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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Program Coordinator - Suicide Prevention
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
Hybrid Gillette, WY $90K – $145K 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 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.
What You'll Do
- →Provides consultative services to other clinical/administrative staff and to VA programs, focused on any aspect of suicide prevention.
- →Provides supportive counseling in the development and utilization of community resources.
- →Maintains a patient list of those determined to be currently high-risk for suicide and monitors their care to ensure that needed services are being received.
- →Consults/collaborates with providers of high-risk patients for purposes of education and facilitating best practice.
- →May be required to provide direct patient care for the same purpose.
- →Provides training to all staff throughout the SVAHCS and community about risk factors, warning signs, treatment options, and resources.
- →Promotes the use of evidence-based interventions and strategies for suicide prevention in the health care system.
- →Participates and may co-chair with the Patient Safety Officer the RCA (Root Cause Analysis) by performing individual case reviews, assisting with the preparation of quarterly aggregate summaries, and facilitating recommended system improvements.
- →Receives and processes consults from the Veteran's Crisis Line and contacts Veterans to engage them in treatment and reports back to the Hotline Staff about the results of interventions.
- →Facilitates the completion of suicide assessments in the facility by training staff, updating policies, and occasionally direct provision of assessments, according to the VACO assessment guidelines.
- →Facilitates the implementation of reporting high-risk patients through the use of the Suicide Behavior Report.
- →Facilitates the implementation of Level II Flags per Central Office Directives.
- →Provides tracking reports to the Center of Excellence for data compilation monthly.
- →Works closely with the Multidisciplinary Team to ensure that all Veterans on the facility tracking list are being followed closely by the appropriate provider.
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.
- ✓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: 4e89a574-871e-4c59-ac9c-8f80b06ee81c
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