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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - PTSD Clinical Team
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
Hybrid Indianapolis, IN $62K – $98K Apply by Sep 23, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJESFJINFJINFP Healthcare
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The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PCT) staff counselor provides care to Veterans in the outpatient PCT at the Richard L. Roudebush VAMC. In collaboration with the PCT team and requesting providers, this GS-11 PCT staff counselor evaluates the Veteran's presenting clinical concerns conceptualized within the biopsychosocial model, provides evidence-based psychotherapy, and facilitates access to the resources that will best promote recovery from the presenting concern.
What You'll Do
- →Screening/Assessment - In conjunction with the interdisciplinary team, the PCT staff counselor screens and assesses the Veteran's psychosocial needs and barriers in order to facilitate his or her access to appropriate VA and community resources.
- →Through collaborative relationships with the Veteran, his or her family/caregiver and other VA programs and VA staff, the PCT staff counselor coordinates the gathering of information vital to the process of setting appropriate treatment goals and time frames for achieving those goals.
- →Treatment Planning/Goal Setting - From screening/assessment information, in coordination with the multidisciplinary treatment team, the Veteran and his/her family, the PCT staff counselor determines realistic goals with the Veteran, including such factors as a) problems, b) goals, c) objectives, c) specific concrete interventions.
- →Psychotherapy-The PCT staff counselor will provide a full range of psychotherapeutic services to utilize the most appropriate evidence-based psychotherapy in order to provide quality care.
- →The incumbent will participate in telemental health or similar activities to provide services for Veterans located away from the Medical Center or CBOC.
- →The incumbent provides ethical individual and group mental health services to eligible Veterans diagnosed with PTSD and trauma-related disorders.
- →General duties also include, but are not limited to, referral services, providing entry-level services for Veterans of all service eras, formulating and providing individual and group treatments, and planning for follow-up care after completion of treatment.
- →Referral to service providers - To facilitate the continuity of a Veteran's recovery, the PCT staff counselor will arrange referrals to needed VA and/or community resources (e.g., services available through area agencies on aging, community support groups, etc.).
- →The PCT staff counselor will collaborate information needed for the referral.
- →The PCT staff counselor coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other governmental programs, and community agencies.
- →Resource Usage/Development - As a subject matter expert on the services and resources available to Veterans through both VA and the community, the PCT staff counselor will monitor patterns of resource availability, identifying unmet needs and the resultant impact on the Veteran's psychosocial functioning.
- →Advocacy - The PCT staff counselor will advocate for Veterans to ensure that they have access to all needed care and resources within VA and in the community.
- →By availing the Veteran of his or her choices in complex decisions and by guiding the veteran through complicated enrollment procedures and bureaucratic processes, the PCT staff counselor facilitates the best possible outcome for the Veteran.
- →Crisis Intervention - The PCT staff counselor will assess and intervene in crises presented by the Veteran and participate in developing crisis management and safety plans to minimize the event of future crises.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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