Responsibilities

ABOUT SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM – CLINICS

Join our South Texas Health System Clinics (formerly Valley Care Clinics) team! Providers with South Texas Health System (STHS) Clinics deliver high quality family medicine, health screenings and advanced specialized care to the people of the Rio Grande Valley. STHS Clinics is committed to delivering quality healthcare and service excellence. Our clinics are affiliated with South Texas Health Systems’ four acute care hospitals, behavioral health hospital, six freestanding emergency rooms and one joint venture hospital. Specially trained and highly experienced, our physician group treats a wide range of conditions using advanced technologies and minimally invasive techniques.

Website: sthsclinics.com

The Clinician will be responsible for working with patients and their families. This will include social assessments, individual / family / marital / counseling, group therapy, patient/family education, discharge planning and other modalities as applicable.

Job Duties/Responsibilities :

• Completes psychosocial assessment as per policy on patients and reassesses as necessary for all patient populations and makes recommendations to the case manager and to the multidisciplinary team as evidenced by direct observation and documentation review with knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served and the most common diagnoses found in the behavioral health center.

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to develop and individualize discharge plan for each patient that is referred identifying patient psychiatric and social problems from assessment and enters them into the care plan with measurable interventions for age groups served.

• Assesses all referrals of alleged abuse or neglect and makes referrals to appropriate protective agencies and advises the care team regarding the safety of the proposed discharge plan as evidenced by direct observation and documentation review.

• Facilitates multi-disciplinary consultation and collaboration as needed with physicians, nurses, nutritionist, case manager, psychiatrist and pharmacist and other members of the treatment team as needed to provide comprehensive and optimal patient care and documents in weekly team meetings Will coordinate and mobilize community resources and patient's support system as part of the discharge planning process and/or transfers out of the facility.

• Other duties as assigned.

  Independence Physician Management (IPM), a subsidiary of UHS, was formed in 2012 as the physician services unit of UHS. IPM develops and manages multi-specialty physician networks and urgent care clinics which align with UHS acute care facilities. It also provides select services for the Behavioral Health division of UHS. Through continuing growth, IPM operates in 11 markets across six states and the District of Columbia. Our leadership team, practitioners, and teams of healthcare professionals are collectively dedicated to improving the health and wellness of people in the communities we serve.

  Benefit Highlights

• Retention Bonus Program if offered.

• Loan Forgiveness Program if offered.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment.

• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off

• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com (https://uhsbenefits.ehr.com/default.ashx?classname=splash)

  About Universal Health Services (UHS), Inc.

  One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $14.3 billion in 2023. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

  Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 96,700 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network, and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

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  Qualifications

  Requirements:

• Master’s degree in social work or master’s degree in counseling, education, or related field.

• Minimum of 3 years work experience

  EEO Statement

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  We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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