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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Coordinator) - EDRP Authorized
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 39 days ago
Remote United States $91K – $119K Apply by Aug 17, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor INFJINFP Operations
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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Suicide Prevention Coordinator (LPMHC, GS-0183-12) in Psychology Service, South Texas VHCS.
- →Serves as subject-matter expert on suicide prevention within a multidisciplinary treatment team.
- →Monitors high-risk veteran caseload, conducts psychosocial assessments, SBORs, and Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluations.
- →Trains clinical/non-clinical staff, responds to Veteran Crisis Line referrals, ensures Category I flag implementation, and liaises with community and veterans organizations to promote evidence-based suicide prevention practices.
- →Maintains a list of patients determined to be currently high-risk for suicide and monitors their care to ensure needed services are being received.
- →This is the core safety-net function; if it's missed, a veteran can fall through the cracks.
- →Responds timely to referrals from the Veteran Crisis Line, including making contact with veteran callers to engage them in treatment.
- →It's a time-sensitive, acute-risk intervention.
- →Completes SBORs, Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluations, and consults for consideration of activation of high-risk flag, as appropriate.
- →This drives the clinical risk determination that shapes what protections a veteran gets.
- →Ensures implementation of Category 1 Flags per Central Office Directives.
- →It makes sure the system-wide safeguard actually gets activated and followed, not just recommended.
- →Assures that all veterans on the facility tracking list are being followed closely by the appropriate provider on a regular basis.
- →This is an ongoing quality-control check on the whole tracking system.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Pre-Employment/Post-Employment Physical Examination: May be required, depending on the needs of the organization 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.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 47ad9f7c-0011-4aae-ba48-b95121d28ce5
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