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Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (BHIP)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 142 days ago
Hybrid Modesto, CA $112K – $145K Apply by May 28, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJESFJINFJINFP
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Incumbent is assigned to the Mental Health Service at NCHCS and functions as a member of a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team. Services are carried out in full accordance with specific program goals and broad objectives of the VA health care system.
What You'll Do
- →Responsibilities are focused on providing direct services, as well as consultative and educational activities.
- →Incumbent employs full range of treatment modalities with individuals, couples, families, and groups.
- →Services will generally be provided in the clinic, and under certain circumstances, via telehealth.
- →The incumbent will focus primarily on addressing the complex mental health needs of Veterans who often are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, behavioral health, financial, legal and psychosocial concerns.
- →The incumbent provides advanced evaluation and treatment strategies to the full range of patient problems in his/her work setting, including evidenced based therapies, making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnosis within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
- →Incumbent employs a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and/or their families.
- →Incumbent is qualified to provide expert advice and consultation to professionals representing a variety of disciplines and is required to exercise independent and expert judgment in the selection of or adaptation of standard and accepted theories, techniques and practices.
- →The incumbent will provide clinical consultation to less experienced staff, will coordinate care including in times of crisis and will serve as the subject matter expert for the discipline.
- →The Senior LPMHC must have five years of post licensure experience demonstrating possession of advanced practice skills and judgment and must be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees and unlicensed LPMHCs.
- →Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Available ad hoc as per agency policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a4ba68ae-3aca-4024-87b0-73b645d603df
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