Embedded Counselor - ECU Brody School of Medicine

Overview

Position Number: 500530

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Anticipated Recruitment Range: $70,000 - $75,000

Position Type: Non-Faculty

Job Category: Non-Faculty Instructional & Research

Organizational Unit Overview

The Division of Student Affairs comprises over 30 departments, each responsible for providing various student support, services, and educational programs accessible to the university community. With over 300 full-time employees and over 1200 student workers, the Division supports Pirate success through environments that enhance student development, engagement, belonging, well-being, and career readiness. The Division strives to be a national leader in developing student experiences that positively transform lives and communities through work that makes students the focal point of our services, policies, and programming;

creates a community where all feel safe, included, and welcomed; treats each other with dignity and civility, and recognizes every individual has rights, ideas, and beliefs; maintains open and honest interactions, and delivers high-quality programming, services, and resources through continuous reflection and improvement.

The Embedded Counselor for the ECU Brody School of Medicine (BSOM) will offer services to medical and graduate students at the BSOM and will work as part of a multidisciplinary staff. This position reports to the ECU Center for Counseling and Student Development (CCSD) Director. This embedded position is housed in the Brody School of Medicine (BSOM) and provides direct mental health counseling and support services to BSOM medical students and graduate students.

Additionally, the embedded counselor works directly with BSOM faculty and staff providing consultation and education regarding counseling services, crisis intervention, and referrals. The counselor will also be a part of the CCSD team which allows for consultative support, expanded specialized service offerings, and back-up service provision as needed. This position may be eligible for Flexible Work Arrangements (FWA) under the ECU FWA Policy.

Up to one day per week (on a rotating schedule) may be remote after being fully on-boarded.

• Provide ethical, evidence-based clinical mental health counseling to medical students and graduate students enrolled at ECU Brody School of Medicine.
• Make a thorough evaluation of students’ mental status, behavioral functioning, social and cultural circumstances, family support dynamics and resources and construct treatment plans.
• Perform emergency and crisis intervention when necessary. Appropriately refer students for voluntary or involuntary hospitalization or other emergency treatment when applicable.
• Provide case management services to support the coordination of care and follow-up services for students including making/receiving referrals from CCSD.
• Connect students with appropriate medication management providers or other providers on campus or in the community as needed.
• Maintain timely records of services provided and use appropriate clinical record keeping protocols.
• Maintain active clinical licensure and remain current in relevant areas of mental health counseling expertise.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries in clinical role.
• Direct clinical service expectations include scheduling an average of 24 hours of clinical appointments per week. Clinical services are the priority of this position and can exceed this expectation during peak periods and when a crisis service request arises.
• Some portion of this time (at least once per week) will be designated in the evening (between 5:00-7:00 PM) to facilitate interaction with medical students.
• Clinical service will be accomplished by being embedded in office space in the Brody School of Medicine or in an ECU Health setting to facilitate availability for medical students on clinical rotations.

• Develop and present workshops for students on various mental health topics including, but not limited to, psychological and emotional well-being, stress management, relationship concerns, academic adjustment, family issues, performance and test anxiety, and other relevant…