Child Therapist - Inpatient
SUNY Upstate Medical University
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SUNY Upstate Medical University is hiring a Child Therapist - Inpatient. The Child Therapist provides consultations and individual and milieu therapy to patients on Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry units. This role involves delivering expert-level clinical care, coordinating services to improve patient care quality, and observing and evaluating patients. Responsibilities also include conducting psychotherapy sessions, arranging referrals, and maintaining strong relationships with families and healthcare teams.
Key focus areas include Provide consultations, and individual and milieu therapy to patients, Work in the hospital and inpatient settings, and Provide expert level clinical care and coordination of care.
Successful candidates bring LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC License. Important skills include Clinical Care Coordination, Patient Observation And Evaluation, Individual Psychotherapy, Group Psychotherapy, Family Psychotherapy, and Referral Management. Preferred (not required): Culturally Sensitive and Patient Assessment And Treatment.
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Job Summary:
Provide consultations, and individual and milieu therapy to patients on the Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry units, working in the hospital and inpatient settings. Responsibilities include providing expert level clinical care and coordination of care via a full range of services that will improve quality of patient care delivered. Observes and evaluates patients, provides individual, group and family psychotherapy sessions, as appropriate, arranges for referrals, testing, consultation, and therapeutic services and maintains outstanding relationships with families, referring physicians and all members of the health care team.
Work Days or evenings and overnights. Flexible hours.
Be experienced or willing to be trained in the assessment and treatment of inpatient psychiatric patients. Work in diverse environments with people of different backgrounds. Must be a strong communicator and able to develop an effective partnership with providers, staff and all stakeholders, regardless of their cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.
Minimum Qualifications:
LCSW, LMFT, or LMHC from an accredited training program with a practice focus on child psychiatric patients.
Preferred Qualifications:
Supervised inpatient clinical experience with children and adolescents.
Work Days:
Monday - Friday daytime hours
Message to Applicants:
The Department of Psychiatry at Upstate is committed to embracing diversity by treating everyone with respect and dignity. Our department culture values faculty, staff and patients of every race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, political affiliation, socioeconomic status, age, and physical and cognitive ability. Consistent with the combined missions of the College of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry, one of our primary goals is to attract and cultivate a dynamic and culturally sensitive faculty and staff that exemplifies, promotes and celebrates diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability. Minority applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
Our benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, eligibility for employer 401k funding after 1 year (3% quarterly/5% annual on vesting schedule), tuition reimbursement, generous paid time off, including vacation and personal time, paid sick leave, holidays and floating holidays.
L2: $60,406 - $88,200
Please note the salary information shown is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as internal equity, market and business considerations.
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