SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital - Neuro Transitional Center
O'Fallon, MO
(Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Part-Time
20 hours per week
Great opportunity for therapist/counselor who is passionate about patients with neurological injury, such as traumatic brain injury, stroke and spinal cord injury, to provide counseling and functional therapy to support recovery in our unique post-acute neuro setting.
Neurological inuries often lead to sudden, life-altering changes in function, indepedence and self-identity. This would be providing patients 1-on-1 counseling session, facilitating social adjustment groups and participating in functional patient activities and outings. This person would be part of a trans-disciplinary team including, but not limited to PT, OT, SLP and Nursing at the Neuro Transitional Center, a 12 bed facility.
Employees in this position will:
1. Conducts comprehensive initial assessment within scope of practice
2. Collaborates with the transdisciplinary team to determine the patient expected outcome
3. Conduct individual and group counseling sessions within scope of practice
4. Promotes patient and family understanding
5. Patient team conferences and family conferences
6. Provides cognitive rehabilitation therapy addressing identified impairments incorporating personally relevant functional activities created based upon patient interests and goals
7. Participates in goal directed community integration activities
8. Incorporates formal neuropsychological test results into the plan of care, therapy tasks, and behavioral management plans
9. Develops behavioral plans for patients, educates workforce members to assure consistency, monitors, and adjusts as needed
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Experience
Select Medical made a commitment more than 20 years ago to deliver an exceptional patient care experience that promotes healing and recovery in a compassionate environment. We have honored that promise by helping define the nation's standard of excellence in specialized hospital and rehabilitative care.
Today, we have grown to more than 50,000 colleagues caring for more than 82,000 patients every day across our care continuum. Select Medical is one of the largest operators of critical illness recovery hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation centers and occupational health centers in the United States.
Select Medical and its parent company, Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM), are based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. We are honored to be recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers in Maryland, Missouri and Pennsylvania for 2021.
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