Professional Counselor

Sanford Health • Dickinson, MI

5d

About The Position

The Professional Counselor provides evaluation, assessment, and treatment to patients in the form of individual, marital, family, and group therapy as well as triage, crisis intervention, diagnosis, education, and discharge of patients. The Professional Counselor provides these services according to the philosophy and practice objectives established by Marshfield Clinic and the department, which reflect a commitment to customer focus, people orientation, system integration, and financial stability. This position works with providers, professionals, and agencies to ensure continuity of care through clear, appropriate, and timely communication.

Requirements

• Master’s or doctoral degree in professional counseling or its equivalency.
• Experience working with patients of all age ranges that have a range of mental health problems and diagnoses.
• Experience completing thorough intake assessments and making diagnoses.
• Experience providing ongoing treatment which addresses problems.
• Experience with individual, couple, family and group treatment.
• Experience identifying and understanding the psychodynamics of individuals.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Experience completing thorough documentation in a timely manner.
• Current applicable state license as a Professional Counselor.
• MMC-D employees must be fully licensed LMSW (Active LMSW-Clinical license in the State of Michigan with 2 years of supervised clinical experience completed).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification awarded by the American Heart Association (AHA) within three months of hire.

Responsibilities

• evaluation
• assessment
• treatment to patients in the form of individual, marital, family, and group therapy
• triage
• crisis intervention
• diagnosis
• education
• discharge of patients
• ensure continuity of care through clear, appropriate, and timely communication

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees