Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

4 weeks ago

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Full time
Job Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.

Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Responsibilities

Provides clinical services to mental health populations, including patients with a history of sexual trauma and combat PTSD as well as those with serious mental illness for evidence-based psychotherapy and/or crisis interventions.

Integrates assessment data in preparing and implementing the plan of care. Maintains a working relationship with the multidisciplinary treatment team. Routinely contributes to the development assigned of clinical programs, including policies and procedures.

When assigned, the Senior LPMHC will serve as a program leader or manager. Documentation in the medical record of assigned patients, by the Senior LPMHC, is in accordance with specific program, medical center, and VA and JCAHO requirements.

Attends meetings and activities in the medical center and the community, as required. When assigned, he/she provides mentoring for students, interns, and medical residents, under the general supervision of the program manager.

He/she may also serve as an educational resource for professional and community groups. Provides direct patient care, that is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional and diagnostic needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient.

The incumbent must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served in his or her assigned service areas.

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Available (ad-hoc)

Functional Statement #

GS-12

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English.

You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy

English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).

Education: VHA LPMHC must hold a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; OR a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).

Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0183 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment

Grade Determinations: GS-12 Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex LPMHC experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.

Senior LPMHCs must have five years of post-licensed experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressive professional competency and expertise and be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs): Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex mental illness.

Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.

Ability to determine priority of services needed and provide specialized treatment. Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs.

This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling, or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial, and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans.

Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on data.

Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the psychosocial treatment of patients, rendering professional opinions based on experience, expertise and role modeling effective clinical skills.

Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications.

Ability to engage in written and oral communication with leadership/staff and community stakeholders regarding policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and issues pertaining to the practice of the profession.

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