Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor (Fulltime/Day and Evenings)

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical, and business professionals across all disciplines.

About the role

Provides behavioral health counseling services to patients and their families in the outpatient office setting. Patient care/customer service includes care/service to patients/customers in the child (5-13), adolescent (14-18), adult (19 through 64 years), and older adult (65 years and above) age groups. The composition of age groups is dependent upon the specific outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Counsels individuals, couples, and families with common mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, stress management, substance abuse, and psychosocial crisis.
• Completes a biopsychosocial assessment on new patients and develops and implements a therapeutic treatment plan with brief, specific, action-oriented interventions.
• Collaborates with other treatment team members in the clinical setting and acts as a resource/consultant on behavioral health issues.
• Develops and facilitates group psycho-educational programs to holistically address medical and mental health needs.
• Provides in-service training to team members to facilitate increased understanding of behavioral health needs and care.

Secondary Functions

• Completes required documentation in the electronic health record according to regulatory, payer, and departmental documentation standards.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings and participates in the planning, development, implementation, and quality improvement of behavioral health services.
• Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

For positions supported by PCCD through VOCA funds in cost center 7588 Lancaster County Children's Alliance Center, the incumbents will be working solely with VOCA eligible victims of crime.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field. (Higher levels of training Psy.D., Ph.D will be considered but are not required.)
• Must be currently licensed by the State of Pennsylvania to practice independently: LCSW, Licensed Psychologist, LPC, or LMFT.
• Two (2) years’ experience in mental health as a primary therapist, or functional experience in therapeutic relationships as a primary clinician in another level of behavioral health care.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years experience in individual, group, or family therapy.

Schedule

40 hours per week; 11:00am–7:00pm Monday–Thursday & 7:30am–2:00pm Fridays.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.