Licensed Professional Couselor LPC)

About the role

Great opportunity for a therapist/counselor passionate about patients with neurological injury, such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury, to provide counseling and functional therapy to support recovery in our unique post-acute neuro setting. Neurological injuries often lead to sudden, life-altering changes in function, independence, and self-identity.

This role involves providing patients with 1-on-1 counseling sessions, facilitating social adjustment groups, and participating in functional patient activities and outings as part of a trans-disciplinary team including PT, OT, SLP, and Nursing at the Neuro Transitional Center, a 12-bed facility.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive initial assessment within scope of practice
• Collaborate with the transdisciplinary team to determine the patient expected outcome
• Conduct individual and group counseling sessions within scope of practice
• Promote patient and family understanding
• Participate in patient team conferences and family conferences
• Provide cognitive rehabilitation therapy addressing identified impairments, incorporating personally relevant functional activities created based upon patient interests and goals
• Participate in goal-directed community integration activities
• Incorporate formal neuropsychological test results into the plan of care, therapy tasks, and behavioral management plans
• Develop behavioral plans for patients, educate workforce members to assure consistency, monitor, and adjust as needed

Requirements

• Master’s degree appropriate to position required
• Licensed LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) or Neuropsychologist
• Certified BLS completion required; for new hires, see CPR Requirement Guidelines for New Hires

Preferred Qualifications

• Superior communication and interpersonal skills
• Abilities to learn and teach psychological measures, observe confidentiality and standardization, and demonstrate accuracy, reliability, and organizational skill

Schedule

PRN (as needed), Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm