Licensed Mental Health Provider
Department: Department of the Air Force
Location(s): Albuquerque, New Mexico
Salary Range: $89583 - $138486 Per Year
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Major Duties:
- The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Rapid Capabilities Office, Guardian Resilience Team at Kirtland Air Force Base is searching for a Licensed Mental Health Provider (NH-0101-03, GS 12/13 equivalent). Description: Are you passionate about making a positive change across the Department of Defense and leaving a lasting impact? The incumbent will provide primary and secondary intervention services within operational Guardian Resilience Teams (GRTs), intervening at the lowest level to promote protective factors and increase positive behaviors. As a member of a GRT and the Holistic Health Approach (HHA) team, the incumbent will directly support Guardians, aiming to build resiliency, enhance human performance, and improve unit mission effectiveness. Clinical and administrative duties will focus on education and prevention, psychosocial assessment and diagnosis, and evidence-based interventions and treatment. The Holistic Health Approach (HHA) is an innovative, science-based approach to wellness that emphasizes total fitness, encompassing continuous physical activity, preventive medicine, and education and skill-building to promote positive behaviors. The goal of HHA is to optimize overall health and maintain a higher level of individual and unit readiness. HHA comprises three elements designed to promote long-term and short-term health goals across all domains of fitness: Continuous Fitness Assessment, Performance Health Optimization, and Education. GRTs operationalize HHA and consist of multidisciplinary subject matter experts embedded with Guardians in their work environments. HHA is built on the principles of the Guardian Ideal, which includes innovation, integrated resilience, year-round fitness, and movement throughout the day. The ideal candidate has passed the National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination (NCMHCE) or an examination determined by the Director, Defense Health Agency (DHA), to be equal in scope, intent, and content to the NCMHCE. Furthermore, they must possess a master's degree or higher, with graduation from a mental health counseling program of education and training accredited for Mental Health Counseling or Clinical Mental Health Counseling by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, along with post-master's degree counseling practice qualifying for independent licensure. The ideal candidate must also possess and maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice clinical counseling independently, including diagnosis and treatment. A minimum of two years of full-time independent Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) adult clinical practice is required. Full-time experience is defined as diagnosing, treating, and maintaining a clinical caseload without supervision after passing the licensure exam. This experience shall include a combination of brief therapy as well as providing therapy for complex cases such as trauma (using CPT, PE, or EMDR) and/or modalities such as CBT/DBT for Major Depressive Disorder. In addition, the ideal candidate must have actively practiced their discipline within the past two years, encountering a sufficient number of clinical cases to represent a broad spectrum of privileges requested, and must have satisfactorily practiced the discipline as determined by the results of ongoing professional practice evaluation. Practice will require clinical privileges at the host MTF. Active clinical privileges must be maintained for the duration of employment. Candidates must sustain current competency to practice at the independent/unsupervised level. Key Skills and Abilities: 1. Professional knowledge of clinical counseling practices, principles, theories, and administrative requirements to be able to apply them in a clinical or occupational setting and medical documentation. 2. Professional knowledge of evidence-based treatments for a full range of psychiatric disorders to plan and provide treatment to patients. 3. Knowledge of diagnostic issues related to psychiatric disorders IAW the most current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association. 4. Knowledge of military organizations and culture and the unique stressors upon workers in an operational military workplace. 5. Knowledge of administration, scoring, and interpretation of select psychological and psycho-social screening measures to properly assess patient's needs. Understanding of behavioral risk management and ability to engage appropriate protections as needed when risk of harm to self or others is present. 6. Ability to provide guidance and consultation services to medical professionals and military leaders, and facilitate referrals to military or community-based human service agencies and resources, e.g., Protective Services or financial aid organizations. 7. Knowledge of social services delivery systems to ensure effective program management and communication.
Qualifications: The 0101 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.
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Application Deadline: 2025-12-29