• Wellness Counselor

    Beth Israel Lahey Health (Newburyport, MA)


    **Job Type:** Regular

    **Time Type:** Full time

    **Work Shift:** Day (United States of America)

    **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt

     

    When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

     

    Wellness Counselor

    Job Description:

    Wellness Counselor - 30 hrs/wk

     

    The Wellness Counselor provides individual support and group facilitation on the adult inpatient psychiatric unit focusing on introducing and strengthening patient coping skills, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, personal growth, and supporting a whole health wellness approach to psychiatric care. Duties include assisting charge nurse as needed for milieu coverage.

    Qualifications:

    + Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent. Bachelors degree in related field highly preferred.

    + Strong interpersonal skills, active listening skills, detail-oriented, able to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.

    + Ability to assist the program coordinator in the maintenance, organization, reordering, and vetting of patient supplies and wellness areas.

     

    As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

     

    More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

     

    Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled