Clinician-LMHP/LMHP-E - ACT Grant

Horizon Behavioral Heal • Lynchburg, VA

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About The Position

The Clinician - Licensed is part of a multidisciplinary team providing community mental health services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. The role provides mobile outreach and home visits, crisis intervention, short-term focused therapy, and supportive counseling.

The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Clinician is a grant-funded role delivering intensive, community-based behavioral health services to rural clients who meet ACT admission criteria. The clinician provides comprehensive, team-based support intended to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, promote recovery, and improve quality of life for people with serious mental illness. Services are delivered directly in rural communities to help address barriers including transportation challenges, provider shortages, and stigma.

The position is grant-funded through April 2029 and may end when grant funding ends. The schedule is full-time at 37.5 hours per week. Compensation depends on experience.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from a 60-hour counseling program offered by a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting agency, as described in § 54.1-3500 of the Code of Virginia.
• No experience required.
• Resident in Professional Counseling, Supervisee in Clinical Social Work, Resident in Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy, Resident in Substance Abuse Treatment, or eligible to apply for residency.
• New hires are expected to apply for clinical supervision and residency within 30 days of hire.
• Knowledge of and adherence to professional ethical standards.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally, in person and by telephone, and in writing, including preparing written documents.
• Ability to maintain a consistent and dependable work schedule.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Ability to drive and possession of a valid driver’s license.
• Willingness and availability to work modified schedules, including weekends and holidays, as required.
• Ability to participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training.

Responsibilities

• Provide mobile outreach and home visits to clients.
• Provide crisis intervention, short-term focused therapy, and supportive counseling.
• Deliver intensive, community-based behavioral health services to rural clients who meet ACT admission criteria.
• Provide comprehensive, team-based support to help reduce psychiatric hospitalizations, promote recovery, and improve quality of life.
• Complete psychiatrically based assessments and provide evidence-based individual and group therapy.
• Form and maintain effective counseling relationships, monitor clients’ progress in therapy, and appropriately conclude therapeutic relationships.
• Respond to emergencies in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Travel to meetings, other campuses, counseling sites, and Horizon worksites as needed.
• Transport clients and provide services at other locations as needed.
• Attend trainings and Horizon meetings, which may require travel to various Horizon sites.
• Participate in and successfully pass behavioral intervention training, including verbal de-escalation and physical skills techniques.

Benefits

• Participation in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS).
• Life, health, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Generous annual leave, separate sick leave, and paid holidays.
• Annual wellness programs.
• Clinical sites qualify for NHSC/HRSA clinical student loan repayment, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), and Behavioral Health State Loan Repayment (BHLRP) programs.
• Discounts at some local universities for continuing education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level