The Veterans Health Administration, VHA, located at Ft. Harrison, MT is currently recruiting for one GS 12 Triage and Rapid Evaluation Clinic -TREC-Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor.

Duties

Triage and Rapid Evaluation Clinic -TREC-Senior-LPMHC duties include, but aren't limited to the following: As a Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor for the Triage and Rapid Evaluation Clinic (TREC) team, the incumbent is expected to provide immediate assessment, consultation, and treatment services for Veterans presenting to the Emergency Room and/or receiving care on the Ft. Harrison VA medical floors. Clinical responsibilities include but are not limited to: providing psychological assessment and diagnostic services for Veterans with a broad range of psychopathology, performing suicide risk assessment with appropriate documentation; demonstrating expertise in using contemporary interview and psychometric assessment methods; be familiar with involuntary and voluntary commitment practices in the state of Montana and be able to perform involuntary commitments based on clinical licensure; providing psychoeducation to patients and family members regarding mental disorders and best practices; providing evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions as indicated and appropriate (this may include individual, family, and group psychotherapy); collaborating with Veterans and family members in the development and implementation of treatment goals and interventions; providing consultation to health care providers about assessment findings and treatment planning; responding in a timely manner to requests by the ER or medical floors for consultation regarding patients with a variety of mental health needs; and actively participating in interdisciplinary treatment team rounds/meetings. The incumbent may also be asked to provide clinical supervision to trainees and/or unlicensed staff and may serve on service line committees, workgroups, and/or task forces. The candidate must possess and be able to do the following: Demonstrates I-Care values when interacting w/ all internal/external customers Maintains current knowledge of & practices in accordance w/ The Joint Commission requirements Protects printed & electronic files containing sensitive data according to Federal privacy Act & confidentiality statutes Follows regulations & instructions regarding release of sensitive/protected patient/ employee information May serve on Service Line committees, workgroups, &/or task forces, etc Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: PD436-58111-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: Citizenship Must be a U.S. citizen. Non-citizens may be appointed when it's not possible to recruit qualified U.S. citizens English Language Proficiency. Psychologists must be proficient in spoken & written English Education: 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). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http://www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling. 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 mental health counseling, which includes diagnosis and treatment. Loss of Licensure. Once licensed, LPMHCs must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted license to independently practice mental health counseling, which includes diagnosis and treatment. Loss of licensure will result in removal from the GS-0183 LPMHC occupation and may result in termination of employment. Grade Determination Requirements: GS-12 Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor 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. AND Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities, KSAs, In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below: 1) 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. 2) 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. 3) Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on data. 4) 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. 5) Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. 6) 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. References: VA Handbook 5005/106 Part II Appendix G43 The full performance level of this vacancy is a GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is a GS-12. Physical Requirements: Occasionally lift/carry

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Transcripts must include your name, the school's entire name, can be unofficial transcripts, must have the name of the course, date course taken, grade received for the course, amount of credits earned for the course, date degree conferred, (if applicable), (name of degree received, (if applicable).

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Fort Harrison VA Medical Center 3687 Veterans Drive Fort Harrison, MT 59636 US
• Name: Jeannie Wright
• Phone: (970) 263-6272
• Email: [email protected]