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Job Details
Requisition #:670644 Location:Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224 Category:Social Work/Mental Health Schedule:Day Shift Employment Type:Part-time
What Awaits You:
- Opportunities for Career Growth - Build a meaningful career with access to professional development, mentorship, and advancement pathways.
- Collaborative and Inclusive Environment - Work alongside a diverse team of professionals who value mutual respect, innovation, and teamwork.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package - Take advantage of a competitive and affordable benefits program that supports your health, financial security, and overall well-being.
- $5,000 sign-on bonus
Position Summary
In collaboration with patients, families, social workers, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team, the Mental Health Therapist II (MHT II) provides direct psychological, social, and practical care. Responsibilities include psychological assessment, problem identification, goal setting, behavioral interventions, care plan implementation, and support with discharge planning, patient/family education, crisis intervention, grief counseling, and abuse reporting.
Essential Functions
- Independently diagnoses patients and completes diagnostic intakes in accordance with Joint Commission standards.
- Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments and develops plans of care.
- Provides psychotherapy and psychosocial support to an assigned caseload.
- Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care and support patient outcomes.
- Documents assessments, interventions, and progress clearly, accurately, and on time.
- Maintains referral networks and connects patients with community resources.
- Monitors medication effectiveness and side effects, and consults with physicians as needed.
- Assists with referrals, guardianships, adoptions, psychiatric placement, abuse/neglect/IPV assessment, end-of-life planning, and charity care.
- Facilitates family meetings as needed.
- Uses Feedback Informed Care (FIT) per Joint Commission requirements.
- Participates in interdisciplinary rounds, quality improvement activities, and committees as assigned.
- Provides on-call coverage and may conduct home visits.
- Mentors staff and students; may provide LGPC supervision if approved.
- May participate in research, grants, publications, and education.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education
- Master's degree in Applied Psychology or related field.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of community resources and the psychosocial impact of illness.
- Ability to work independently in a mental health or health care setting.
- Strong assessment, counseling, conflict resolution, and treatment planning skills.
- Ability to synthesize multiple sources of information into a biopsychosocial plan.
- Strong prioritization, documentation, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with electronic records and standard office technology.
Required Licensure
Salary Range: Minimum 34.62/hour - Maximum 57.19/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.
The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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