Coverage Therapist - PrairieCare

We are a psychiatric healthcare system, dedicated to providing mental healthcare for all, with seven locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, and two additional sites located in Rochester and Mankato. With a robust benefits package, career advancement opportunities, and great workplace culture, we value our employees and the work they do each day for our patients and families. Our services span the full continuum of care for patients, with a variety of roles and opportunities for job-seekers looking for more than a job, but a place where you can grow in your career.

Responsible for assessing, planning, and providing individual, family, and group psychotherapy. The coverage therapist collaborates in a multi-disciplinary setting with other PrairieCare staff to provide comprehensive individualized treatment to the patients and families/support persons they serve, using a trauma informed and culturally responsive lens. Coverage therapists generally support the continuity of therapy work within the mental health treatment programs housed at their primary site location, as needed and assigned. Training is provided as appropriate. On rare occasions, cross-coverage at other sites may be necessary, as mutually agreed upon with site operations director.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Provide process group therapy, family therapy, and individual therapy for assigned patients, as appropriate to role
• May work with children, adolescents, and adults with mental illness, and/or a combination of both, as assigned and as appropriate to setting and position
• Collaboratively develop and assign treatment goals and interventions
• Coordinate care with providers outside of the treatment team upon admission and discharge, as relevant and appropriate
• Available to provide collaborative coverage for other therapists across other treatment teams, settings, and levels of care when the need arises, as assigned
• Contribute to the interdisciplinary team the perspective of their unique training and offering a clinical lens in supporting staff from other disciplines
• Participate in case conferences and treatment team rounds
• Attend training seminars, group supervision, and regular staff meetings as appropriate
• Maintain clinical records in compliance with PrairieCare policies and regulatory standards
• Support quality assurance and peer review activities as assigned
• Maintain professional and collaborative relationships with colleagues in the program and broader PrairieCare
• Maintain confidentiality of client medical records according to policy and HIPPA rules
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely billing records per policy and program requirements
• Ensure compliance with program policies, external regulatory standards, and payer requirements
• Oriented towards, educated in and embracing interculturally responsive functioning from lenses of gender, race, age, and other cultural identifications and differences
• Support treatment team within holds/restraints processes when required for patient safety (training provided)
• May have supervision responsibilities for master’s level family therapy, counseling or social work junior level therapists or interns, as interest and qualification allows
• Support new employee hiring and onboarding by sitting in on selection committees, offering training and education, as delegated or assigned

• Master’s degree or higher and licensure in the State of Minnesota as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPCC) or Licensed Psychologist (LP) required.
• Clinical mental health experience with variety of ages and clinical presentations is preferred
• Experience in intensive psychiatric healthcare settings preferred but not required
• Coverage therapists hold interpersonal and skill agility, ability and interest in providing therapy services collaboratively in a variety of ways, with a variety of populations, and within a variety of treatment teams, according to licensure/scope of practice.
• Desire to work with children, adolescents, adults (as applicable to role) and families/support people
• Ability to qualify for company paid malpractice insurance
• Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate in written and verbal form
• Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks
• Ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potentially emergency situations
• Ability to make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances
• After training, be able to support management of disruptive and explosive patients
• Knowledge of regulatory standard governing care delivery and operations
• PRN therapists work a minimum of 4 shifts per month that may include some weekend and early evening hours. Additional shifts can be added to schedule if requested and if shifts are available. PRNs cover for both planned and unplanned staff absences

Driven by our values and commitment to safety and quality care, PrairieCare will be joining every major health system in Minnesota with our plans to require a COVID-19 vaccine for all team members, or an approved exemption limited to medical or religious accommodations.

PrairieCare is a psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. With multiple sites across the metro, including locations in Rochester and Mankato, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of Minnesota’s largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families.

PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admissions, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled, and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce. Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.