Behavioral Health Counselor

St Anthony North Hospital; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 39,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

St Anthony North Hospital in Colorado is seeking a Behavioral Health Counselor to deliver high-quality patient care within the Behavioral Health Program. You will conduct intake assessments, determine diagnoses, and develop comprehensive treatment plans, guiding patients through recovery with evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities include individual, family, couples, or group therapy, suicide risk assessment, and adherence to state laws, accreditation standards, and ethical guidelines to

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field is required.
• At least 1 year of direct behavioral clinical experience in inpatient or outpatient settings.
• Knowledge of DSM diagnostic criteria and treatment planning.
• Professionalism, ethics, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills.
• EAP knowledge is preferred for EAP positions.
• Physical requirements include Medium Work (up to 50 lbs).

Responsibilities

• Provide intake assessment, diagnosis, and develop treatment plans.
• Deliver individual, family, couples, or group therapy as appropriate.
• Perform crisis intervention, safety planning, and suicide risk assessment.
• Ensure compliance with state mental health laws, accreditation standards, and ethics.
• Coordinate with the Behavioral Health Program to monitor and discharge planning.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Crisis intervention

Professional ethics

Education

Bachelors degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Behavioral Health Counselor, you will contribute towards the delivery of quality healthcare with a concern for the well‑being of those served. You will provide high-quality patient care by performing intake assessment, determining diagnosis, developing and maintaining a treatment plan, concurrent reviews, and discharge planning for patients in the Behavioral Health Program.

Every day, therapy may include individual, family, couples, or group counseling as appropriate, using clinically sound and evidence-based practices as current with state Mental Health laws, regulatory agencies, and policies and standards of care. You will meticulously assess patient needs, develop personalized treatment strategies, and guide patients through their healing journey, ensuring adherence to the highest professional and ethical standards.

To be successful in your role, you will strategically deliver high‑quality patient care within the Behavioral Health Program, meticulously performing intake assessments, determining diagnoses, and developing comprehensive, evidence-based treatment plans. You will demonstrate exceptional clinical expertise in providing individual, family, couples, or group counseling, all while ensuring strict compliance with state Mental Health laws, regulatory agencies, and established standards of care to promote the well‑being of those served.

• Responds to potentially dangerous situations and ensures safety of patients in the least restrictive manner.
• Appropriately assesses suicide risk.
• Demonstrates proper precautions when dealing with suicidal, homicidal, and/or dangerous clients.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in the delivery of assessment, crisis intervention, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of quality care to meet patient needs.
• Consistently complies with all requirements of federal and state laws, accreditation standards, and ethics guiding the behavioral health profession and policies and standards of care at CommonSpirit Health.
• Facilitates individual, group, and family therapy as well as psycho‑educational groups to promote patient emotional, spiritual, and psychological health.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field
• One (1) year of direct behavioral clinical experience providing individual, group or family therapy in an inpatient or outpatient setting
• Competence with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic criteria and treatment planning
• Demonstrates clinical and ethical professionalism, conflict resolution and critical thinking skills
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) knowledge and experience, preferred for EAP program positions
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work - exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Basic Life Support - (For St. Anthony North Hospital and St. Anthony Hospital only: Current Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association)

Where You’ll Work

For more than 50 years, St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster, Erie, Brighton, Broomfield, Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60,000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics, ambulatory surgery center, birthing center with private birthing suites, Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services, over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging services. In 2023, we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement, which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience, wellness and person-centered care, we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site, with an emphasis on preventive health, wellness and health education.

Pay Range

$28.10 - $46.37 /hour