What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Counselor - Outpatient position at Adventist Health?
Adventist Health Columbia Gorge is seeking a dedicated full-time Behavioral Health Counselor to join our compassionate team. In this role, you will provide comprehensive counseling services to individuals and families, addressing a wide range of mental health concerns. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement personalized treatment plans, ensuring holistic care for our patients. The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work, or a related field, along with relevant licensure and experience in behavioral health counseling. We offer a supportive work environment, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package that emphasizes whole-person care, including physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being. If you are passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of others and meet the qualifications, we encourage you to apply.
Job Summary:
Provides behavioral health assessments, diagnosis and treatment, as well as discharge planning to and consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis and treatment, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.
Job Requirements:
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (some certifications will require Bachelor’s): Required
- Master’s Degree in counseling or equivalent combination of education/experience: Required
- Three years' experience to include crisis intervention, individual and group therapy: Preferred
- Experience in working with behavioral health clients providing direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention and education to members and/or family members: Preferred
Licenses/Certifications:
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC): Required
Essential Functions:
- Provides behavioral health assessments of patients to identify problems that can be resolved usually through refining and changing the patient's decision making process.
- Formulates, develops and implements a comprehensive plan utilizing appropriate treatments and interventions. Provides crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, marital, family and/or group therapies as well as grief and bereavement work.
- Participates in multidisciplinary healthcare teams and provides leadership in representing a professional counseling based mental therapy perspective with patients and families.
- Documents assessment plans, interactions and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Organizational Requirements:
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
