Mental Health Professional III PRN

LewisGale Regional Health System; Salem (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

LewisGale Regional Health System in Salem, Virginia, is looking for a Mental Health Professional III to provide exceptional psychiatric treatment and counseling. This role involves conducting evaluations, planning treatments, and ensuring clear communication with patients and multidisciplinary teams.

Applicants should possess a Master's Degree and relevant certifications such as LCSW or LPC. The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical, retirement plans, and education support.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience required.
• Knowledge of state commitment processes and abuse reporting requirements.
• Ability to provide therapeutic counseling.

Responsibilities

• Maintain effective communication with patients and families.
• Provide education about behavioral services.
• Conduct evaluations and treatment planning.

Skills

Effective communication

Professional boundaries

Team collaboration

Education

Masters Degree

Tools

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC/LMHC)

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

Job description

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Mental Health Professional III role will deliver exceptional psychiatric treatment to patients and their loved ones. The position prioritizes the satisfaction of their patients by offering patient‑centered and high‑quality care.

Responsibilities include evaluations, psycho‑education, group activities, planning for treatment, mapping out discharge, and providing therapeutic counseling help.

What will you do in this role:

• Maintains effective communication with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams, and continuum of care providers.
• Maintains professionalism and uses good communication skills to interact with peers, staff, patients, and families, and resolve conflicts.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and ability to maintain clear professional boundaries with peers, patients, and families. Provides education and guidance about state commitment processes, abuse reporting requirements, the duty to warn, and guardianship processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge and role in hospital codes.
• Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, payer representatives, and other parties as appropriate about behavioral services.
• Reviews, coaches, and helps with the training of new staff/interns as assigned within approved practice and program guidelines. Participates in developing department goals and clinical programming.
• Performs utilization review as assigned.
• Helps with Process and Quality Improvement initiatives.

Qualifications you will need:

1 year of experience required.

• Masters Degree
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor
• (LCSW) Clinical Social Worker, or (LPC/LMHC) Licensed Professional/Mental Health Counselor, or (LMFT) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Benefits

LewisGale Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absences
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.