Psychology Program Manager- PCMHI

About the role

The position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct line supervision of an interdisciplinary team of PCMHI staff, including social workers, psychologists, and prescribing providers.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Evaluates work performance of subordinates.
• Coordinating services offered to veterans and their families enrolled in the program, including functional assessment, medications, crisis intervention, educational, individual, and group treatment, interventions specific to chronic health conditions, and care management.
• Formulating, interpreting, and implementing policies and procedures pertaining to quality mental health care in PCMHI to assure compliance with internal and external performance standards.
• Developing effective programs and treatment strategies for PCMHI program patients.
• Interfacing with other program Managers, Service Chief, Mental Health product line leadership, and VA personnel.
• Advising Mental Health leadership on relevant programmatic issues with recommendations for improvement in service delivery.
• Collaborating with other program directors and managers as a member of the Mental Health Executive Committee.
• Collaborating with Primary Care executive staff as a member of the PACT Steering Committee.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external customer groups.
• Adhering to the requirements of the Master Agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Federation of Government Employees.
• Providing PCMHI-consistent care to patients within the PCMHI clinic, which may include engaging patients through alternative technologies (e.g., telehealth, CVT to home).

Qualifications

• Must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment.
• Must have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA).
• Must have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and successfully complete a re-specialization program meeting both conditions: (a) The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or CPA accredited doctoral program and (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• Must have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature and have the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site acceptable to the doctoral program.
• Must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Skills

• Organizes work, sets priorities, delegates tasks, and meets multiple deadlines.
• Utilizes evidence-based practices and clinical practice guidelines appropriately and guides staff in using these tools.
• Deals effectively with individuals or groups.
• Manages and directs the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives.
• Analyzes organizational and operational problems and develops and implements solutions that result in sound operation of the program.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• Higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA.
• 37-50 days of annual paid time off 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.
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• 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.
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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.

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm (subject to change based on facility needs)

Benefits

• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorize
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized