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Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Dayton, OH $93K – $121K Apply by Jun 22, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJENFPESFJINFJ
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The incumbent is a Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) whose duties and responsibilities relate to the case management of Veterans who are identified as "high risk" for suicide or suicide behaviors.
What You'll Do
- →Duties: The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.
- →The incumbent evaluates the need for mental health services and makes appropriate referrals for individual, group marital and family treatment services.
- →The incumbent will conduct crisis management intervention to suicidal patients including conducting suicide risk assessments, referral to the appropriate level of care for continued mental health treatment, means reduction and the development of crisis management safety plans with patient input.
- →The incumbent will assist with coordinating the enhanced care which are required for a ninety-day period or longer for patients on the facility high risk for suicide flag.
- →The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans include the appropriate follow for patients that are flagged high risk for suicide in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
- →The incumbent will provide a full range of mental health services within commonly accepted standards of clinical mental health practice which include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as indicated/appropriate.
- →The incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for Veterans.
- →The incumbent will document clinical interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing Electronic Health Records and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.
- →Frequent travel may be required as part of providing suicide prevention social work case management services to suicidal service members and/or patients and their families, at locations such as CBOCs, community agencies or patient residences, etc.
- →Such travel may require the incumbent to function without immediate supervision and consultation.
- →Maintains a level of productivity and quality consistent with facility and clinical mental health standards and the complexity of the assignment.
- →Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, appropriate facility meetings, and clinical mental health meetings.
- →Shares knowledge and experiences gained from own clinical practice and education relevant to the field of clinical mental health.
- →Must be able to provide supervision for licensure and social work student supervision.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 84326c63-1aa6-4ae5-8cfa-b3e59bc5b540
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