Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Position Available In Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2025 to 05/23/2025 Salary $62,474 – $98,259 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 9 – 11

Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charlotte, NC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTA-12733280-25-RY

Control number 836606100 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open only to current, permanent Salisbury VA Health Care System Employees Videos Duties The incumbent is a member of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences (MHBS) and embedded into Primary Care (PC) clinics the North Charlotte VA Clinic providing a full range of mental health services to Veterans including: 1. Brief assessment, including risk assessment, diagnosis and (where approprie) referral for specialized psychiric services 2. Same-day urgent/crisis management services 3. Short-term individual, family or couples counseling, and/or psychoeducional groups 4. Consultion for the PC team, or other clinical care teams, in the clinical management of their pients The incumbent will work within the Behavioral Health Laborory (BHL) to assist in the delivery of specific evidence-based services to PC pients. These services will involve working with other supportive services, assisting with adherence to nional guidelines by providing PC physicians with “on-time, on-target” informion and collaboring in making approprie evidence-based care decisions. The incumbent will also provide outpient services to include brief functional assessment and trement including individual, group or family psychotherapy, crisis intervention, advocacy, and coordinion of linkages to other VA or community service providers/agencies as needed by the Veteran. The incumbent will provide case management services to assist Veteran pients to gain access to needed medical, social, educional, and other services. The incumbent provides these services in a very independent fashion with minimal consultive supervision with the administrive supervisor, the Psychology Program Manager. The incumbent will also willingly accept additional and special assignments th are necessary to meet program goals or Veteran needs. The incumbent will complete all clinical charting and documention required by the Medical Center or healthcare system in a timely and accure manner, as approprie.

Work Schedule:

8:00am – 4:30pm

Locion :

North Charlotte CBOC Telework :

Ad-hoc EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualificions Basic Requirements :

Citizenship:

Be a citizen of the

United Stes Educion:

Hold a master’s or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; or a reled field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP). Examples of reled mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the de when gradues are considered to have gradued from a CACREP accredited program. Additional informion may be obtained from http://www.cacrep.org/directory/.

NOTE:

Traditional Rehabilition counseling programs th are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualificion standards as Traditional Rehabilition counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilition counseling.

Licensure:

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 trement.

NOTE:

It is VHA policy th a LPMHC who does not yet have a license th allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record. (1) Exception. VHA may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified, pending completion of ste prerequisites for licensure. This exception only applies up to the full performance level. For grade levels or above the full performance level, the candide must be licensed. (2) The appointing official may waive the requirement of licensure for a period not to exceed 3 years for a LPMHC th provides care under the clinical supervision of a licensed LPMHC who is or above the full performance level. This exception only applies the entry level (GS-9). For grade levels or above the full performance level, the candide must be licensed. The Human Resources Office will provide the unlicensed LPMHC in writing the requirement to obtain licensure, the de by which the license must be acquired, and the consequences for not becoming licensed by the deadline. The written notice must be provided prior to the entrance on duty de. (3) Failure to Obtain License. In all cases, LPMHCs must actively pursue meeting ste prerequisites for licensure starting from the de of their appointment. Failure to become licensed within three years from de of appointment will result in removal from the

GS-0183 LPMHC

series and may result in terminion of employment. (4) Loss of Licensure. Once licensed, LPMHCs must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted license to independently practice mental health counseling, which includes diagnosis and trement. Loss of licensure will result in removal from the

GS-0183 LPMHC

occupion and may result in terminion of employment.

English Language Proficiency:

LPMHCs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3.j. Grade Determinion GS-9: Experience, Educion, and Licensure. The GS-9 grade level is the entry grade level for LPMHCs with less than one year of experience(post-master’s degree) or for LPMHCs the master’s or doctoral level) who are gradues not yet licensed the independent practice level. Unlicensed LPMHCs the GS-9 grade level have completed the required educion listed in paragraph 3.b., and are working toward completion of prerequisites for licensure. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the basic requirements, the candides must demonstre all of the KSAs below: (1) Ability to engage in intake and assessment, problem identificion, diagnosis, trement planning and implemention, continuum of care, evaluion and follow-up. (2) Knowledge of current Diagnostic and Stistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders in formulion of trement goals and applicion of approprie clinical interventions using professional counseling practices. (3) Basic knowledge of professional counseling practice with emphasis on human development principles through cognitive, affective, behavioral or systemic interventions, and stregies th address high risk behaviors, wellness, personal growth, and career development across the life span. (4) Ability to use a wide variety of individual, group, or family counseling interventions. (5) Ability to serve on an interdisciplinary team with focus on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and relional functioning of individuals, groups and families and on the counseling approaches, stregies, and techniques th st help pients function effectively. (6) Basic skill in the use of computer software applicions for drafting documents, da management, maintaining accure, timely and thorough clinical documention and delivery of services, such as Telehealth. (7) Ability to learn and utilize software programs in use by VHA. (8) Knowledge and understanding of existing relevant stutes, case laws, ethical codes, and regulions affecting professional practice of counseling. (9) Ability to communice effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds. GS-11: Experience. Educion and Licensure. Must have least one year of post-master’s or post- doctoral degree mental health counseling experience (VA or non-VA experience) and must be licensed to practice the independent practice level. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

(1) Ability to make professional evaluions, decisions, and recommendion for trement planning and implemention. (2) Advanced knowledge and mastery of the fundamentals of the counseling process which includes defining pient/family problems and maintaining an effective counseling relionship. (3) Ability to provide subject mter consultion to colleagues and trainees on the counseling process within various specialty areas, build on the foundion of competence through regular meetings and discussions to explain assignments, review progress of cases and confer about the counseling perspectives and oriention. (4) Ability to provide complex crisis intervention and stabilizion to pients who are in psychological distress. Requires independent judgment and skill. (5) Ability to establish goals/trement through a collaborive process with the pient utilizing advanced counseling skills, including evidenced- based practices, screening, and psychosocial assessment. (6) Ability to use a wide variety of individual, group, or family counseling interventions. (7) Ability to fully utilize the current DSM in making diagnoses and formulion of trement goals and applicion of approprie clinical intervention using professional counseling practices. (8) Ability to develop and facilite psychotherapy and psycho- educion groups th include life skills, family support, and community integrion. This may include evidence based psychotherapy. Licensure GS-9: The requirement of licensure may be waived for a period not to exceed 3 years for a LPMHC th provides care under the clinical supervision of a licensed LPMHC. Failure to become licensed within three years from de of appointment will result in removal from the

GS-0183 LPMHC

series and may result in terminion of employment. GS-11: Must currently possess a full, current, and unrestricted license. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11.

Educion Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. License Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/23/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

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It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Reginald Young Phone Address WG Bill Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center 1601 Brenner Avenue Salisbury, NC 28144 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. License Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/23/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Reginald Young Phone Address WG Bill Hefner Salisbury VA Medical Center 1601 Brenner Avenue Salisbury, NC 28144 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/07/2025 to 05/23/2025 Salary $62,474 – $98,259 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 9 – 11

Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charlotte, NC 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTA-12733280-25-RY

Control number 836606100 ., .