Mental Health Therapist - Outpatient

Mental Health Therapist (Outpatient) - LISW, LPCC, LMFT, Psychologist
Summa Health Medical Group
Full Time, Benefit Eligible

*Hybrid Eligible*

The Summa Health System Behavioral Health Institute is seeking a motivated, compassionate, and driven Mental Health Therapist to join our well-established Behavorial Health team of 40+ clinicians.

The selected candidate will become a member of the Summa Health Medical Group, a multi-specialty group practice of 400+ physicians employed by the Summa Health System. Summa is also home to Juve Family Behavioral Health Pavilion, a new, state of the art, facility that is dedicated to delivering a full continuum of behavioral health care. Summa's vast healthcare system offers psychologists a variety of opportunities to practice in many different medical and behavioral health settings.

Current Opportunities

• General Outpatient - Akron & Surrounding Areas (including Medina and Rootstown)
• Weight Management Institute/Bariatrics
• Neuropsychology
• Traumatic Stress Center

Opportunity Highlights

• Employed position offering competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package.
• Practice includes dedicated support staff.
• Client referrals will come primarily from Summa Health Medical Group's team of psychiatrists, medical providers, fellow psychologists, counselors, social workers and behavioral health therapists.
• Duties will include providing diagnostic evaluations, individual psychotherapy, and group interventions for a demographically diverse range of clients in outpatient, specialty medicine, and other hospital clinics/settings. Services will be delivered in person and virtually.
• The selected candidate will also have opportunities to provide psychological testing, participate in the supervision and training of graduate-level psychology students, and assist with program development and evaluation.

Summary:
The Outpatient Mental Health Therapist provides clinical mental health services including: patient assessment, diagnostic evaluation and individual, family, couples and/or group therapy. In this position, you will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary treatment team, to provide comprehensive biopsychosocial care to patients of Summa Health System.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Formal Education Required:
a. Master's Degree in Social Work or Related Field.
b. Active Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LPCC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Psychologist.

2. Experience & Training Required:
a. Three (3) years of experience in the outpatient therapy setting.
b. Demonstrated competency in conducting diagnostic assessment, and ongoing therapy with the adult outpatient population.
c. Demonstrated experience in creation of effective and appropriate treatment plans, documentation of services provided and consistent communication with other providers.
d. Demonstrated experience with managed care reimbursement including utilization review and appropriateness of care concepts.

3. Other Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:
a. Ability to effectively interact with diverse populations of patients/customers from a variety of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds and an understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity.

4. Level of Physical Demands:
a. Sedentary: Exerts up to ten pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently.

Summa Health System is recognized as one of the region's top employers by a number of third-party organizations, including NorthCoast 99. Exceptional candidates gravitate to Summa because of its culture, passion for delivering excellent service to our patients and family's commitment to our philosophy of servant leadership, collegial working relationships at every level of the organization and competitive pay and benefits.

The salary range on this job posting/advertising is base salary exclusive of any bonuses or differentials. Many factors, such as years of relevant experience and geographical location are considered when determining the starting rate of pay. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members when determining offers. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical.