Employee Assistance Counselor

Inova • Fairfax, VA

2d • $79,664 - $129,852 • Hybrid

About The Position

Inova Center for Personalized Health is looking for experienced Employee Assistance Counselor to join the team. This is a full time, Monday - Friday position with some flexibility depending on organizational needs. The Employee Assistance Counselor provides accessible, confidential, in-the-moment emotional and behavioral health support to Inova team members and leaders across the IFMC and ICPH campuses. The role is designed to be a visible, proactive presence within the workplace, providing brief individual support, crisis response, leader consultation, team support following difficult events, and connection to appropriate longer-term resources through Lyra and other Inova programs. The counselor does not function as a traditional outpatient therapist or maintain an ongoing therapy caseload. The focus is early intervention, brief support, stabilization, resource connection, and strengthening team member wellbeing and resilience. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Requirements

• Certification: Basic Life Support within 3 months
• Licensure: Licensed Professional Counselor LPC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP)
• Master's Degree, PhD, PsyD, EdD in mental health, social work, Counseling, or behavioral health related field or degree.
• 5 years relevant experience; for example mental health/substance use disorders, psychoeducational programming including brief, targeted, evidence-based interventions (crisis intervention, trauma, integrative therapies)

Nice To Haves

• 3–5 years of post-graduate experience in behavioral health, EAP, healthcare, crisis intervention, employee wellbeing, or a similar setting.
• Experience with crisis assessment, suicide-risk assessment, psychological first aid, critical incident response, grief/trauma support, and brief solution-focused interventions.
• Experience working within a hospital or healthcare environment, particularly supporting healthcare workers.
• CEAP (Certified Employee Assistance Professional) because of the workplace/EAP nature of the position.

Responsibilities

• Establishes on-site resources to all team members. Collaborates with hospital system resources.
• Establishes and fosters relationships with hospital units, HR and all levels of management.
• Evaluates and coordinates appropriate incident response.
• Provides individual team member counseling support and referral. Refers team members to needed resources.
• Supports critical incidents. Supports unit teams by rounding, visibility and collaboration.
• Participates in on-site engagement including HR meetings, management meetings, unit meetings and health fairs etc.
• Consults with management by suggesting work environment improvements.
• Presents to team members on topics of health and well-being. Facilitates individual assistance for team members.
• Provides documentation and performs administrative functions appropriate to clinical role.
• Adheres to Inova Health System's Culture of Safety and participates in maintaining a professional culture throughout the organization.
• Serves as mentor to new staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision coverage
• a robust team member wellness program
• Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• up to $5,250 per year in education assistance
• up to $10,000 for student loans.
• offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• paid time off
• paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level