Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - Child Development - Department of Pediatrics

Job Summary

To offer psychosocial support and counseling to patients and their families, helping them cope with emotional and physical challenges. To coordinate a range of services, including group therapy, crisis intervention, bereavement support, client advocacy, referrals, prevention programs, education, implementation, and psychosocial assessments. To provide supervision for undergraduate and graduate students, and to contribute to the development and execution of performance improvement initiatives.

Education & Experience

• Required: Master's degree in counseling or social work.
• Required: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the State of Mississippi.

Responsibilities

• Conducts and documents comprehensive psychosocial assessments to evaluate the social, emotional, environmental, and medical needs of patients and families.
• Performs Level II evaluations for transplant applicants, donors, and individuals with mental illness or intellectual disabilities to determine discharge planning needs.
• Maintains thorough documentation, prepares reports, and ensures compliance with departmental guidelines and standards.
• Continuously reassesses patient needs, monitors interventions, and updates the plan of care based on progress or changing circumstances.
• Ensures access to medical coverage by securing necessary documentation and supporting materials.
• Provides or supervises delivery of care plan interventions including resource and referral assistance, crisis intervention, prevention services, bereavement support, counseling, therapy, education, and patient advocacy.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement care plans that actively involve the patient and/or family.
• Collaborates with team members to ensure comprehensive, integrated care and to support positive clinical outcomes.
• Coordinates with team members to ensure comprehensive, integrated care and to support positive clinical outcomes.
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives including data collection, continuing education, policy development, and committee involvement.
• Attends and contributes to staff, department, and administrative meetings as assigned.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of local community agencies, health and social service programs, and acts as liaison when needed.
• Supports patients in navigating financial assistance options, including applications for state benefits, charity care, and other aid programs.

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold.
• Occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment.
• Occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations.
• Occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours.
• Occasional travelling to offsite locations.
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature.
• Occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality.
• Frequent bending.
• Occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds.
• Frequent climbing.
• Frequent crouching/stooping.
• Occasional driving.
• Occasional kneeling.
• Frequent pushing/pulling.
• Frequent reaching.
• Frequent sitting.
• Frequent standing.
• Frequent twisting.
• Frequent walking.