Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

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Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Functional assessments based on 20-30-minute appointments to determine how the presenting problem is impacting the patient's functioning, what level of care is appropriate, what services the patient agreeable to, and teaching a new skill or strategy with which the Veteran can leave the clinic
• Triaging appropriately and efficiently to specialty mental health services, when applicable.
• Application of principles of population-based care; addressing behavioral health needs of the prime care population before the condition becomes chronic.
• Collaboration and consultation with the Veteran's Patient Aligned Care Team to address Veteran's physical and behavioral health needs as a team.
• Regular utilization of measurement based care (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7, ISI, etc.).
• Available for same-day warm-handoffs of PC patients.
• Brief behavioral health interventions (e.g., 1-6 20-30 minute sessions every 2-4 weeks for grief, adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, weight management, insomnia) that are problem-focused and solution oriented.
• Crisis intervention.
• All other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 0800-1630, Monday-Friday

This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 929530