Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Position Summary:

Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the Post-Doc Fellow is responsible for providing direct client service, including individual, group, family or marital psychotherapy. The Post-Doc Fellow collaborates in a multi-disciplinary setting with other Emily Program clinicians to provide comprehensive treatment to the client and his or her family.

Schedule:

1.0 FTE (40 hours/week)

How Post-Doc Fellow's Empower Recovery:

• Works toward professional licensure, meeting all board requirements including supervision hours
• Maintains active relationship with clinical supervisor
• Develops increasing autonomy in providing clinical care
• Conducts client assessments and from assessment findings develops, implements, and coordinates services, and monitors and evaluates individualized treatment plans for those clients assigned to her or his caseload
• Conducts assigned group counseling sessions
• Collaborates with the Emily Program staff and community professionals including physicians, medical personnel, therapists, social workers, dietitians, and community agencies in coordinating client care services and maintaining continuity of care
• Identifies, supports, and evaluates clinical quality, cost, and client-satisfaction improvement initiatives; completes assigned studies, audits, and ongoing monitoring of performance indicators
• Participates in client case conferences
• Attends required training seminars, group supervision, and regular staff meetings
• Maintains clinical records in compliance with the Emily Program policies and regulatory standards
• Assists directors in designing, promoting and evaluating Program service delivery models
• Supports quality assessment/peer review activities
• Maintains at all times the confidentiality of proprietary information and any client’s or employee’s medical, financial, or personal information, records, and data to which there is access
• Ensures compliance to Program policies, external regulatory standards and payor requirements
• Maintains and enhances knowledge of current clinical practice, strategies, and developments through participation in his or her professional organization; attending related seminars, workshops, and conferences; and reviewing the literature
• Prepares and submits accurate, timely billing records as per Program requirements

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or related field
• Stated desire to work in the field of eating disorders
• Knowledge of regulatory standards governing care delivery and operations