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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor- Program Manager (BHIP Program Manager)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
On-siteWashington, DC$122K – $158KApply by Jun 1, 2026Licensed Professional Mental Health CounselorENFJOperationsHealthcare
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The LPMHC Program Manager (BHIP PM) manages the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) and is directly responsible for the overall administrative, clinical, and programmatic management of the BHIP program and reports directly to the Deputy Chief of the Mental Service and ultimately to the Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health (ACOS MH).
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Exercising direct and indirect supervisory authority over all Washington DC VA Medical Center providers assigned to the BHIP Program and provides direct discipline-specific supervision, including FPPE/OPPE and performance plan oversight.
- →Managing all aspects of the program, including comprehensive planning, developing, and implementing programs, policies, and procedures; determining program needs; overseeing the type, quality and quantity of services provided; setting priorities; and establishing short and long-range program goals, initiatives, and direction for the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary (BHIP) Program.
- →Developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, operating, evaluating, coordinating and overseeing BHIP Program services for the Washington DC VA Medical Center (DC VAMC).
- →Collaborating with Mental Health leadership to assure all BHIP staff adhere to all current directives of VHA, and meet current Joint Commission standards, State licensure standards, and VA-OIG expectations.
- →Providing direct clinical services for a portion of his/her time and functions as a member of the team with clinical privileges in Psychotherapy at the Washington DC VA Medical Center.
- →Providing matrixed program leadership and comprehensive administrative, technical, and clinical supervision for Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) staff, collaborating with discipline-specific supervisors (e.g., Chief of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Social Work) who retain responsibility for formal personnel actions and disciplinary processes.
- →Provides oversight of administrative and programmatic resources for the multidiscipline team delivering specialized, complex, and highly professional mental health services that significantly impact the health care provided to Veterans.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 260178-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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 dentification 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 may be required to serve a 1-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
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