Job Description

The Licensed Professional Counselor conducts psychosocial evaluations, provides individual and group psychotherapy, care management services and discharge planning. Develops and implements patient treatment plans and participates in treatment team conferences. Relies on education, experience and judgment to accomplish job. Works under supervision required by regulation and licensing board. Creativity and some latitude is expected to complete responsibilities.

Responsibilities

1. Clinical Practice and Care Management
   1. Serves as the case manager for assigned patients. Coordinates the interdisciplinary assessment process.
   2. Completes psychosocial assessment within guidelines defined by the organization.
   3. Conducts group and individual therapy and/or case management activities as appropriate to the treatment plan.
   4. Conducts family meetings as necessary and as directed by the physician.
2. Documentation
   1. Completes treatment plan documentation and updates according to patient needs and organizational expectations.
   2. Completes documentation of all patient and caregiver interactions.
   3. Completes documentation of all group, individual and family activities.
3. Communication, Partnership and Collaboration
   1. Works collaboratively to solve problems, improves processes, develop services, and acts as a patient advocate.
   2. Participates in departmental and organizational quality improvement initiatives.
   3. Actively participates in the development and implementation of the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
   4. Actively participates in treatment team activities.
   5. Promotes a therapeutic milieu by formal and informal methods.
4. Professional Development
   1. Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
   2. Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
   3. Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
   4. Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
   5. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in counseling or social service setting

• Master's Degree in Counseling
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communications skills, basic computer skills

• Current State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors License and BLS Certification
• Crisis Intervention Training within 90 days of employment

About Us

Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

• An 988-bed hospital and the area's only Level II Trauma Center
• A freestanding Children's Hospital
• A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
• Two free-standing emergency rooms-Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
• A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
• Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
• Assumption Community Hospital
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
• Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.