Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist

Overview

At Lakeland Regional Health, we place people at the heart of all we do. For over 100 years, we have embraced our culture of relationships and caring to care for ourselves, our patients and families, each other, and the community. Lakeland Regional Health has one of the largest hospitals in Florida with 910 beds and is the second largest private employer in Polk County. We offer a wide array of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services at our Medical Center with Polk County’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Level II Trauma Center, Hollis Cancer Center, Harrell Family Center for Behavioral Wellness, Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children, Jack and Tina Harrell Institute for Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Medicine. The Lakeland Regional Health Physician Group consists of more than 380 providers, offering expert care in over 40 specialties at more than 20 ambulatory care locations throughout Central Florida. With over 7,600 team members, Lakeland Regional Health continually reaches beyond our hospital walls to promote wellness, education, and discovery.

Summary:

Responsible for delivering outpatient behavioral health services consisting of assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients. The Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist will provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy. The individual is accountable for collaborating with health care team members to design, implement, and measure safe, cost-effective, evidence-based care strategies while maintaining current professional knowledge and competencies. He/she shares responsibility for all aspects of patient care and team functions. Perform other related duties as assigned.

 

Position Details

Detailed responsibilities:

* People At The Heart Of All We Do

– Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.

– Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.

– Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.

* Safety And Performance Improvement

– Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.

– Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.

– Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.

* Stewardship

– Demonstrates responsible use of LRH’s resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.

– Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.

* Standard Work: Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapist – Licensed

– Provide in-person and telehealth individual, couples, group, and/or family psychotherapy.

– Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments of new patients.

– Collaborate with other behavioral health professionals, primary care providers, and other healthcare professionals as needed

– Schedules regular follow-up appointments with patients according to the needs of each patient and best-practice standards.

– Actively participates in team development, achieving dashboards, and in accomplishing department goals and objectives.

– Maintain all electronic health records according to federal, state and local regulations, ensuring that records of patients are complete, accurate and comprehensive.

– Provide crisis stabilization and crisis management with support as needed.

 

 

Qualifications & Experience

Education:

Essential:

* Master Degree

 

Education equivalent experience:

Essential:

* Master’s level or higher degree in: Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, or a similar degree.


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