Job Description​

The Opportunity:

Saint Luke’s Crittenton Children’s Center in South Kansas City, MO is seeking a Hospital Therapist to join our team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to assist the Intake Director in the planning, coordination, and evaluation of all the daily activities of the Intake Department. Your experience and expertise will allow you to successfully triage emergency and non-emergency calls, verify or coordinate the certification of all funding eligibility and benefits, along with conducting intake assessments. Join the Kansas City region's premier psychiatric care provider for children, adolescents, and their families in being “The best place to get care. The best place to give care.”

Shift:  Schedule is Monday - Friday, 4 pm - midnight OR Sunday - Thursday, 4 pm -- midnight.

The Work:

Conducts clinical interviews and recommends levels of care consistent with the treatment needs to patients and their familiesRecommends and implements general therapeutic interventions both for individual clients and for overall program developmentFunctions as the therapist for patients and families with the psychiatrist as clinical team leaderProvides for additional work functions in the area of Utilization Management

We are seeking Hospital Therapists with experience working with children. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of the system and processes of mental health care. This position will require the skills necessary to develop communication systems that triage workloads on a daily basis. We are looking for someone with great communication and written skills with a warm, caring attitude. To be successful in this role, you must be detail oriented, efficient, adaptable, and capable of multitasking. This position requires you to work in a team atmosphere as well as autonomously.

If you are looking for a fast paced work environment that is rewarding as well as supportive, offering a room for self-care and tools to tackle challenges, this is the position for you.

Must have a master's degree and either a provisional or full applicable MO license (LMSW, LPC, PLPC, LCSW).

Why Saint Luke’s?

We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

Medical health plansContinuing Education Assistance and Tuition reimbursementLeave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plansRetirement contributionsEmployee Assistance Program

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Provisional License - Various

Master's Degree

Job DetailsFull Time

Evening (United States of America)

The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

Join the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.