Clinical Educator - Therapist

Job Summary

The Clinical Educator – Therapist is a clinical professional who actively participates in designing, implementing, and overseeing therapeutic programs within a healthcare setting, often by conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, training other therapists, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure the program effectively addresses specific patient needs and goals, while also contributing to ongoing program evaluation and improvement.

Essential Duties:

 ·         Assist the Senior Clinical Services Director by Actively participating in the development of new therapeutic programs, including defining program goals, selecting interventions, and creating program structure and protocols.

·         Develops orientation and educational goals and objectives set forth by the CEO and Director of Compliance to accomplish missions within the established parameters, goals and objectives.

·         Reviews and updates new hire training to ensure clinical staff are prepared to work independently.

·         Training and supervising other therapists on program implementation, ensuring fidelity to the program design and quality of care. 

·         Collecting and analyzing data to monitor patient progress, evaluate program effectiveness, and identify areas for improvement. 

·         Specialization in areas includes, mental health programs, developmental disabilities, pediatric therapy, and geriatric therapy.

·         Provides clinical services orientation instruction, reeducation, competency, and refresher training to applicable staff.

·         Conducting comprehensive assessments of patients to identify their needs, strengths, and areas for improvement, informing treatment plan development. 

·         Ensures therapist are designing individualized treatment plans based on assessment findings, incorporating evidence-based practices and specific therapeutic interventions.

·         Ensures therapists are providing direct therapeutic interventions to patients, including individual and group therapy sessions, utilizing appropriate therapeutic modalities based on program focus.

·         Assists patients and caregivers with educational needs, problem resolution, and health management across the continuum of care.

·         Working closely with other healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and other therapists, to ensure coordinated care and optimal patient outcomes.

·         Ensures compliance with quality assurance, safety, infection control, and environmental procedures in accordance with regulatory requirements.

·         Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.

·         Performs other duties as requested or assigned.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital. Duties may be modified or changed with or without notice.

Job Requirements

Education and/or Licensure – Master's degree required. Licensed LPC, LMSW, LCSW authorized to practice in in the State of Texas. CPR and SAMA (or obtained within 30 days upon hire).

Experience – Three (3) years of progressively responsible full-time positions as a licensed clinical therapist. Three (3) years of acute psychiatric care experience desired. Must be 21 years old or older.

Additional Requirements – None

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

·         Knowledgeable of patient rights and laws pertaining to mental health and regulations pertaining to the treatment of the mentally and emotionally disturbed patients. Theories, principles, and techniques of group and individual psychotherapy. Symptoms and behavior patterns of emotionally disturbed mentally ill patients.

·         Strong understanding of therapeutic interventions and evidence-based practices

·         Ability to design and implement treatment plans, collect data, and analyze results

·         Displays knowledge of treatment procedures; interventions common to acute psychotic as well as non-violent crises intervention practice, medical and psychiatric emergency procedures.

·         Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the child or adolescent psychiatric population, application of this knowledge to child, adolescent or adult knowledge of medical terminology, especially those terms associated with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric care; thorough familiarity of psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population.

·         Experience in clinical practice with diverse populations.

·         Ability to provide operational guidance and leadership to technical staff in area of specialty.

·         Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.

·         Ability to assess educational needs and design and develop responsible curricula.

·         Working knowledge of the use of established care models in the development of education programs.

·         Technical leadership skills within area of expertise.

·         Ability to plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care programs.

·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals.

·         Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively at all levels in a collaborative team environment.

Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions

Perform the following with or without reasonable accommodations:

·         Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips. 

·         Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must convey detail or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly.

·         Hearing to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 dB loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed information orally and make fine discriminations in sound. 

·         Perform repetitive motions with wrists, hands, and fingers. Individual must be able to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and to be able to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. 

·         Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks, as well as inspect and analyze.

·         Must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and foot traffic; ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another

·         While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Healthcare Spending Account
• Dependent Care Spending Account
• PTO Plan with Holiday Premium Pay
• Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
• Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)