Mental Health Therapist - LMHC - Care Management

Position Summary

Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies Located on the downtown Orlando campus Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies opened in 2006, providing programs and services focused on the unique needs of women and newborns. Specialized care covers all facets of womens health from comprehensive gynecological services and minimally invasive surgeries to obstetrics and high-risk pregnancies and births. The hospital is Magnet-recognized for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care and is certified in perinatal care by The Joint Commission. Welcoming nearly 14,000 babies each year, the hospitals 350 beds include 142 neonatal intensive care beds, making it one of the largest neonatal intensive care units under one roof in the country. As a sister hospital with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer for Children, the hospital was included in the 2021-22 Best Childrens Hospitals rankings by U.S. News & World Report, recognized for expertise in Neonatology, and together with Orlando Health ORMC was included in the IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list for 2021.

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Care Management is seeking Mental Health Therapist Acute LCSW/LMH/CLMFT to join our Care Management Department Emergency Room and Triage. This opportunity will be a chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals during their most vulnerable moments - offering comfort, guidance, and resources during times of crisis.

Shift: Varies FT Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Develop comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment and clinical impressions responsive to age-appropriate patients family needs and concerns.
• Differential diagnosis of mental-emotional disorders using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
• Diagnose biopsychosocial functioning disability and impairment for the age-appropriate patient family.
• Develop treatment intervention plans with clinical impressions. The plan is diagnostically driven and outcomes-focused with the patient family and healthcare team.
• Develop an effective working relationship with patient family to engage, collaborate, advocate, and problem-solve in order to support and enhance their mental health strengths and functioning ability.
• Utilizes differential diagnostic skills and employs various clinical treatment interventions, included but not limited to: • Crisis intervention • Solution-focused therapy • Individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy • Grief and bereavement counseling • Play therapy • Sand tray therapy • EMDR • Cognitive behavioral therapy • Mental status exams
• Initiate Baker Act.
• Facilitate Marchman Act when appropriate.
• Facilitates patients psychosocial adjustment along the continuum of care and transition to next level of care.
• Provide mental health education, information, consultation, and professional support regarding patient family needs to the healthcare team members and colleagues within the department.
• Demonstrate initiative and leadership in developing mental health services which respond to patient care demands.
• Identify practice based on continuous quality improvement.
• Maintain an up-to-date, accurate, and appropriate record of mental health activities in patients medical chart which does not violate confidentiality.
• Meet department hospital expectations of growth goals set forth by coaching plans.
• Ability to perform independently and provide clinical practice in a health care setting.
• Ability to supervise and participate in teaching within the department, hospital, and community.
• When appropriate for the clinical setting, must have subspecialty credentialing, i.e., sexual abuse, EMDR, CAP, CBT.
• Care coordination responsibilities and related functions as appropriate for your patient population.
• Maintains reasonably regular punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions:

• Maintain and enhance knowledge of human growth and development of the neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations through educational opportunities and meet expectations set forth by hospital and departmental standards.
• Pursue opportunities for obtaining continuing education as set by department policy.
• Involved in strengthening the community through participation in local, regional, state, or national activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

Education/Training:

• Masters degree from an accredited school of Social Work is required.

Licensure/Certification:

• Maintains Florida state Chapter 491 Florida Statutes licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Experience:

• Two (2) years of direct clinical experience preferable in a health or mental health setting with an emphasis on population to be served in the assigned area.