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Graduate Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid Chesapeake County, VA $76K – $99K Apply by Jul 20, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJESFJINFJINFP
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This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (HVAMC) located at the North Battlefield CBOC, under the Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences (MH&BS) Service Line. This position is aligned with the BHIP/Outpatient Mental Health.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but not limited to the following: Independently performs case/care management functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
- →Possesses the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups.
- →Independently conducts psychosocial assessments.
- →Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team if applicable.
- →Possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and measures outcomes to interventions.
- →Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- →Independently identifies high-risk patients and provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members.
- →Provides support for those Veterans on the High Risk for Suicide list.
- →Develops patient education materials/modules and assists with Veteran Peer and Family activities as assigned.
- →Independently provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan.
- →Ability to evaluate own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means.
- →Able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
- →Serves as Mental Health Treatment Coordinator for the patients on assigned team. i.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4aa709c0-4d87-4cde-af13-5d7a2a4f8aab
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