Therapist I - PRN

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
Jan 24, 2025
San Jose Behavioral Health is currently seeking a Therapist to join our growing team. The Therapist is responsible for providing both direct and indirect patient care by utilizing counseling skills, social work assessments, high-risk screenings, and age appropriate interventions. The Therapist manages patients to achieve optimal clinical satisfaction outcomes, facilitates timely discharge planning, and provides patients/families with post-acute options for alternative levels of care. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Provide psychotherapy services to patient as scheduled. Conduct individual, group or family therapy sessions as appropriate for treatment plan of the patient. Provide initial treatment planning for patient based on assessment and coordinate any additional services needed and revise as necessary. Maintain documentation of therapy services provided to each patient, according to facility and professional standards and revise as needed. Maintain a caseload as assigned. Participate in treatment team meetings and collaborate with other staff to facilitate services for the patient as appropriate to their treatment plan. May provide these services in an inpatient or outpatient setting. Provide case management, discharge planning or after-care planning according to treatment plan. May assist in educating and training staff on behavior management or therapeutic crisis intervention. May coordinate various clinical and psychosocial or educational activities with patient and their families. OTHER FUNCTIONS: Perform other functions and tasks as assigned. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, Nursing or other recognized therapeutic field from an accredited college or university. Minimum of two plus years' experience as a therapist with one or more years of experience with the specific population of the facility. LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS: State or national licensure for professional therapy providers required. First Aid, CPR, de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). Compensation Compensation for roles at San Jose Behavioral Health varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, role, skill set, and level of experience.As required by local law, San Jose Behavioral Health provides a reasonable hourly range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California as set forth below: SJBH Range - $33.00/hour - $50.00/hour - DOE Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)