Physician Assistant (Clinical Leader/Administrative Leader) - Mental Health

Duties

• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities - selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments - and the capabilities of employees
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates - sets and adjusts short-term priorities - and prepares schedules for completion of work
• Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised plans and schedules ongoing production-oriented work on quarterly and annual basis - or direct assignments of similar duration
• Covers services offered to Veterans and their families enrolled in the programServices include assessment - medication management - crisis intervention - educational - individual - family - and group treatment - case management and specialized psychological testing
• Interviews candidates for positions in the unitrecommends appointment - promotion - or reassignments to such positions
• Formulates - interprets - and implements policies and procedures pertaining to quality mental health care in a mental health program to assure compliance with internal and external performance standards
• Directs and guides various mental health disciplines within the mental health program to assure efficiency - including the scheduling of activities - the redesign of workloads - daily monitoring of the operations of the program - and feedback to other managers about staff performance within the context of program evaluation and measuring outcome of services provided
• Oversees the development of technical data - estimates - statistics - suggestions - and other information useful to higher level managers in determining goals and objectives - and other management strategies
• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and using the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care
• Provides direct patient contact including psychological assessment and treatment planning - individual psychotherapy/assessment sessions - family/caregiver stress therapy sessions
• Provides psychological assessments and individual and group psychotherapy for patients in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including: individual and family psychotherapy - caregiver stress support and evidence-based treatments for chronic severe mental illness

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies from an accredited program and be licensed as a Physician Assistant in the state of Texas. They should also have at least 2 years of experience working in a VA setting.