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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
HybridWhite City, OR$62K – $97KApply by May 22, 2026Licensed Professional Mental Health CounselorENFJESFJINFJINFP
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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
- →Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties Clinical Duties (100%) a.
- →Screening/Assessment: Under supervision from Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, begins to develop assessment skills in information gathering, problem identification, diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation, and follow-up.
- →Fully utilizes the current DSM in making diagnoses and formulation of treatment goals and application of appropriate clinical interventions. b.
- →Delivers services both in person and via video technology. c.
- →Treatment Planning/Interventions: Ability to work with patients and families who are experiencing basic emotional, medical and social problems, utilizing individual, group, and family counseling skills.
- →Work with more complex problems is done under close supervision.
- →With guidance from the LPMHC supervisor, ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient's problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
- →As evidence-based psychotherapy trainings become available, the GS-9 SUD Therapist will have the opportunity to attend trainings and begin to develop specialized knowledge of a wide variety of individual, group, or family counseling interventions for substance use disorders.
- →Treatment approaches include but are not limited to cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, and motivational enhancement therapy. d.
- →Conducts approximately 4-8 SUD groups per week focusing on skills and psychoeducation under supervision of LPMHC supervisor. e.
- →Conducts case management services for veterans enrolled in SUD Specialty services, to include but not limited to: coordination of care with other clinics/programs/facilities, provision of resources/education, completing clinical reminders, administering measurement based care, and managing emergent veteran needs within the clinic. e.
- →Serves as the Mental Health Treatment Coordinator (MHTC) for assigned veterans and conducts the duties of this role.
- →Effectively communicates with and utilizes community agencies to facilitate treatment, discharge planning, and continuity of care. f.
- →Possesses knowledge and understanding of existing relevant statutes, case laws, ethical codes, and regulations.
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 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.
- ✓Preferred Experience: The incumbent should be able to demonstrate having worked in a comparable setting treating a population similar in complexity or have recently completed a VA internship in a SUD Clinic.
Personality Fit
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