychiatric services available within the community
• Displays good theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and appropriate treatment techniques of each type of therapy
• Experience with therapeutic limit-setting helpful or an understanding of level systems or other behavior management modalities helpful
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries
• Strong understanding of military operations, including protocols set forth by the department of defense for clinical programming.
• Ability to communicate with physician regarding social service needs of the patient
• Documentation meets current standards and policies.
• Proficiency with software and/or equipment (Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, and Excel)

Benefits

A full benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!

Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include:

• Medical insurance (three plans to choose from)
• Dental insurance (two plans to choose from)
• Vision insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Healthcare spending account
• Dependent care spending account
• PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
• Discounted cafeteria meal plan
• Life insurance (including plans for spouse and children)
• Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft Insurance