Outpatient Counselor - Substance Use Disorders (Part-Time)

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Luke’s University Health Network is seeking a part-time outpatient/partial hospital therapist to provide therapy for outpatient clients and families. The role requires coordinating and delivering therapeutic services in the Outpatient/Partial Hospital Department, with hours 16 per week, Monday-Thursday, 4:00 p.m.

- 8:00 p.m. The ideal candidate has a Master’s degree and is actively working toward licensure or PCB certification, and holds clinical experience in AOD services. St.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field and licensure progression.
• Clinical experience in the provision of AOD clinical services.

Responsibilities

• Assesses clients/families in a professional, thorough and timely fashion.
• Triages clients requiring services beyond Outpatient in a timely and organized fashion.
• Provides individual, family, and group counseling, including Partial Hospital setting groups.
• Completes related tasks such as correspondence, completion of managed care forms, and ensures authorizations and client obligations are met.
• Maintains confidentiality and follows Network and departmental safety and reporting requirements.
• Demonstrates PCRAFT values and contributes to performance improvement in care, service, operations and safety.

Education

Master's degree and actively working toward licensure or PCB certification.

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

Hours: 16 hours per week, Monday-Thursday, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Serves as a therapist for the Outpatient/Partial Hospital Department. Plans, coordinates, and provides therapeutic services for outpatient clients and their families. The intent of this job description is to provide a summary of the major duties and responsibilities of this position and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses clients/families in a professional, thorough and timely fashion.
• Assures that the client/family has a clear understanding of what is recommended, including alternative options, if any, and the rationale behind the recommendation.
• Triages clients who require services other than Outpatient (i.e. Mobile Engagement Services, Inpatient, mental health services) in a timely and organized fashion.
• Provides individual/family/group counseling, including groups in the Partial Hospital setting.
• Provides clinically related tasked such as correspondence, completion of managed care forms, and works in assuring services are authorized and client obligations are handled.
• Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.
• Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding issues of employee, patient and environmental safety and follows appropriate reporting requirements.
• Demonstrates/models the Network’s PCRAFT values during interactions with all customers.
• Demonstrates Performance Improvement in the following areas as appropriate: Clinical Care/Outcomes, Customer/Service Improvement, Operational System/Process, and Safety.
• Demonstrates financial responsibility and accountability through the effective and efficient use of resources in daily procedures, processes and practices.
• Complies with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
• Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Must have ability to sit for 2 total hours per day, and up to 1 total consecutive hour.
• Must be able to stand for 8 total hours per day and up to 2 total consecutive hours.
• Must be able to walk 6 total hours per day and up to 10 total consecutive minutes.
• Must have the ability to frequently use fingers/hands for fingering and handling.
• Must have the ability to use upper extremities for frequent pushing of objects up to 10 pounds and occasional pushing of objects up to 75 lbs.
• Must have the ability to transport patients weighing up to 250 lbs. via wheelchair, stretcher and/or bed.
• Must have the ability for frequent stooping and bending.
• Must have the ability for frequent reaching above shoulder level.
• Must have the ability for touching as it relates to feeling objects by touching with the skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Must have the ability for hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high frequency and low frequency hearing sounds.
• Must have the ability for seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION

Master's degree and actively working toward licensure or PCB certification.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Clinical experience in the provision of AOD clinical services.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.