Licensed Professional Mental Health Coordinator; Suicide Prevention

Summary

The Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator is a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) who will serve to facilitate implementation of Suicide Prevention strategies at a local level through education, monitoring, and coordination activities. The primary responsibilities of the Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator include monitoring a list of Veterans determined to be at high risk for self-harm and providing education to all front line and clinical staff regarding risk factors.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• 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
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• 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 as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - which includes diagnosis and treatment
• NOTE:
  
  It is VHA policy that a LPMHC who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record
• English Language Proficiency: LPMHCs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3.j
• Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Coordinator) - GS-12 Experience - Education - and Licensure
• In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level
• Experience must have been in a major specialty treatment program area such as - but not limited to - Post
  - Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - mental health intensive case management (MHICM) - or other areas of equivalent scope and complexity
• Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment - demonstrating progressively more professional competency
• Assignments
• LPMHC Program Coordinators are administratively responsible for a clinical program and provide treatment to patients in a major specialty
• They manage the daily operations of the program - develop policies and procedures - and prepare reports and statistics for facility - VISN - and national use
• They may supervise unlicensed graduate LPMHCs and may administratively manage any employees assigned to their program
• Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities
• In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level - the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below: 1
• In depth knowledge of the program coordinated and demonstrated knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and or practice guidelines for the program
• 2
• Ability to make key decisions in the hiring and identification of top candidates
• 3
• Ability to provide leadership in facilitating the process of coordinating program consults - assessments - admissions - care assignments and discharges
• 4
• Ability to provide subject matter consultation to other colleagues and trainees within the field of counseling working on an interdisciplinary team
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