Mental Health Counselor


Job Identification: 671533
Posting Date: 09/18/2025, 02:29 PM
Job Schedule: Full time
Locations:

Job Description:
Mental Health Counselor

Inova Kellar Center Fairfax is looking for a dedicated Mental Health Counselor to join the Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) team. This role will be full-time day shift from Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

Mental Health Counselor Job Responsibilities:

• Engages in activities integral to the continued development and success at our sites of care across Inova Health System.
• Provides assessment, planning, treatment, intervention, and evaluation to patients with psychiatric disorders.
• Provides crisis intervention and behavior management services. Provides daily check-ins and various group counseling interventions.
• Provides day to day documentation and counseling services for the behavioral health patients.
• Oversees individuals receiving services and provides behavioral, non-instructive support and psychoeducational programming to the patient population.
• Maintains medical record documentation in compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and Inova's policies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in education, psychology, social work, special education, mental health discipline, or related field.
• Certification: Basic Life Support Within 3 Months Minimum. Crisis Prevention Institute. CPI in-person training for non-violent crisis intervention, receive CPI blue card within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working with adolescents

About Us:
We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.


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