Mental Health Counselor Psych Unit

Position: Mental Health Counselor (32 hrs/week) - Psych Unit
This role focuses on providing medical and clinical support services to patients.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Medical/Behavioral Health duties:
Provides behavioral evaluation services to patients and are specialized in the evaluation and treatment of mental, emotional, and/or behavioral issues.  A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.  The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.
An entry level role that applies broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education.  May require the following proficiency:  work is closely supervised, problems faced are not typically difficult or complex, and explains facts, policies and practices related to job area.

The Mental Health Counselor is a member of the multidisciplinary patient treatment team. This position implements clinical care responsibilities in accordance with unit/departmental policies, procedures, and standards under the supervision of a registered nurse.  
** Job Description
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* Minimum Qualifications:

** 2. One (1) year of previous direct patient care experience.
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* Duties and Responsibilities:

** The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
4. Identifies tests or appointments scheduled for patients that shift and provides supportive education.
15. Provides patient/family education and supports regarding milieu programming, goals of hospitalization and therapeutic interventions in support of meeting those goals.
21. Serves as role model for other mental health counsellors and provides constructive peer feedback.
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* Physical Requirements:

**** Skills & Abilities:
** 1. Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to patients ranging in age from pre-school to adolescence on the Child Unit and ages 19 through senior adulthood on the adult unit.  
4. Ability to use a variety of medical equipment necessary in the delivery of quality patient care.
7. Ability to handle emergency and crisis situations.

Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community health care to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare, an expansive home care network and a large clinically integrated physician network, Tufts Medicine has more than 15,000 dedicated employees and caregivers.

The health system came together in 2014 to leverage the experience of its member organizations and integrate their missions to together transform the ways that consumers engage with and experience their care.
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