This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.
Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
This position is within the Mental Health Service for the White River Junction VA Healthcare System. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. The Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) serves to facilitate suicide prevention strategies within the medical center to help ensure that all appropriate measures are being taken to prevent suicide in our patient population.
To this end, the SPC role is complex and includes interventions on the individual, system and community levels. The work affects a wide range of agency activities and operations as well as the health and well-being of the patients served, relationships with community organizations and stakeholders.
The Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) plans, develops, implements and evaluates the Suicide Prevention Program to ensure quality improvement and compliance with national mandates. The GS-12 full performance level requires licensure or certification by a state at the advanced practice level and a minimum of two years of experience post advanced practice licensure in a specialized area of social work practice of which one year is the equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.
The Suicide Prevention Coordinator has specialized knowledge and at least two years of experience in clinical assessment, crisis intervention and suicide risk assessment. Duties include but are not limited to: Provides follow up on all consults received from the National Veteran's Crisis Line. Conducts clinical/risk assessments and implements appropriate interventions for referred Veterans.
Provides clinical interventions, as appropriate, adjunctive to the MHTC.- Documents all clinical interventions in the medical record. Provides consultation to inpatient and outpatient providers hospital-wide related to risk assessment, intervention and requirements for enhanced services. Identifies and intervenes with high risk Veterans who refuse care including implementation of the SPC mail program.
Participates in Environment of Care Rounds, assisting the team in determining actions that should be taken to improve the safety of the hospital environment. Tracks and reports all suicide attempts and completions; completes related issue briefs as required. Monitors VHA performance and measures related to the Suicide Prevention Program to assure they are met or exceeded.- Initiates and maintains high risk for suicide patient record flags for Veterans who meet criteria.
Facilitates high risk for suicide patient record flagging committee meetings, reviewing all flagged Veterans every ninety days. Development and implementation of other suicide prevention training for both clinical and non-clinical settings in the hospital and in the community. Develops, organizes and participates in community outreach activities regarding recognizing Veteran suicide risk and access to care for Veterans and their families.
Develops relationships with local and state suicide prevention organizations, crisis organizations and Veteran Service Organization. Develops activities and training for staff and Veterans for Suicide prevention Month. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday- Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Hannah Neilson, Hannah.Neilson@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Ad-hoc, may be authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: F02799 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $101375 – $131790/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-13.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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