Licensed Therapist – Veteran and Military Mental Health

🕒 August 21

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

😶‍🌫️ Therapist

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Valor Healthcare

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Defense • Logistics

Valor Healthcare is a Veteran and physician-led provider of healthcare services, focusing on delivering patient-centered care to veterans and government agencies across the United States. With more than 70 locations in 18 states, they cater to the healthcare needs of federal government agencies, including the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Valor Healthcare is committed to the mental health and well-being of its employees, having earned the Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health. They offer a broad range of services such as outpatient clinics for veterans, occupational health, behavioral health, and population health services. Valor Healthcare has secured federal contracts to enhance healthcare services for U. S. service members internationally, reflecting their dedication to serving veterans and service members.

📋 Description

• Provide individual and group interventions for patients coping with health psychology presentations related to mental health diagnoses, psychosocial stressors, grief, phase-of-life difficulties, and mild-to-moderate/severe mental health presentations • Provide cognitive screenings addressing functional and cognitive ability questions • Provide immediate clinical assessment and collaborative care and treatment for patients experiencing mental or behavioral health symptoms • Complete thorough psychosocial assessments to determine patient and family psychosocial functioning and needs • Apply medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, treatment procedures, medications, side effects, and medical terminology in clinical practice • Follow suicide prevention guidelines, risk-assessment documentation, and training requirements • Complete documentation and determine appropriate diagnoses and treatment-related conclusions using DSM diagnosis • Provide emergency and crisis interventions, rapid assessments, and crisis-management plans • Provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy when clinically indicated and therapeutically beneficial • Maintain knowledge of Veterans' benefits, services, community resources, and referral processes • Provide case management services to patients and families throughout the continuum of care • Adhere to client regulations regarding documentation and encounter completion

🎯 Requirements

• Must be licensed to practice independently in any state as a Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Mental Health Clinician (LMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) • Psychologists must have PsyPact in addition to a state license • Depending on license type, must have either a master's degree in social work, counseling or a related field from an accredited program, or a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program • Minimum of 2 years' experience practicing therapy independently • Preferred: experience providing therapy with veterans and military members • Experience consulting on mental health diagnoses and treatment plans for multidisciplinary professionals, particularly for psychiatrically and medically complex patients • Familiarity with the full range of DSM-5 clinical presentations and brief, evidence-based psychological interventions for mild, moderate, and severe presentations • General knowledge of mental health assessment and treatment • Knowledge of Substance Use Disorders, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Serious Mental Illness (SMI) • Experience treating patients in a Veterans' Hospital PTSD and MHC setting with mental and behavioral health concerns and comorbidities • Assessment and intervention skills, including specialized experience with Evidence-Based Treatment • Ability to work effectively within interdisciplinary teams • Knowledge of risk assessment and mental health crisis procedures, including skill in leading interdisciplinary treatment teams during patient mental health crises • Experience with one or more Electronic Health Records • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams) • Must be a US citizen and reside in the United States • Preferred modalities for depression: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Interpersonal Therapy, Problem-Solving Therapy, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MCBT), and Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy • Preferred modalities for trauma: Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure (PE), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy skills training, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), and suicide-risk-management training such as CBT for Suicide Prevention