Job Summary

Promotes and maintains the mental and social health of employees through assessment, teaching and counseling. Oversees programs to support the social and emotional needs of our employee population. This role will specifically focus on relationships with employees of the health system, including but not limited to providers, nurses, and support staff.

Job Duties

• Counsels employees that are experiencing emotional exhaustion, trauma, burnout, grief, loss, or other personal crises.
• Creates a safe space for employees to share emotional challenges and partners to create strategies for well-being improvement.
• Acts as the clinical subject matter expert for several programs within the Center for Professionalism and Well-Being.
• Supervises, orients, and trains all assigned personnel.
• Acts as resource to answer questions and resolve problems.
• Provides intervention to minimize the impact of stress and trauma on overall emotional well-being.
• Comfortable responding to urgent emotional crises as they arise.
• Seeks clarification of information as needed and follows up on outstanding information that impacts final plans and referrals needed.
• Educates employees on applicable resources to meet their needs.
• Works collaboratively with employee and the multi-disciplinary team at the Center for Professionalism and Well-Being to ensure all appropriate resource referrals are made and followed up on.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

*Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm.

*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 up to $5,000 tuition reimbursement and 5% contribution to your retirement plan.

Education

Master's Degree-Social Work (Required)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Default Issuing Body

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.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.