Therapist Job Description
Therapist
provides massage therapy (Swedish, Deep Tissue and Signature), hydrotherapy and other bodywork treatments for clients; assist in poultices and other special treatments; demonstrate evaluation skills, palpation accuracy and recognize contraindications to treatment.
Therapist Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective therapist job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included therapist job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Formulate patients' goals and develop treatment plans
Provide treatment for 10-12 patients per day
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of human growth and development and apply this knowledge in the assessment and treatment of patients throughout the life span
Work effectively with parents, teaching staff and other professionals directly involved in the care and treatment of the child to develop and monitor IEP services
Develop a treatment plan and goals based on assessment
Evaluate patients' medical histories
Assess patients' progress and maintain daily progress notes
Reaching Residents how to use physical therapy equipment
Promote optimal function and engagement in meaningful activities
Remediate developmental disabilities
Therapist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Therapist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, AHA, CPI, NBCOT, AOTA, UE, AED, SAMA, CTRS
Education for Therapist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the therapist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Collage Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Health, Human Services, Psychology, Therapy, Education, Social Science, Social Services, Supervision
Skills for Therapist
Desired skills for therapist include:
Experience in performing Swedish and Deep Tissue Massage
Treatment
Rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological injury
Regulations
Body treatments
Older adult rehabilitation
Psychiatric evaluation and assessment process
Governmental and regulatory guidelines in designated healthcare settings
Patient rights and confidentiality
State regulations with regard to ethics
Desired experience for therapist includes:
Provide support to families
Maintain appropriate documentation regarding student services and subsequent needs
NY State OT license
Supervise student interns as directed by Manager
Conduct initial Occupational Therapy evaluations and re-evaluations
Complete reporting activities as required by regulatory and departmental standards
Therapist Examples
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Therapist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of therapist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for therapist
- Formulate and implement measurable objective treatment plans within 72 hours of start of treatment that address both mental health and addiction diagnoses of the client and their case management needs while maintaining scope of practice
- Provide quality documentation for psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, therapies, court reports, discharge planning, staffing, eligibility reviews, and medical records within required time frames
- Provide education/consultation to client/family, treatment team and community
- Provides direct treatment to adolescents who have mental health and/or substance abuse problems, and to their family members
- Provides culturally and clinically competent treatment
- Develops and implements individualized treatment plans
- Refers clients to other resources or services in the community when required, such as support groups or inpatient treatment facilities
- Intakes, individual and group notes and treatment plans will be completed in a timely manner
- Provide bio-psycho-social assessments to identify and diagnose properly addictions, co-occurring mental health disorders and treatment interventions
- To recognize signs and symptoms of chemical dependency disorders and apply/utilize appropriate treatment Iinterventions
Qualifications for therapist
- OT
- 6+ months of experience is preferred, but new grads will be considered!
- 1 year of SNF experience
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited Physical Therapy program
- Current State of New Jersey Physical Therapist license
- NYS permanent PT license
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Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of therapist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for therapist
- Contributes to overall treatment team process by assisting in developing plans of care, formulating and reviewing plans and attending treatment team meetings and providing input as assigned
- Complete diagnostic assessments, develop and implement treatment plans using Evidenced Based Practice techniques, and provide ongoing mental health/clinical services including individual, group, and/or family sessions
- Discuss all relevant issues pertaining to the patient's care with various community networks, youth, school officials, natural parents, placing agency and other appropriate parties involved with the patient according to policy, regulations and best practice standards of the identified program
- Timely document outcome of sessions, interaction with parties involved in the patient’s care and incidents as required by policy, regulations and contract
- Obtains and assesses social history information and report to the treatment team within program specific time frames
- Develop with the family and facilitate a service plan that addresses the identified at-risk behaviors
- Provide skill teaching to develop or improve daily living in areas such as coping skill, parenting, anger management, problem solving, behavior management, social skills, and communication
- Provide concrete services/advocacy directed by needs of family
- Serve as a liaison among service providers to coordinate services and/or foster communication among them
- Provide 24-hour on-call crisis services
Qualifications for therapist
- Active TX Physical Therapy license
- Active NY Physical Therapy license
- Prior experience as a PA
- Active MA Occupational Therapy license
- Pediatric/school experience
- 1 year of experience as an OT
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Therapist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of therapist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for therapist
- Providing assessment and evaluations based on appropriate criteria
- Assist in promoting spa & products to guests and offer full product knowledge
- Completes psychosocial assessment
- Provides clinically sound individual, family, and group therapies within required time frames and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families
- Measure interventions against expected outcomes and modifies as indicated
- Assist Risk Management with investigations regarding patient care and reported abuse, neglect
- Contribute to program development designed to meet joint goals
- Engages adolescents and family members into services
- Conducts school and home visits when needed
- Maintains case files that include activities, progress notes, evaluations, and recommendations
Qualifications for therapist
- 1 year of experience in SNF setting
- New grads with strong fieldwork experience are welcome to apply!
- OT License
- School Certified
- Comfortable working with IDD popullation
- 1 year experience as an OT
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of therapist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for therapist
- When necessary confers with other counselors, doctors, supervisors, and professionals to analyze individual cases and to coordinate counseling services
- Works in conjunction with supervisor and other team members to ensure implementation of the family-based intervention, which includes family, individual, and psychoeducational sessions as related to program participant needs
- Complete ASAM and DSM axis evaluations
- Clinical notes for family and individual therapy will be completed same day
- Service Excellence is a primary goal!
- Conducts individual and group therapy sessions with residential clients
- Responsible for updating and collaborating with referents
- Participates in weekly staff meetings regarding each client and gives recommendations
- Providing integrated primary care within Primary Care (Family Medicine or Internal Medicine, either La Crosse or Onalaska)
- Brief, problem focused, real time assessments/interventions to address a wide range of co-morbid health, mental health and substance abuse problems
Qualifications for therapist
- NYS OT license & registration
- 1+ year of full-time experience in planning, coordinating and supervising a recreation activities program in a hospital, health care or related facility
- Masters Degree in Counseling or Social Work
- Eligibility for current state licensure or currently licensed as a behavioral science professional
- Current CPR, first aid and CPI certification or ability to obtain during orientation
- A minimum of two (2) years experience in supervised clinical behavioral health care facility
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of therapist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for therapist
- Provides and documents discharge planning as directed by the Psychiatrist from day of admission
- Provides and promptly documents direct patient care through use of social work and/or counseling knowledge and skills
- Maintains professional and clinical credentials consistent with duties
- Conducts and documents individual, group, and family therapy as assigned and indicated
- Acts as liaison for patients to various community agencies and resources
- Functions as liaison and support for patient’s family during hospitalization
- Responds to and handles crisis situations under direction of MD or Nurse
- Always exhibits a positive attitude when dealing with others in day to day situations
- Facilitates therapeutic milieu on units assigned
- Coordinates and documents referrals and discharge planning
Qualifications for therapist
- Must have sufficient language skills and ability to communicate both verbally and in writing to accurately and professionally implement and document the services provided to clients
- Ability to visually observe client needs
- Current TX clinical licensure (LMFT, LMSW, LMHC, LCSW, LPC, LCDC, CAP)
- Must be able to work some weekends, holidays, and flexible hours
- Bachelor’s degree in a social science field and at least two years of related experience (Master’s degree preferred)
- Licensed Social Worker licensed in the State of Ohio (LISW preferred)