Job Title: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) - Adult Psychiatry
Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Job Category: Wellbeing Services, Social Work
Schedule: Days
Work Type: Full time
Department: Adult Integrated Care Psychology Division
Date Posted: 07/16/2021
Job ID: R-16554

Job Summary

Assesses patient needs and abilities and develops treatment plans to facilitate improved patient functioning/symptom resolution. Provides individual, family, couple and group psychotherapy as deemed clinically appropriate. Participates with program planning with the psychiatry team and other applicable team members.

Job Duties

We are seeking full-time licensed clinical social worker who is licensed or license-eligible in Pennsylvania and have experience working in primary care or medical settings. Geisinger is committed to significant, system-wide expansion of integrated behavioral health in primary care and specialty medical settings and to its educational mission of developing the next generation of integrated clinical psychologists in our region.

At Geisinger, embedded PCBH and integrated specialty care psychologists are leaders within interdisciplinary care teams working to improve population health within fast-paced clinical settings. They provide evidence-based, patient-centered and consultative patient care and support maintenance of patients in their clinics and programs. Integrated psychologists fulfill the following services and roles:

• Provide evaluation and consultation appropriate to the primary care or specialty medical setting

• Develop and implement treatment plans and monitor care components

• Deliver brief, evidence-based behavioral health interventions

• Facilitate patient and family education on presenting concerns

• Consult with physicians and allied health providers to support decision making, build on medical interventions, and improve provider-patient relationships

• Offer supervision and training to psychology, social work, and medical residents, physicians, and other members of the care team

• Assist in design, development, and implementation of clinical programs

• Participate in program development/evaluation and quality improvement

Position Details

*Hours: Monday - Friday! No weekends or on-call!

*Geisinger offers comprehensive suite of healthcare benefits all starting day one of employment! This includes medical, prescription drug, vision and dental coverage. We also offer tuition assistance and 5% contribution to your retirement plan.

Education

Master's Degree-Social Work (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - Default Issuing Body; Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Default Issuing Body

Our Purpose & Values

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

About the Company:
Geisinger Health System