Mental Health Professional II LCSW MSW

About the role

The Mental Health Professional II at Research Medical Center is responsible for delivering exceptional, patient-focused care by providing supervised mental health services. Key duties include conducting assessments, offering psycho-education, leading process groups, developing treatment plans, and facilitating therapeutic counseling sessions.

Responsibilities

• Conducts one-on-one, group, and family psychoeducational and process groups.
• Develops treatment plans and attends treatment planning meetings and reviews on an ongoing basis.
• Affirms environment and patient’s safety status and reports/responds to actual and potential safety issues or changes in the patient's condition.
• Identifies risk factors, screening criteria, and interventions for patients with special precautions (e.g., suicide, homicide, falls, elopement).
• Completes assessments, group notes, and all other documentation promptly and in compliance with requirements, as appropriate to scope.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to assess and coordinate patients’ discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge.
• Conducts post-discharge follow-up as indicated.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
• Masters Degree in Social Work required (LMSW/RCSW-I).
• Licensed Master Social Worker/Reg Clin SW-Intern, or (LPC/LMHC) Licensed Professional/Mental Health Counselor, or (LMFT) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, or (LCSW) Clinical Social Worker.

Benefits

Research Medical Center offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. This includes medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services; wellbeing support; time away from work programs; savings and retirement resources; and education support.