What are the responsibilities and job description for the PSYCHOTHERAPIST position at Sinai Chicago?
About Us:
At Sinai Chicago, we take health care personally. Excellence in health care is about more than just medicine, technology, tests and treatments, it is about really caring for people with dignity and respect. That’s what we do. We are dedicated to providing the best care to meet the needs of people, for our community, for our patients and for you.
Position Purpose:
The Psychotherapist is responsible for providing psychotherapy and other treatment services that affirm clients’ strengths, broaden their problem-solving abilities, and increase their self-knowledge. The therapist is also responsible to ensure that appropriate documentation is completed that is required for billing and coding, and acts as a mentor and leader to newer staff and master’s level students.
Key Job Activities:
- Conducts psychotherapeutic and other clinical treatment sessions for individuals, families, and groups.
- Completes all required case records and statistical reporting documentation within specified time frames.
- Conducts home visits when clinically appropriate.
- Provides direct service for 70% of work hours.
- Facilitates consultation and outreach to assure the provision of holistic treatment.
- Documents all services provided in a timely manner.
- Participates in ongoing community resource development.
- Monitors treatment plan service delivery as it relates to the internal service providers.
- Performs evaluation for suicide, violence, and case management needs.
- Advocates for and with patients and families in utilizing resources and services.
- Engages patients therapeutically to help them learn healthy aspects of interpersonal social skills, hygiene and grooming and teamwork in social settings.
- Performs individual psychotherapy based on an identified theoretical model (cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, interpersonal, or other).
- Conducts crisis therapy, family therapy, and group psychotherapy.
- Conducts clinical supervision.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Work Experience:
- Master’s degree in social work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Marital Family Therapy, or related behavioral health program that is a license eligible degree required.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Possesses exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Must be culturally competent.
- Bilingual Spanish is a plus.
- Experience in EPIC and MEDITECH software systems preferred.
Certifications/Licenses:
- LCSW, LSW, LPC, or LCPC or LMFT preferred.
Workplace Conditions:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear
- The employee frequently is required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch
- The employee is occasionally required to stand
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- General office environment and the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGEN EXPOSURE CATEGORY:
Category 2 - Job may expose incumbent occasionally or in emergency situations to blood, body fluids, non-intact skin or tissue specimens
Category 3 - Job does not involve exposure to blood, body fluids, non-intact skin or tissue specimens. Incumbent does not perform or help in emergency medical care or first aid as a part of his/her job.
Benefits:
Sinai Health System’s goal is to provide you with the most comprehensive benefit package possible while balancing our fiscal commitments and obligations. Sinai Health Systems currently offers its employees the option to participate in a full range of benefits, including a health care program which includes medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage. Along with Employer Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Supplemental Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Employee Assistance Program and Student Loan Assistance. Participation in some programs requires that employees be regularly scheduled to work a minimum number of hours and/or to have fulfilled a waiting period after they begin employment with Sinai Health Systems.
Registry (per diem) Caregivers are caregivers who work less than 1,000 hours in a calendar year. Registry caregivers are employees of Sinai Health System but are typically on an as needed basis. These caregivers may be called upon to cover full-time or part-time caregivers during PTO events or sick leave as well as to provide supplemental coverage. Registry Caregivers are not eligible for Sinai’s benefit programs with the exception for Sick-C, PPO Medical Plan, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and non-match eligible contribution to the Sinai Health System Consolidated 403(b) retirement savings plan.
Living the Values:
- TEAMWORK - Caregiver works together with other caregivers to create and maintain an inclusive workplace where differences, inclusivity, conflict resolution and open communication are valued
- RESPECT - Caregiver shows mutual respect and fairness, treats each person with dignity and encourages each individual’s unique talents and contributions
- QUALITY - Caregiver improves our services by following protocol and suggesting improvements based on observations, continuous learning and industry best practices
- INTEGRITY - Caregiver holds self and others accountable for their actions and are honest and ethical in all dealings
- SAFETY - Caregiver practices behaviors that promote safety for all patients, visitors, and caregivers
- ROLE MODEL - Caregiver is a dependable role model and champions our values through their daily interactions with patients, customers and coworkers
Sinai Health System is currently the largest provider of mental health services for west Chicago communities. For over 25 years, Sinai has offered outpatient therapy for children and adults in a community mental health centers housed in Mount Sinai Hospital. Therapeutic services are individualized and geared to promote the full well-being of clients including the development and utilization of natural, family, and community supports. These services promote resilience and emotional recovery. As a part of the resiliency and recovery process, we attempt to understand clients in their cultural, familial, and community contexts, and support families’ functioning in these various contexts. Services are provided in variety of modalities including individual, group, and family therapy, all utilizing a Trauma-Informed lens and evidence based practices. The Cook County Justice Advisory Council has awarded Sinai Behavioral Health with a grant to provide comprehensive services to youth and adults who are residents of the South Lawndale community and have been directly impacted by interpersonal violence. A Psychotherapist will provide mental health services (individual, family, group therapy) to youth and adults impacted by community violence and maintain relationships with grant partners, community organizations, and referral sources. All psychotherapists receive regular supervision tailored to their developmental level and licensure requirements, and are encouraged to take advantage of the collaborative and collegial culture of the clinic. Candidates must be able to conduct therapy in Spanish.
