Behavioral Health Therapist

Sentara Hospitals • Virginia Beach, VA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Therapist assesses each assigned patient’s social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situation, along with disposition needs. The therapist collaborates with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community agencies to develop and implement plans addressing identified needs, evaluates how effective those plans are, and initiates changes as needed. The anticipated schedule is 4 hours per week, on the first (day) shift.

Requirements

• Master’s-level degree in counseling, psychology, social work, or a related field.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 90 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• For a master’s degree in counseling, eligibility to register with the State as a resident in counseling is preferred.
• Certification in Addiction, Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
• Prior related experience.
• Prior acute psychiatric, hospital, or inpatient psychiatric experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess assigned patients’ social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situations and disposition needs.
• Collaborate with patients, families, healthcare team members, and community agencies to develop and implement plans addressing identified needs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of plans and initiate changes as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Life and disability insurance, including long-term and short-term disability and critical illness plans.
• 401(k)/403(b) with employer match.
• Paid time off, sick leave, and holidays.
• Paid parental and military leave, and paid family caregiver leave.
• Adoption, fertility, and surrogacy reimbursement up to $10,000.
• Emergency backup care.
• Educational assistance, including tuition assistance of $5,250 per year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
• Student loan repayment or student debt paydown of up to $10,000.
• Pet insurance.
• Legal resources plan.
• Opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria are met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time