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Residential Counselor

Non-degreed and degreed high school diploma or GED required. Bachelors Degree with one year of health care experience required. Without prior experience, start earning up to $27/hour. Degreed up to an additional $4 per hour above base. Increased rates for those with prior work experience in the medical, behavioral, mental healthcare field, working with children and military services. Shift differentials up to $5 per hour. Frequent opportunity for overtime. Increasing work/life balance to meet your needs with new flexible schedules. Work full time as few as three days per week. Selection of 8, 12, or 16-hour shifts. Available full-time weekend shifts at only 36 hours.

Benefit highlights: Paid medical, dental, vision, 401K match, stock purchase, attendance incentives, up to $80 per week, tuition reimbursement, SoFi student loan refinancing program.

This role requires a successful background check, fingerprinting, and employment verification.

Mountain Youth Academy is centrally located near Johnson City, TN, Boone, NC, and Abingdon, VA. We are a 120-bed residential treatment facility and assist in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of behavioral health issues for our young adolescent patients. The Residential Counselor provides direct individual and group treatment and other aspects of patient care to patients with psychiatric disorders, addictive disease disorders or related substance abuse or chemical dependency problems or those dually diagnosed with psychiatric and chemically dependency disorders; to ensure the safety and well-being of these patients; to support the maintenance of therapeutic milieu.

The Residential Counselor is responsible for maintaining the overall milieu management and safety of patient and staff in the unit and collaborating effectively with supervisors and management.

Job duties: Completes non-clinical assignment tasks related to the admission, transfer, and discharge process. Ascertains the need for and assists patients with a variety of psychiatric and substance abuse diagnoses in meeting immediate needs with the ultimate goal of self-maintenance under the direction of a supervisor. Assists patients in carrying out their established treatment programs by collaborating with other team members and by participating in ongoing multidisciplinary team meetings with supervisor to assist in reporting of patients' progress. Documents and reports patient progress/regression. Follows procedures which adhere to daily schedules, policies, and practices prescribed by agency name.

Additional benefit: Challenging and rewarding work environment. Competitive compensation & generous paid time off. Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans. 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan. SoFi student loan refinancing program. Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries! Free meals. Attendance incentives. Shift differential pay. Tuition reimbursement.

About Universal Health Services: One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications: Job requirements/special skills: High school diploma or GED required. Bachelors degree with one year of health care experience required. Verbal de-escalation skills to assist the resident to regain control of their behaviors. Functions as a community lead. The ability to make quick decisions and respond in a crisis. The ability to communicate clearly with a team and work together to solve a crisis. Provides mentoring/shadowing as assigned.

EEO Statement: All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.