What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Behavioral Health Counselor position at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health?
Summary
Provides short-term, solution-focused behavioral health counseling services to patients and their families in primary care office settings. Patient care/customer service includes care/service to patients/customers in the child (5-13), adolescent (14-18) adult (19 through 64 years) and older adult (65 years and above) age groups.
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY: Provides short-term, solution-focused behavioral health counseling services to patients and their families in primary care office settings.
Patient care/customer service includes care/service to patients/customers in the child (5-13), adolescent (14-18) adult (19 through 64 years) and older adult (65 years and above) age groups.
The composition of age groups is dependent upon the specific outpatient setting.
Essential Functions:
Secondary Functions:
Job Requirements:
Provides short-term, solution-focused behavioral health counseling services to patients and their families in primary care office settings. Patient care/customer service includes care/service to patients/customers in the child (5-13), adolescent (14-18) adult (19 through 64 years) and older adult (65 years and above) age groups.
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY: Provides short-term, solution-focused behavioral health counseling services to patients and their families in primary care office settings.
Patient care/customer service includes care/service to patients/customers in the child (5-13), adolescent (14-18) adult (19 through 64 years) and older adult (65 years and above) age groups.
The composition of age groups is dependent upon the specific outpatient setting.
Essential Functions:
- Counsels individuals, couples, and families with common mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, stress management, substance abuse and psychosocial crisis.
- Completes a biopsychosocial assessment on new patients and develops and implements a therapeutic treatment plan with brief, specific, action-oriented interventions.
- Collaborates with other treatment team members in the clinical setting and acts as a resource/consultant on behavioral health issues.
Secondary Functions:
- Completes required documentation in the electronic health record according to regulatory, payer, and departmental documentation standards.
- Attends scheduled staff meetings and participates in the planning, development, implementation, and quality improvement of behavioral health services.
- Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements:
- Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
- Must be currently licensed by the State of Pennsylvania to practice independently: LCSW, Licensed Psychologist, LPC, or LMFT.
- Two (2) years' experience in mental health as a primary therapist, or functional experience in therapeutic relationships as a primary clinician in another level of behavioral health care.
