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CLINICAL COUNSELOR
Job Title: CLINICAL COUNSELOR
Job Code: 5076
FLSA: E
Job Level: E2
Revised Date: 03/01/2019
Supervisory Responsibility: No
General Description of the Job Class
Render professional counseling services in a Duke University Health System program to provide individual health programs. Counsel individuals and provide guidance in the execution of program's objective.
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
Render counseling services to participants in specified programs to include individual and/or group consultation in the execution of the program's function.
Administer, interpret and evaluate the results of any program administered assessment tests.
Counsel individual participants on methods to achieve program prescribed objectives and assist in planning future activities.
Compile and keep records of information concerning services rendered to be used or a service of information for the director of the program.
Organize and conduct recreational activities.
Interview patients and their families for routine admission data; orient patients and families to the facility; provide data input during team discussions and meetings to assist in developing therapeutic plans and objectives.
Interact with patients on a one to one as well as small group basis; assist patients in planning how the treatment plan can be optimally utilized for their benefit.
Provide guidance and instruction to support staff in routine procedures and techniques used to secure confidence and cooperation of patients.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. herein.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education
Work requires a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Education or a related field.
Experience
N/A
Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) certification preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering routine treatments to patients.
Knowledge of behavioral principles and individual responses to stressors.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients or patients
Ability to work with, express sensitivity and understanding, and secure the cooperation of patients, including maintaining sympathetic attitude towards patients.
Ability to keep calm in stressful situations.
Ability to maintain routine records and prepare reports.
Ability to recognize clients or patients in emergency states and seek appropriate assistance.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and other patient rights.
Ability to understand, follow and communicate/relate oral and written instructions and pertinent information accurately.
Ability to apply proper body mechanics and safety.
Distinguishing Characteristics of this Level
N/A
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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Essential Physical Job Functions
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
