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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 4 hours ago

Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager - Whole Health)

Anchorage, AK

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

1+ years exp

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager - Whole Health) to oversee the Whole Health Program and the Suicide Prevention Program. The role involves clinical responsibilities such as providing health coaching and counseling to Veterans, as well as managing and supervising program staff and operations.

GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Conduct Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) approaches to include biofeedback, clinical hypnosis, guided imagery, and meditation within clinical privileges or scope of practice

Provide whole health coaching to individuals or groups in outpatient and/or inpatient settings using motivational interviewing and coaching techniques to assist with SMART goal setting

Counsel Veterans to promote health and wellness in a variety of settings across the Alaska VA HCS

Serve as needed and as a backup for suicide prevention clinical duties

Direct Supervisor of Whole Health and Suicide Prevention hired staff

Full responsibility to manage and supervise all phases of the Whole Health Program at the Alaska VA

Manage and supervise the Suicide Prevention Program at the Alaska VA

Establish and maintain a continuous and systematic process of curriculum development, assessment, review, revision, evaluation, and implementation of the Whole Health and Suicide Prevention programs

Plan and develop policies, procedures, and goals, and implement and educate staff on applicable Veterans Health Administration (VHA) directives, handbooks, or other policies

Measure progress toward goals and reports to the appropriate officials at a local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and National level

Serve as the professional and technical advisor in Whole Health for the facility

Promote Whole Health principles to facility employees

Provide direct budgetary supervision of Whole Health programs and is accountable for resources used, directly and indirectly

Ensure inventory procedures and logistical procedures for all Whole Health supplies

Coordinate the development and implementation of the patient-centered care concept throughout the organization

Use individual and aggregate needs assessments, standards of professional practice, and strategic plans in the process of program development

Chair the Whole Health committee(s)

Use knowledge, expertise, principles or models, and current research to plan, implement, and evaluate organizational progress towards accomplishing patient-centered care initiatives

Responsible for supporting the New Employee Orientation, New Patient Orientation, and will routinely communicate needs for resources as necessary

Have advanced knowledge and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness

Perform specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness

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

Demonstrate the ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services

Have advanced, expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations

Offer consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role model effective social work practice skills

Qualification

Licensed Professional Mental Health CounselorClinical Mental Health CounselingProgram ManagementWhole Health practice experienceSupervisory experienceMotivational InterviewingCounseling TechniquesData Driven Quality AssurancePsychosocial TreatmentEnglish Language Proficiency

Required

Be a citizen of the United States

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)

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

LPMHCs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d)

Candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level

Ability to make judgments and decisions associated with program management

Ability to monitor program outcomes using data driven quality assurance process

Ability to develop productivity standards appropriate to each service provided

Ability to manage a wide range of programs which include the operation and management of key clinical, training or administrative programs