Department of Veterans Affairs - Madison, WI
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Full-time - Senior
Madison, WI
Administration of Human Resource Programs
About the position
The VA Women's Mental Health Champion is a mental health clinician with a specific interest and expertise in women Veterans' mental health. This role serves as the point of contact for women's mental health (WMH) at the William S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI.
Responsibilities
- Performs specialized treatment of complex behavioral health disorders and is independent with DSM 5 diagnostic interviewing.
- Incorporates multiple causation analysis with differential diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of veteran patients within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
- Provides clinical care including individual, group, and couples psychotherapy and advanced level case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with mental health disorders.
- Develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of clinical practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services.
- Renders clinical opinions based on experience and expertise, serving as the primary point of contact for female behavioral health at the Madison VAMC.
- Collaborates across disciplines to maximize Veterans access to quality mental health care.
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and trainees in mental health settings and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications.
- Identifies training deficits and/or ongoing clinical competency needs for staff in the mental health and social work service line program areas.
- Communicates effectively with people from varied backgrounds and adapts practice accordingly.
- Serves as one of the facility-level WMH points of contact and communicates with members of the national network of Women's Mental Health Champions.
- Contributes to the growth and strengthening of VA's women's mental health community of practice and national network of Women's Mental Health Champions.
- Maintains current, relevant clinical knowledge of women's mental health best practices.
- Creates, implements, and monitors local program development activities to identify women Veterans' mental health service needs.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Must hold a master's or doctoral degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling or a related field from a CACREP accredited program.
- Must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice mental health counseling.
- Minimum of one full year of post-master's degree mental health counseling experience or a doctoral degree in mental health counseling or a related field.
- Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Nice-to-haves
- Women's Health and Psychotherapy Experience is Preferred.
Benefits
- Eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required.
- Participation in the COVID-19 vaccination program is required.
