"You will provide a full range of services within commonly accepted standards of practice and prioritizes mental health psychotherapy activities as the primary job function including intake assessment, suicide risk screening and safety planning, individual and group psychotherapy, needs assessment, chart reviews, care or case management (as needed), discharge planning, and other services as appropriate.
You will conduct biopsychosocial assessments to determine care coordination and treatment needs of Veterans.
You will provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on VA resources (including self-management tools), community resources, Advance Directives and VA benefits.
You will be an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
You will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate to promote care continuity.
You will act as a clinical resource/point-of-contact to Veterans and other team/staff members.
You will act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include education and bidirectional communication that promotes seamless care.
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Provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
You will provide wellness/prevention education and may facilitate patient/family educational/bridging supportive sessions as appropriate.
You will document interventions and activities in patient's electronic health record and ensure appropriate hand-off communication and documentation when transferring patient care.
You will maintain familiarity and share responsibility with other team members for performance measures relevant to the BHIP team.
You will perform other BHIP-related duties as directed by the Supervisor, such as, but not limited to: training/mentoring and oversight of new staff & those not yet clinically licensed, and preparing for and training staff on CARF & The Joint Commission standards and accreditation process.
You will participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the service manager.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.
Telework: Not Available.
Functional Statement #: 53729F EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
Contact ???????lena.gowder@va.gov or tran.brunsberg@va.govContact, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required"