About This Role
This role provides emotional, behavioral, and psychological support to Hospice patients and their families, working with individuals, couples, and families while focusing on family systems. The therapist assesses patient situations and determines the best treatment techniques.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct support and/or counsel to patients/families in keeping with their beliefs
- Assess each patient's situation and determine the best type/types of techniques for treatment
- Participate in IDG conference, as assigned or requested, by exploring and assessing the potential needs of patients/families and reporting on services as indicated
- Assess patients to identify their emotional, behavioral, and psychological needs
- Maintain proper records of visits to patients/families
- Coordinate patient treatment with other specialists as indicated, e.g., psychologist, psychiatrists, and social worker
- Help patients process their reactions and adjust to difficult changes that relate to marriage and family dynamics, e.g., divorce
- Create a plan of care that assists patients in developing coping strategies and decision-making skills
- Refer patients to other specialists, resources, or services
- Evaluate family relationships and development to understand how such issues affect the patient's mental health
Requirements
- Master's or doctoral degree, which qualifies for licensure or certification as a Marriage and Family Therapist pursuant to state law in which the individual is furnishing services
- Licensure or certification as a Marriage and Family Therapist pursuant to state law in which the individual is furnishing services
- Ability to work independently, make accurate, and at times, quick judgments
- Ability to respond appropriately to crisis outside of a hospital setting
- Acceptance of and adaptability to different social, racial, cultural, and religious modes
- At least two years or 3,000 hours of post master’s degree clinical supervised experience in marriage and family therapy in an appropriate setting, e.g., a hospital, SNF, private practice or clinic
- Requires minimal physical effort most of the day including kneeling, squatting, reaching, twisting, climbing, walking, exposure to temperature and humidity changes and minimal assist in lifting and/or transferring of a 100-pound patient
- Must possess sight/hearing senses or use appropriate adaptive devices that will enable senses to function at a level required to meet the essential duties of the position
- Must provide evidence of annual TB test and other state-required tests or examinations
- Must be able to work independently, make judgments based on assessments and data available and act accordingly