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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (SPP)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 75 days ago
On-site Syracuse, NY $75K – $97K Apply by Jul 13, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJENFPESFJINFJ Healthcare
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The Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (OMHSP) provides strategic guidance to improve mental health care for over 1.5 million Veterans. The Suicide Prevention Program (SPP) leads implementation of VA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide and the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide through a comprehensive public health approach.
What You'll Do
- →The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) Suicide Prevention case manager is a full-time position assigned to Suicide Prevention, and will have responsibility to coordinate and monitor services for Veterans designated as high risk for suicide and act as the transitional coordinator of care for these patients.
- →The LPMHC is responsible for coordinating the care of high-risk patients throughout the medical center, including CBOC's and community agencies.
- →In addition to duties in the Suicide Prevention Clinic, the LPMHC may participate in discipline specific duties such as clinical supervision, peer consultation, didactics, and the internship program.
- →Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Collaboration with inpatient treatment providers to support appropriate discharge planning following recommendations for treatment of patients at high risk for suicide.
- →Assuring that all Veterans assigned to the facility high risk monitoring list are being followed for a time period of 90 day.
- →Contacting and collaborating with the Veteran's' primary therapist to coordinate monitoring activities Making recommendations for referral of Veterans to a variety of appropriate programs such as MHICM, PRRC, etc.
- →Maintaining awareness of suicide treatment options and making recommendation to the patient's provider when new options become available.
- →Assuring that all high-risk patients have completed and received a copy of safety plan which documents crisis prevention strategies that the Veterans identifies and agrees with.
- →Collecting and reporting data related to suicide behaviors, safety plan completion, outreach activities and high-risk monitory as required by local administration, VISN, and VACO OMHSP.
- →Respond to consults from the Veterans Crisis Line.
- →Advanced knowledge and mastery of the fundamentals of the counseling process, with the ability to provide consultation to fellow staff members.
- →Assisting with provision of ongoing gatekeeper training program (Operation SAVE) for new employees and non-clinical frontline staff such as clerks and telephone operators as needed to assure that they are aware of options for patients with whom they come in contact during crisis situations.
- →Assisting with outreach to community resources such as VSO's and other community groups to assure that they are aware of how to recognize Veterans at risk for suicide and their options for getting these Veterans assistance.
- →Timely and accurate documentation, using appropriate notes and templates as defined within the suicide prevention program guide as well as behavioral health department.
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 examination.
- ✓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
Job ID: 17cc56f3-9f54-4383-9675-0469f876a118
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