Behavioral Health Therapist - Licensed (PERS)

Sentara Health; Salem (NH); Remote; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Adoption Reimbursement

Emergency Backup Care

Disability Plans

Life Insurance

Legal Resources

Bonus Potential

Job summary

Sentara Health is seeking a full-time Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist to join the Psychiatric Emergency Response team. The role monitors behavior health concerns in the emergency department and provides treatment recommendations, working overnight and remotely.

Candidates must have a Master’s in Social Work, Counseling, or a related field, and hold Virginia LPC or LCSW. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for discretionary bonuses.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or related field required.
• Virginia LPC or LCSW licensure required.
• Overnight remote behavioral health therapy role within ED setting.

Responsibilities

• Assesses social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situations and disposition needs for each patient.
• Collaborates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community agencies to address identified needs and develop plans.

Skills

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s Degree – Social Work, Counseling, or related field

Virginia LPC or LCSW

Job description

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

Third (Nights) Overview:

Sentara Health is now hiring a full-time, Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist . This position will be a part of the Psychiatric Emergency Response team that assess patients in the Sentara Emergency Departments who present with behavioral/mental health concerns and will provide recommendations for treatment.

This is a position that will work overnight hours, fully remote .

Master’s Degree – Social Work, Counseling, or other related field – (Required)

Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - (Required)

Assesses the social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situation, as well as disposition needs, for each assigned patient.

Collaborates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community agencies to develop and implement plans to address identified needs.

The base pay range for full-time employment is $75,712.00 - $114,420.80 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.

Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); Medical, Dental, Vision plans

• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital , located in Virginia Beach, VA, is home to the region’s only Level III Trauma Center. Our 273-bed facility has a long history of commitment to our communities of Virginia Beach, Eastern Shore, and Northeastern North Carolina, offering specialized tertiary services as well as many advanced clinical services. As a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart, vascular, neuroscience, neurosurgery, orthopedics and spine care, cancer care, advanced imaging, and behavioral health.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: