Therapist

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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Pediatrics has an exciting opportunity for a full time Therapist position to work in Miami, FL.

The Therapist provides a full range of therapeutic care as prescribed by the University and federal policies and procedures in carrying out duties and responsibilities. Moreover, the Therapist demonstrates familiarity with a variety of assessment techniques including methodologies and skills training. An employee in this position relates and interacts well with patients relative to their age specific, physical, and psychosocial needs.

Core responsibilities:

• Interviews, evaluates, and assesses the needs of patients, and develops treatment plans.
• Works in conjunction with multidisciplinary service teams to ensure implementation of coordinated psychosocial serves as it relates to program participants’ needs.
• Prepares progress notes, reports and correspondence.
• Maintains case records confidential.
• Conducts ongoing individual, groups, and family counseling sessions with patients.
• Completes psychosocial evaluations, assesses psychological disorders, prepares comprehensive clinical summaries, and makes treatment recommendations.
• Interprets psychological or psychiatric case information from patients interviewed and from medical or psychiatric sources.
• Assists with the recordation of data and statistics.
• Serves as program liaison to collaborating service providers, the courts, and treatment centers.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions:

• Provide maternal child health education and psychosocial counseling services to program participants, including program enrollment and psychosocial screenings/assessments, psychosocial counseling and additional wraparound services as needed including parenting education, breastfeeding support, tobacco cessation, and other psychosocial and referral services.
• Provide crisis intervention with program participants when needed and provide referrals to caregivers when appropriate for mental health and/or substance abuse services.
• Conducts ongoing individual and group psychoeducation and counseling sessions with patients.
• Provide case management/care coordination services to participants in alignment with the programmatic case management model, including services to address the range of maternal child health psychosocial and behavioral health needs.
• Provide group educational services including parenting, maternal health education, and other MCH topics.
• Attend all programmatically required training and staff meetings and strictly adhere to program protocols.
• Complete all required paper and electronic documentation of client services/measures on time and in compliance with all programmatic guidelines, agency reporting, and contractual requirements of funding agencies. 
• Assist as needed in quality assurance of service delivery documentation for the purpose of completing agency reports and compliance with program performance measures.
• Other organizational/support duties as assigned.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required. Master’s in Social Work, Counseling, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required
• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience in counseling and mental health issues.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and documentation skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with clients and external agencies.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills along with proper telephone etiquette.
• Home visitation skills, willingness to use personal vehicle, and occasional weekend and evening hours.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends as necessary.
• Commitment to the University’s core values.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

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