Behavioral Health Therapist, Night Shift, Emergency Services

AHC SGMC Behavioral Health

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Adventist HealthCare's Shady Grove Medical Center is hiring a Behavioral Health Therapist for our Emergency Services Department in Rockville, MD. Qualified candidates will be eligible for up to a $10,000 sign-on bonus. (*Current AHC employees not eligible - see below under additional details.)

Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Behavioral Health Therapist for our Emergency Services Department who will embrace our mission to extend God's care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Behavioral Health Therapist you will:
• Initiates and implements complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
• Provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
• Participates in and interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
• Assesses and intervenes in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues Documents services provided and disseminates information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i.e., DJJ, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC
• Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process. Promotes positive patient-family-community relations
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety and stability
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications Include:
• Master's degree in social work /counseling or equivalent master's degree in a recognized health field
• 1 year experience preferred
• LGSW/LMSW/LGPC/LCPC/LCSW-C in the State of Maryland\t\t
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Work Schedule:

Shift Schedule: Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights 7:00p-7:30a

*Current AHC employees are not eligible for a sign-on bonus who are transferring from one entity to another and/or transferring within their entity. Employees that have terminated their employment with AHC are not eligible for a sign-on bonus prior to six months of returning if hired for a position offering a sign-on bonus .

#GR8 Mental & Behavioral Health

Pay Range:
$29.08 - $48.25
In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount or if the position is Per Diem (offering a fixed rate), salary discussions will occur during the screening process.
United States of America (Non-Exempt)

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We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free Employee parking
• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
• Paid Time Off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone's life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

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COVID-19 Vaccination

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