Weekends Inpatient Therapist - License Required

Mission Health; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, seeks a Mental Health Professional III to deliver patient-centered psychiatric care. You will perform evaluations and counseling (individual, family, group), plan treatment, and map discharge while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to drive positive patient outcomes.

Your role includes maintaining professional boundaries, educating on commitment processes and guardianship, participating in codes, and supporting quality improvement

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support required within 30 days.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention required within 30 days.
• Masters Degree required.
• Licensure in one of: LCSW, LPC/LMHC, Psychologist, or LMFT.

Responsibilities

• Maintains effective communication with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Maintains professionalism and resolves conflicts with staff and families.
• Educates about state commitment processes, abuse reporting, duty to warn, and guardianship.
• Demonstrates knowledge of hospital codes and roles in emergencies.
• Provides educational resources about behavioral services to patients and teams.
• Reviews and trains staff/interns; contributes to department goals and programming.
• Performs utilization review as assigned.
• Contributes to Process and Quality Improvement initiatives.

Skills

Professional communication

Conflict resolution

Education

Masters Degree

LCSW / LPC/LMHC / Psychologist / LMFT licensure

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. The responsibilities include evaluations, psycho-education, group activities, planning for treatment, mapping out discharge, and providing therapeutic counseling help. They work to produce positive outcomes for their patients by using verified techniques in one-on-one, family, and group counseling sessions.

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.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Masters Degree - Required
• (LCSW) Clinical Social Worker, or (LPC/LMHC) Licensed Professional/Mental Health Counselor, or (PSYCH) Psychologist, or (LMFT) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - REQUIRED

Benefits

• 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 absence
• 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Mission Hospital, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, located in Asheville, North Carolina, serves as the regional tertiary and quaternary care center in Western North Carolina and the adjoining region. Mission Hospital is licensed for 853 beds and is the region’s only trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, and includes the only children’s hospital in Western North Carolina. Mission Hospital is also a Magnet® designated hospital for nursing excellence.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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.