Counselor Psych Services WEO (N)

Facility:
Medical South: 3525 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807





Department:
1114 Psychological Services SGF
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
24
Hours:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 8:30 to 5:00
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description:
The Counselor is a Clinician who assumes responsibility and accountability for a patient or group of patients for a designated time frame. Will conduct a variety of psychosocial assessments and provides care for these patients through therapeutic use of self and/or the patient care/problem solving process to assist the patient and family to achieve basic healthcare goals. The counselor is a member of an interdisciplinary team that is responsible for working collaboratively with the medical director & clinic manager to ensure development and implementation of appropriate standards. Needs to have flexibility in traveling between two hospitals 30 minutes apart.Education
▪ Required: Masters Degree in a related field of counseling services
Experience
▪ Preferred: 1-2 yrs. experience with wide variety of patient populations
Skills
▪ Ability to work within scope of practice to help patient achieve highest level of quality possible for psychological well-being
▪ Knowledge of community resources to help meet patient needs
▪ Ability to work independently & collaboratively in teams
Licensure/Certification/Registration
▪ Required: Current Licensure as a Social Worker [LCSW or LMSW], Licensed Professional Counselor [LPC], Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Psychologist [PhD or PsyD] or application for provisional license with completed degree requirements of the previous. Provisional license must be obtained within 120 days of employment.