Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC)
Location: Missoula Montana
Description: Department of Veterans Affairs is employing Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) right now, this position will be placed in Montana. For detail informations about this position opportunity please read the description below. Duties:
As a Psychotherapist, the incumbent provides outpatient behavioral health services and crisis response to Ve! terans with the full spectrum of mental health disorders including Serious Mental Illness, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, other mental health diagnoses and substance use disorders.
The incumbent must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of Veterans. The incumbent independently identifies high-risk patients and implements appropriate safety protocols. He/She provides crisis intervention services and has working knowledge of referral process for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization and residential PTSD, SUDS, and other specialty programs. Duties also include thorough assessments to determine the presenting problem, to determine in-home factors impacting the problem and to determine obstacles to recovery and/or follow-through with recommended treatments. Case management with members of the outpatient interdisciplinary team is provided in order to coordinate a collaborative effort to meet the agreed upon goals for a Veteran'! s recovery needs and include liaison with community profession! als regarding need services for Veterans and/or their families. Services include but are not limited to referral to programming to address homelessness, hospice services, nursing home care, home health services, financial resources, VA benefits, and transportation services.
Relocation expenses will not be reimbursed.
Relocation or Recruitment Incentives have NOT been authorized.
Summary
To fulfill President Lincoln's promise - "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
An excellent employee benefit package is offered that includes health, life and long term care insurance, the Federal Employee Retirement System and generous vacation and sick leave packages.
As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With man! y openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-11 LEVEL: Requires a minimum of one year of post master's degree in mental health counseling experience in the field of health care. This experience must have been in a clinical setting and must have demonstrated the potential to perform advanced assignments independently. (A clinical setting is a medical center, clinic - medical or psychiatric, residential treatment center, or any other type of facility where social work participates in a collaborative treatment and is identified with the medical profession.) Experience must have been obtained AFTER earning a Master's Degree in mental health counseling (or related ! field).
SUBSTITUTING EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-11 ! LEVEL: A doctoral degree in mental health counseling (or a related field) may be substituted for the require 1 year of professional mental health counseling experience; AND licensure or certification in a state at the independent practice level. Your CV, resume and application MUST support your answers. You must submit a transcript to receive credit for this education.)
POSITION : Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) - Behavioral Health Outpatient Therapist, GS-0101. One full time permanent position. This position is located in Behavioral Health Service at the VA Montana Health Care System, Missoula, MT.
Work Schedule: 40 hours per week, generally Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. but may include late afternoon and evenings and possibly some Saturdays.
Salary: Applicants education and experience will be reviewed by a Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and salary of the applicant selected. The ! recommended salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
AREA OF CONSIDERATION : All applicants who meet the qualification requirements.
This vacancy is also being announced as a Social Worker on a separate announcement and may be filled as either a Social Worker or LPMHC.
Qualifications & Evaluations
a. Citizenship. Citizen of the United States. (Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this part.)
b. Education. The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) must hold a master's degree in mental health 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; Mari! tal, Couple, and Family counseling; and Marriage and Family Therapy. A ! doctoral degree in mental health counseling may not be substituted for the master's degree in mental health counseling.
c. Licensure . The LPMHC must hold a full, current and unrestricted license by a state to independently practice mental health counseling, which includes diagnosis and treatment at the master's degree level.
d. Experience . Individuals assigned to this position must have completed a minimum of 1 year of post master's degree mental health counseling experience in the field of health care (VA or non-VA experience) or a doctoral degree in mental health counseling (or a related field) may be substituted for the require 1 year of professional mental health counseling experience; AND licensure or certification in a state at the independent practice level. Your CV, resume and application MUST support your answers.
References: VA Handbook 5005/23, Part II, Appendix G43, Licensed Professional Counselor QUALIFICATION STANDARD , dated February! 2009, and OPM Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/IORs/GS0100/0185.htm
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Pre-employment physical is required. The work is mostly sedentary and is performed in a clinic responsible for treating patients with a wide variety of medical problems. Normal safety precautions and practices are required for working a health care environment. This position requires emotional ability to deal effectively with multi-tasking and high volume of patient flow. Other physical demands include reaching, bending, stretching, walking, and carrying light loads of supplies.
Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment. You may also be evaluated based upon the question responses you provide during a structured interview. In responding t! o structured interview questions you should be sure to cite specific ex! amples of experience, explain exactly what you did, and the outcome.
Your occupational questionnaire will be rating you on the following skills and abilities.
1. Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
2. Ability to independently assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient's problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the patient, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
3. Ability to independently conduct psychosocial assessments and provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds. This requires knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychologic! al) and the differential influences of the environment, society and culture.
4. Knowledge and experience in the use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
5. Knowledge of psychosocial treatment and ability to independently implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems to achieve treatment goals. This requires independent judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving or crisis intervention techniques.
6. Ability to independently provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals, groups and families. LPMHCs must practice within the bounds of their license or certification.
7. Ability to provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosoc! ial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health! care and compliance with treatment. Ability to provide orientation and coaching to new LPMHCs and LPMHC graduate students. Ability to serve as a field instructor for LPMHC graduate students who are completing VHA field placements.
8. Ability to independently evaluate hislher own practice through participation in professional peer review case conferences, research studies, or other organized means.
9. Knowledge and skill in the use of computer software applications for inputting clinical data in an electronic patient record, drafting documents, data management, and tracking, especially those programs in use by VHA. Note: The rating factors are the major source of information to be used in making qualification determinations. The rating factors are also the criteria that will be used to identify well-qualified displaced employees. Consequently, persons who fail to complete the rating factors may not receive full credit for their experience. Ensure your application re! flects your ratings.
Benefits & Other Info
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional "dollars and cents" benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at http://www4.va.gov/JOBS/Job_Benefits/benefits.asp .
The following Web addresses are provided for your reference to explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees.
- Flexible Spending Accounts - The Federal Flexible Spending Accounts Program (FSAFeds) allows you to pay for certain health and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars. For additional information visit: https://www.fsafeds.com/fsafeds/index.asp
- Health Insurance - The Federal Employees Health Benefi! ts Program offers over 100 optional plans. For additional information v! isit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
- Leave - Most Federal employees earn both annual and sick leave. For additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp
- Life Insurance - The Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI) offers: Basic Life Insurance plus three types of optional insurance, for additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
- Long Term Care Insurance - The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) provides long term care insurance for Federal employees and their parents, parents-in-law, step parents, spouses, and adult children. For additional information visit: http://www.ltcfeds.com/
- Retirement Program - Almost all new employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan. The three tiers are: Social Security Benefits, Basic Benefit Plan, Thrift Savings Plan. For additional inform! ation visit: http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp .
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button at the right side of this screen to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button at the end of the process.
YOU MUST INCLUDE VA FORM 10-2850c IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY. You may upload the completed form to your USAJOBS or Application Manager account if you apply online. Then you can use the uploaded form again and again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide ( http://www.va.gov/OHRM/joblistings/uploading-and-using-documents-online.doc ) for more information on uploading and re-using the form in your applications. Other required forms and documents can also be saved in your account and used the same way. Applicants are urged to apply online; this p! rocess is much easier and faster.
Note: To return to a ! previously Saved or Incomplete application, just reapply through your account in USAJOBS. Check your account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Login.aspx ) to see the status of your application after applying, including any messages that may have been sent to you.
If you cannot apply online:
Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire: View Occupational Questionnaire .
Print this 1203FX form to provide your response to the occupational questionnaire: http://www.opm.gov./forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf .
Fax the completed 1203FX form along with all supporting documents to (478)757-3144. Your 1203FX form must be placed on top of all materials being faxed and will serve as a cover page for your fax transmission.
Keep a copy of your fax receipt in case verification is needed.
To fax supporting documents you are unable to upload:
Complete this cover page http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf using the foll! owing Vacancy ID: T977009. You must use this fax cover sheet in order for your documents to be matched with your online application.
Fax your documents to (478)757-3144.
The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
More Info
Missoula
MT
2013-10-15T08:46:19.922647
353304100
Excepted Service Permanent
APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed by applic! ants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.
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This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
Pre-employment Drug Testing may be required prior to appointment to this position. Pre-employment physical is required prior to appointment to this position. All new employees are subject to a character and background investigation.
All qualified employees will receive consideration for promotion without regard to political, religious or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, national origin, non-disqualifying physical handicap or age. In the event of unanticipated vacancy(s) in the same position and location as this vacancy occurs within ninety (90) days of the selection, additional selections may be made from this announcement.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, inc! luding those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more .
This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need (a reasonable) accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting (reasonable) accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. If you have question regarding reasonable accommodation please call our Human Resources Office at (406) 447-7001.
Per Year
VC-13-285D2R1-977009-AMB
Interested personnel must apply online at USAJobs.com. Human Resources Management Service can be reached by calling (406) 447-7933 if you have any questions concerning this announcement/vacancy. The following application mate! rials must be included as part of the application process.
CV ! or Resume (required).
VA Form 10-2850c - Application for Associated Health Occupations (Available at http://www.va.gov/vaforms/medical/pdf/vha-10-2850c-fill.pdf ) (required).
Optional Form 306 - Declaration for Federal Employment (Available at http://www4.va.gov/vaforms/va/pdf/OF306.pdf ). This is a required form and must be submitted with your application.
If prior military service, include all copies of your DD Forms 214 (required). Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability, or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must also complete and submit an SF 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf).
If currently employed in the VA system, include latest SF-50 - Notification of Personnel Action. (required).
1-Full-Time
0101-Social Science
Active
https://ApplicationManager.gov/Login.aspx?VacancyID=977009&CheckStatus=Y
15317! -Permanent
2013-10-15T08:46:19.922675
VC-13-285D2R1-977009-AMB
After we receive your complete application package (including any required documents), your qualifications will be reviewed to decide if you meet the basic requirements. You will be notified when this decision is made.
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If you were eligible to this position, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department of Veterans Affairs.
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