Practicum Student Intern

The Practicum Student Intern is an unpaid internship. 

Fremont Hospital is a fully accredited, 148-bed private inpatient psychiatric hospital providing quality care for children through adults. The facility provides a full assortment of care which includes assessments, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, partial-hospitalization, intensive outpatient psychiatric treatment as well as chemical dependency outpatient care. Conveniently located near public transportation such AC Transit, BART, and the ACE Train, commuting to the hospital is easy. 

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024. UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points,

an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Job Duties:

• Will learn to complete a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment, treatment plans, suicide assessments, and other evidence-based assessments to support patients with treatment and discharge planning.  
• Will learn to create and implement Master Treatment Plan and Treatment Plan update for all patients within hospital policies and timeframes. Will learn to communicate the treatment plan with patients, patient’s family/guardians, and outside agencies if involved.
• Will learn how to thoroughly and timely document of all communication with patients, families, and involved stakeholders, discharge planning updates, treatment planning updates, and any other clinical encounters.
• Must have the ability to multitask, work in a faced paced environment, adapt to change, while meeting necessary deadlines as outlined in hospital’s policies and procedures.
• Will learn to provide psychoeducation and support to patients, families, involved agencies, as needed.
• Will learn and be responsible to facilitate process and skills-based groups on the milieu.
• Will learn and provide individual support to patients in crisis.
• Will learn and facilitate family meetings to support safe and effective discharges.

Requirements for master’s level practicum student:

• Must be actively enrolled in a master’s psychology program
• Must be available to commit 2 full 8 hr days on site for clinical work
• Must be available to participate in weekly group and individual supervision
• Previous mental health experience highly preferred
• Must be able to complete CPI training upon hire.
• Must be with an approved school contracted with Fermont Hospital 

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information. At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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