Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient, Full Time, Day Shift

About the role

Provides behavioral health assessments, diagnosis and treatment, as well as discharge planning to and consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis and treatment, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provides behavioral health assessments of patients to identify problems that can be resolved usually through refining and changing the patient's decision making process.
• Formulates, develops and implements a comprehensive plan utilizing appropriate treatments and interventions.
• Provides crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, marital, family and/or group therapies as well as grief and bereavement work.
• Participates in multidisciplinary healthcare teams and provides leadership in representing a professional counseling based mental therapy perspective with patients and families.
• Documents assessment plans, interactions and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent (some certifications will require Bachelor's): Required
• Master's Degree in counseling or equivalent combination of education/experience: Required
• Three years' experience to include crisis intervention, individual and group therapy: Preferred
• Experience in working with behavioral health clients providing direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention and education to members and/or family members: Preferred

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC): Required

Organizational Requirements

• Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable.
• Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Pay

The estimated base pay for this position is $73,717 to $110,575. Additional individual compensation may be available for this role through differentials, extra shift incentives, bonuses, etc. Base pay is only a portion of the total rewards package, and a comprehensive benefits program is available for qualifying positions. Please contact our Talent Acquisition team for more information.

Schedule

Shift Length : 8 Hours