The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) works as a member of Mental Health Service. Clinical duties include screening high risk Veterans, expert evaluations for diagnosis and treatment planning, and providing a full range of counseling interventions, including motivational enhancement and evidenced based psychotherapies (EBPs) for mood, anxiety, adjustment, insomnia, chronic pain, and substance use disorders. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. 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-0101 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. Grade Determinations: Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, GS-11 (Full Performance Level): Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of post-master's or post- doctoral degree mental health counseling experience (VA or non-VA experience) and must be licensed to practice at the independent practice level and demonstrate the KSAs in subparagraph below. LPMHCs may provide clinical supervision over the clinical practice of an unlicensed LPMHC or LPMHC trainee. Some state licenses do not license an individual to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs. Please refer to specific state licensing laws regarding the requirements for providing clinical supervision. 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: 1. Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex mental illness. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine priority of services needed and provide specialized treatment. 2. Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling, or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial, and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans. 3. Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on data. 4. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the psychosocial treatment of patients, rendering professional opinions based on experience, expertise and role modeling effective clinical skills. 5. Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. 6. Ability to engage in written and oral communication with leadership/staff and community stakeholders regarding policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and issues pertaining to the practice of the profession. Preferred Experience: Previous experience conducting group and / or individual therapies using telehealth-based technologies. Previous experience in providing time limited evidenced based approaches to treatment. Previous experience conducting and documenting risk assessment and treatment plans. Ability to function independently, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team. References: VA Handbook 5005/106, Part II, Appendix G43 - April 3, 2018 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-11. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. It occasionally requires carrying or lifting light objects (under 15 pounds) such as files, books and papers. Some walking, standing and bending is required. No special physical qualifications are required. The visual ability to view and read a computer screen, hear (aid may be permitted) and speak (aid permitted). ["The duties of the Licensed Professional Counselor include but are not limited to: Providing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mood, anxiety, adjustment, substance use and co-occurring disorders with a primary focus on the delivery of evidenced based psychotherapies (EBP); Providing cognitive behavioral and other EBPs, via individual and group format; Providing services to CBOCs and in the home when clinically indicated. Coordinating treatment planning and delivery of services that best meet the needs of Veterans diagnosed with mood, anxiety, adjustment, substance use, depressive, and other psychiatric disorders; Promoting communication/interactions between team members, Veterans, and their families to facilitate the treatment process; Training and supervision of clinical staff /trainees, as appropriate; Participating in program evaluation efforts as appropriate; Independently conducting intake and needs assessment of Veterans and establishing a relationship with Veterans within the counseling setting. This includes making DSM diagnoses as appropriate to scope of practice. Maintains responsibility for developing individualized, goal-directed, treatment plans that reflect a course of therapeutic intervention to address the needs identified in the assessment. Providing individual, conjoint, family, couples and group evidence-based psychotherapy for Veterans and significant others and crisis intervention, stabilization, and follow-up for Veterans and significant others. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm\nTelework: May be available, up to 100% telework for in state employee.\nVirtual: This is not a virtual position.\nTravel: Occasional travel may be required. The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor must have the ability to travel to the Jackson VAMC and/or between CBOC sites.\nFunctional Statement #: 000000\nFinancial Disclosure Report: Not required"]