Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) - Adult Outpatient

Geisinger; Elm (PA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits from day one

Vision and dental insurance

Domestic partners benefits

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking a Licensed Professional Counselor to provide psychotherapy across individual, family, couple and group modalities, as part of a multidisciplinary psychiatry team. The role operates from home with Pennsylvania coverage and 40-hour weeks, focusing on patient needs and treatment planning.

Responsibilities include biopsychosocial assessments, case management, crisis intervention, and collaboration with inpatient/outpatient teams to ensure continuity of care.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social sciences is required.
• Licensed Professional Counselor certification is required.
• Experience in psychotherapy with various modalities preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with psychiatry and inpatient/outpatient teams.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient needs and develops treatment plans.
• Provides individual, family, couple and group psychotherapy.
• Participates with program planning with the psychiatry team and other staff.
• Evaluates biopsychosocial needs and documents data per standards.
• Upholds agency policies and ethical standards.
• Collaborates with outpatient and inpatient teams for triage and crisis intervention.

Skills

Psychotherapy

Group therapy

Case management

Education

Master's Degree in Social Sciences

Licensed Professional Counselor

Job description

Location

Location: Work from home (Pennsylvania) Shift: Days (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Worker Type: Regular Exemption Status: Yes

Job Summary

Assesses patient needs and abilities and develops treatment plans to facilitate improved patient functioning/symptom resolution. Provides individual, family, couple and group psychotherapy as deemed clinically appropriate. Participates with program planning with the psychiatry team and other applicable team members.

Job Duties

• Evaluates the ongoing biopsychosocial needs of patients, identifying needs and problems and determining a treatment plan.
• Provides psychotherapies and case management to assigned patients as well as input regarding the care of program patients.
• Engages as a primary therapist or co-therapist in group therapy to psychiatric patients and as the primary therapist in individual, family, and couple therapies.
• Obtains pertinent data in accordance with program and regulatory standards.
• Upholds agency policies and standards as well as ethical standards of appropriate discipline.
• Collaborates with outpatient and inpatient teams to provide triage evaluation and crisis intervention.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Education: Master's Degree-Social Sciences (Required)

Experience:

Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Professional Counselor - Default Issuing Body

Skills

• OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.
• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION : We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.