Behavioral Health Counselor - Inpatient & Outpatient Therapy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job summary

St. Anthony North Hospital is seeking a Behavioral Health Counselor to contribute to high-quality patient care within the Behavioral Health Program.

You will perform intake assessments, determine diagnoses, and develop and monitor evidence-based treatment plans across individual, family, couples, and group therapy modalities. You will evaluate suicide risk, coordinate discharge planning, and ensure compliance with state mental health laws and accreditation standards, while delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field.
• 1 year direct behavioral clinical experience providing individual, group or family therapy in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
• Competence with 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 up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

DSM criteria knowledge

Clinical professionalism

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Counseling, Social Work or related field

Job description

St. Anthony North Hospital is seeking a Behavioral Health Counselor to contribute to high-quality patient care within the Behavioral Health Program.

You will perform intake assessments, determine diagnoses, and develop and monitor evidence-based treatment plans across individual, family, couples, and group therapy modalities. You will evaluate suicide risk, coordinate discharge planning, and ensure compliance with state mental health laws and accreditation standards, while delivering