What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Health Counselor PRN position at Inova Health System?
The Mental Health Counselor engages in activities integral to the continued development and success at our sites of care across Inova Health System. Provides assessment, planning, treatment, intervention, and evaluation to patients with psychiatric disorders. Provides crisis intervention and behavior management services. Provides daily check-ins and various group counseling interventions. Provides day to day documentation and counseling services for the behavioral health patients. Oversees individuals receiving services and provides behavioral, non-instructive support and psychoeducational programming to the patient population.
Job Responsibilities
- May require traveling between locations to provide patient care support on an as needed basis.
- Oversees individuals receiving services and provides behavioral and clinical supports.
- Appropriately gathers and assesses information regarding the patient's mental and physical well-being. Analyzes and interprets relevant data to determine treatment recommendations and priorities. Formulates mutually agreed-upon treatment goals and objectives with the client utilizing all available resources. Interacts with parents/guardians at arrival and communicates pertinent information when indicated to physicians and/or clinical staff.
- Ensures that appropriate staff/patient scheduling for classes and activities is adequately and appropriately covered. Provides written scheduling to staff who are covering activities. Provides crisis prevention in terms of a consistent staff presence.
- Identifies potential problem times and places (lunch, passing time) through ongoing observation in the milieu, groups, and lunchtime, and provides directs supportive crisis intervention when indicated. Consistency present in milieu to provide supportive crisis stabilization and support to support to clinical staff. Provides daily safety assessments and develops safety plans under the supervision of clinical staff and/physicians.
- Maintains medical record documentation in compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and Inova's policies. Maintains the inventory of materials and the provision of stock for the Program related areas; completes required documentation and assists with filing and other clerical and record keeping tasks.
- Develops and delivers psychoeducational programming as directed by the director. Supports Clinical Staff in providing process groups if indicated, through co-leading groups, assist in the preparation of materials for groups, managing/supervising patients in crisis, and documentation of the group process.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What We Have to Offer YOU!
Benefits and Perks!
- Tuition Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to a maximum assistance of $5,250
- Student Loan Assistance: Monthly payment toward team member's outstanding student loan debt
- Paid Parental Leave: Provide up to four weeks 100% pay for team members to care for and bond with a newborn or newly adopted child
- Competitive salary
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Savings and Spending Accounts (HAS/FSA)
- Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
- Retirement Savings Plan: Inova makes a matching contribution on the first 5% of pay you contribute
- Time Away Programs: You earn or "accrue" PTO on an hourly basis during the calendar year, beginning with your first hour of work.
- Supplemental Benefits: Auto/Home Insurance discounts, Pet Insurance & Pet Care Discount Program, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Services
- Additional Benefits, Perks, & Discounts: Commuter Benefits, Back-up Child and Elder Care, Adoption Assistance Plan, Credit Union, Team Member Purchasing Program
Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelors degree in education, psychology, social work, special education, mental health discipline, or related field.
Certification:
- BLS through the American Heart Association (within 3 months)
- Crisis Prevention Institute (within 6 months)
Job Responsibilities
- * Formulates mutually agreed-upon treatment goals and objectives with the client utilizing all available resources.
- * Provides crisis prevention in terms of a consistent staff presence.
- * Identifies potential problem times and places (lunch, passing time), and directs crisis intervention.
- * Provides daily safety assessments and develops safety plans under the supervision of clinical staff and/physicians.
- * Interacts with parents/guardians at arrival and communicates pertinent information when indicated to physicians and/or clinical staff.
- * Maintains record documentation in compliance with accreditation standards and Inova's policies.
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
