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The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) serves as the Program Coordinator who facilitates and coordinates programming related to general mental health and the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program. BHIP is an interdisciplinary team of mental health professionals that work together with the Veteran to provide recovery-oriented, evidence-based, mental health care. This announcement is open to the public. If you are a current federal employee apply to Program Coordination a) The incumbent is responsible for coordinating interdisciplinary staffing, work assignments, budget, treatment services and access to the Mental Health Clinic. b) The incumbent is responsible for assigning, directing and reviewing the work of staff in the Mental Health Clinic. c) The incumbent serves as a leader for a multi-disciplinary team d) The incumbent will evaluate employees work performance both in the Mental Health Clinic. e) The incumbent will initiate action for selections, promotions, status changes, awards, disciplinary actions and separations f) The incumbent will plan, schedule and coordinate workload and solve problems related to the completion of the workload. g) The incumbent will be responsible for unit needs such as material, equipment and facilities need to complete work h) The incumbent will explain and gain the support of employees for developing, implementing, and managing policies and establishing goals in addition to working to achieve the objectives of government-wide personnel programs and policies. Clinical Responsibilities - Provides evidence-based treatments including interventions and therapy as well as regular and frequent tailoring of the treatment environment to the individual mental health, physical health, and other recovery needs of Veterans. - Provides therapeutic interventions including individual therapy, family education, group therapy, and case management. - Provides assessment services in consultation with team licensed psychologists and offers appropriate psychotherapeutic assessment techniques. - Assessments include pertinent information in all the required areas of functioning in order to determine appropriate diagnoses and other treatment-related conclusions Teaching and Training/Research - Provides clinical supervision to LPMHC staff and/or LPMHC trainees, and may serve as the subject matter expert for the discipline. LPMHCs develop behavioral health related training curriculum and often conduct trainings for clinical staff. LPMHCs model ethical and professional behaviors and standards to include multicultural awareness. - Teaches didactic seminars for trainees including in the LPMHC, LMFT, and Psychologist training programs. - Conducts and evaluates ongoing program quality assurance and engages in research activities including presentations, articles, etc. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am to 430pm, may need to cover inpatient weekend on-call on rotation Telework: Only as needed Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Title/Functional Statement #:Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Mental Health Clinic Program Coordinator)/PD000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required