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Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
Hybrid Johnson City, TN $90K – $116K Apply by Jul 31, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJESFJINFJINFP
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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.
What You'll Do
- →The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor provides advanced clinical services to the Substance Use Disorders BHIP/MAT clinics and exercises full professional responsibility to provide effective services to Veterans with a wide range of addictive and co-occurring psychological disorders.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Provides and/or coordinates therapeutic/clinical activities to include screening, clinical assessment, individual, group, collateral family counseling/therapy, and psychoeducational sessions in the Substance Use Disorders Outpatient program.
- →Meet with individual Veteran and their families in counseling, as appropriate.
- →Makes provision for referral services to other agency or organizations, community resources (i.e., halfway house, shelter) or other governmental resources to resolve problems.
- →Acts as liaison between various treatment programs with the Mental Health Service in providing education, counseling, and treatment recommendations for patient cases, according to program-specific criteria.
- →Treatment planning decisions are based on the counselor's advanced professional judgement with regards to the individual's rehabilitative potential and possible consequences (harm to individual or family) in the absence of rehabilitative effort.
- →Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:45am- 4:30pm Telework: Adhoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 61348-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Contact VISN9HREDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
- →Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: ae26d76d-c209-468b-b824-aaa5d76c1e23
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