Licensed Professional Mental Health

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

US Department of Veterans Affairs at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center seeks a Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) to help implement NRC policies and drive recovery-oriented services in Mental Health programs. The role includes educating providers and veterans and families, and evaluating implementation progress.

Qualifications include CACREP-accredited counseling education and a current LPMHC license or eligibility, with responsibilities spanning policy development, program leadership, and

Qualifications

• CACREP-accredited master's or doctoral degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling or related field.
• Full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC)
• Be a citizen of the United States.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing policies and procedures from the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC).
• Facilitate implementation of recovery-oriented services in Mental Health programs and educate providers, veterans, and families on recovery.
• Evaluate implementation efforts and provide leadership in coordinating program activities and consults.

Skills

Policy development

Hiring decisions

Program coordination leadership

Consultation

Education

CACREP-accredited counseling degree

LPMHC licensure eligible

Job description

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is looking for a Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) who serves to 1) assist in implementation of policies and procedures from the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC) and 2) facilitate implementation of recovery-oriented services in Mental Health programs, which includes education of providers and veterans and their families on recovery and evaluation of implementation efforts.

Basic Requirements: The basic requirements for employment as a VHA social worker are prescribed by statute in 38 U.S.C. § 7402(b)(9), as amended by section 205 of Public Law 106-419, enacted November 1, 2000.

Citizenship

Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3.g.).

Education

Hold a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; or a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http://www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling.

Licensure

Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0183 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment. NOTE: It is VHA policy that a LPMHC who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Coordinator), GS-12.

(a) Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must have been in a major specialty treatment program area such as, but not limited to, Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mental health intensive case management (MHICM), or other areas of equivalent scope and complexity. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency.

(b) Assignments. LPMHC Program Coordinators are administratively responsible for a clinical program and provide treatment to patients in a major specialty. They manage the daily operations of the program, develop policies and procedures, and prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. They may supervise unlicensed graduate LPMHCs and may administratively manage any employees assigned to their program.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below:

• In depth knowledge of the program coordinated, and demonstrated knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and or practice guidelines for the program.
• Ability to make key decisions in the hiring and identification of top candidates.
• Ability to provide leadership in facilitating the process of coordinating program consults, assessments, admissions, care assignments and discharges.
• Ability to provide subject matter consultation to other colleagues and trainees within the field of counseling working on an interdisciplinary team.

Preferred Experience: None

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is the GS-12.

Physical Requirements: The work requires walking, standing, bending, lifting and carrying light items such as books, files, or laptop computer.