Mental Health Counselor - Licensed

Job Description

Schedule : PRN| Day Shift

This is a union position

Your experience matters

Lourdes Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Mental Health Counselor joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you'll contribute

A Mental Health Counselor who excels in this role :

• Essential Functions Effectively utilizes strong clinical and assessment skills, cultural competence, and basic casework skills (referrals, advocacy).
• Provides therapy to assigned adult / geriatric patients per Behavioral Unit (BHU) policies, developing, and revising the treatment plan, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, establishing specific short- and long-term goals. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious / spiritual needs of the patient and patient representative.
• Documents the psychosocial evaluation, all one to one and group activities, therapies, and case management activities in the patient(s) chart.
• Documentation is accurate and meets all hospital, state and TJC requirements. Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical / health errors. Knows responsibility during a "Code Gray" and provides crisis intervention as necessary.
• Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team participating in treatment team meetings evaluating and updating treatment goals and interventions.
• Provides / conducts group education and group programs per established schedule with emphasis on providing suicide prevention education to patients and / or patient representative

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers :

What we're looking for

Connect with a Recruiter

Not ready to complete an application, or have questions? Please contact Maria by emailing Maria.Delgado1@lifepointhealth.net

Hourly range : $20.61-$29.02

EEOC Statement

"Lourdes Medical Center an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lourdes Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

About Us

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

About the Team

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.