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Well-Being Emotional Support Provider

Remote

Ohio Health
Hospitals • 10K+ employees
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Part-time

Posted 18 days ago

OhioHealth rating

7.0

Company rating: 7.0 out of 10

Based on 341 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more - in our careers and in our communities.

Job Description Summary:

This position reports directly to the System Manager of the Well-Being Center and is responsible for facilitating small group and individual well-being sessions with providers and associates. This position will work in a highly matrixed environment and will be responsible for creating psychologically safe environments that will facilitate learning, healing, and processing of psychologically distressing events that occur in healthcare.

Responsibilities And Duties:

Collaboratively executes the strategic plan and roadmap for associate and provider well-being. While each clinician provider may not perform all of these on a regular basis, a portion of these clinical program offerings will be a regular part of their work, as well as other duties as assigned.
Critical Incident Support (50%)
Works collaboratively with partners across the system as part of critical incident response, particularly Pastoral Care and Provider Well-Being, offering individual and group psychological first aid and emotional support.
Participates as a member of defusing, debriefings, and other emotional support sessions.
May provide on-call support and be dispatched to care sites and on call locations
Clinical Programming and Collaboration (50%)
Clinical programming includes development and delivery of mental health and well-being presentations and psychoeducation, outreach, support, and engagement in care sites across the OhioHealth system, and delivery of team interventions.
Maintains documentation of interventions in iCare and/or Well-Being Center EHR.
As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.
The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree

Additional Job Description:

***This is a part-time casual/on-call position servicing several hospitals throughout the system. While position is listed as Work From Home, it is home-based while on-call, but traveling to different sites when responding to critical incidents (this includes Columbus and regional hospitals). Preferred candidates would be able to be on-call at least 15-20 hours per week. Preferred availability would include weekend-evening shifts or any overnight hours, but position can be flexible.***SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND DESIRED ATTRIBUTES
  • Bachelor's or clinical (ST, OT, BSN, etc.) (Required)
  • Additional training in one of the following - Social Work, Counseling, Chaplaincy, Coaching, or related fields (Required)
  • 2-3 years of emotional support facilitation experience (Required)
  • The ideal candidate would have a background in facilitating support groups and emotional processing.
  • Additional training in Critical Incident Stress Management is desired but not required.
  • The ideal candidate would have 3-5 years of experience in supporting emotional or mental health, and group facilitation.

Work Shift:

Variable

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

1

Department

Well-Being Center

Join us!
... if your passion is to work in a caring environment
... if you believe that learning is a life-long process
... if you strive for excellence and want to be among the best in the healthcare industry

Equal Employment Opportunity

OhioHealth is an equal opportunity employer and fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. OhioHealth does not discriminate against associates or applicants because of race, color, genetic information, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, disability, marital status, familial status, or other characteristics protected by law. Equal employment is extended to all person in all aspects of the associate-employer relationship including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, reduction in staff, termination, assignment of benefits, and any other term or condition of employment 

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OhioHealth is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system based in Columbus, Ohio, US. Operating since 1981, it is one of the largest and most comprehensive health systems in its area of operation. OhioHealth's business is grounded at the union of the healthcare and medical industry. The organization provides a full range of healthcare services from acute hospital care to rehabilitative and long-term care, including medical research and development.

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Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Columbus, OH, US

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