Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

Job Title

Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

Duties

The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.

The incumbent evaluates the need for mental health services and makes appropriate referrals for individual, group marital and family treatment services.

The incumbent will conduct crisis management intervention to suicidal patients including conducting suicide risk assessments, referral to the appropriate level of care for continued mental health treatment, means reduction and the development of crisis management safety plans with patient input.

The incumbent will assist with coordinating the enhanced care which are required for a ninety-day period or longer for patients on the facility high risk for suicide flag.

The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans include the appropriate follow for patients that are flagged high risk for suicide in a manner that is timely and appropriate.

The incumbent will provide a full range of mental health services within commonly accepted standards of clinical mental health practice which include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as indicated/appropriate.

The incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for Veterans.

The incumbent will document clinical interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing Electronic Health Records and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.

Frequent travel may be required as part of providing suicide prevention social work case management services to suicidal service members and/or patients and their families, at locations such as CBOCs, community agencies or patient residences, etc. Such travel may require the incumbent to function without immediate supervision and consultation.

Maintains a level of productivity and quality consistent with facility and clinical mental health standards and the complexity of the assignment.

Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, appropriate facility meetings, and clinical mental health meetings. Shares knowledge and experiences gained from own clinical practice and education relevant to the field of clinical mental health.

Must be able to provide supervision for licensure and social work student supervision.

The incumbent performs other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm

Functional Statement #: 92201