Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program
Full-time
Others
Colorado Springs, Colorad...
1 day ago
Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but.....
Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:
- Diagnose mental disorders.
- Treat mental disorders through individual, family, and group psychotherapy, utilizing Evidence Based Treatments.
- Perform formal and informal assessments for a wide variety of patient conditions and diagnoses, including mental illness, substance abuse and general emotional and cognitive functioning.
- Ensure the assessment and care provided accommodate to the cognitive, emotional, chronological maturation, and diversity needs of the person served.
- Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions with a strong emphasis on evidence-based models of care in the outpatient mental health setting.
- Conduct assessments appropriate to individual patients with attention to the implications of test results for a veteran's every-day, real-world function, and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with improved quality of life.
- Provide psychoeducation to patients and family members to support healthcare adherence and relapse prevention.
- Work with assigned Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team to support optimum clinical care.
- Consult and coordinate care with community providers following HIPPA practices to support psychosocial recovery of the person served.
- Participate in program development tasks, as assigned.
- Diagnose mental disorders.
- Treat mental disorders through individual, family, and group psychotherapy, utilizing Evidence Based Treatments.
- Perform formal and informal assessments for a wide variety of patient conditions and diagnoses, including mental illness, substance abuse and general emotional and cognitive functioning.
- Ensure the assessment and care provided accommodate to the cognitive, emotional, chronological maturation, and diversity needs of the person served.
- Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions with a strong emphasis on evidence-based models of care in the outpatient mental health setting.
- Conduct assessments appropriate to individual patients with attention to the implications of test results for a veteran's every-day, real-world function, and successful treatment/management of health problems with an emphasis on behavioral health factors associated with improved quality of life.
- Provide psychoeducation to patients and family members to support healthcare adherence and relapse prevention.
- Work with assigned Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team to support optimum clinical care.
- Implement program design and assists in clinical management of program staff, as assigned.
- Assume responsibility for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation.
- Maintain ongoing scholarly and self-education activities.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 554-54109-A,554-54110-A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact anthony.salas3@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $61,460 Per Year (GS 9-11)
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