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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 month ago

Psychology Program Manager (BHIP)

Memphis, TN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$144K/yr - $187K/yr

3+ years exp

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Psychology Program Manager to oversee and manage mental health services for veterans. The role involves program management responsibilities, ensuring high-quality mental health care, and supervising staff and resources while providing comprehensive psychological services.

GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Program management responsibilities include the development of short and long- range goals and plans, development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure goal attainment, management of administrative and programmatic resources, and outcomes monitoring using data-driven quality assurance processes

Ensures that clinicians provide the highest quality of mental health care to veterans utilizing evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines

Responsible for effectively managing and supervising the program's resources including staff, funds, space and equipment-utilized in the development and direction of the mental health services, consultations, research, and training provided the veterans and staff of the medical center

Provides a full range of psychological assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients

Provides education to patients, family members, and significant others

Provides comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy

Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders

Functions independently as a member of the VAMC Memphis Medical Staff, with full clinical privileges

Assumes complete professional responsibility for clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation

Responsible for: approval/disapproval of leave, setting employee performance standards and evaluating work performance, establishing procedures for reviewing written materials and interviewing candidates for vacant positions and making selections

Counseling and/or administering corrective actions within the delegated authority

Hearing and resolving employee complaints/grievances

Providing or arranging for needed training, dealing effectively with matters pertaining to the labor-management agreement

And informing employees about policies, procedures, and practices of management

Works with chiefs and supervisors of other services/organizations to resolve any substantive problems or areas of concern

Responsible for Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE) reviews for assigned providers

Qualification

Doctoral degree in psychologyAPA accredited internshipBoard certification in psychologyEvidence-based practicesClinical practice guidelinesOrganizational skillsLeadership skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy

English Language Proficiency Requirement - Per VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Chapter 3 - Section A - Paragraph 3j: No person will be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. - chapter 73 or 74 - to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English

Education Requirement - (1) You 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) at the time the program was completed

The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed

OR - (2) have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and - in addition - successfully completed a re-specialization program meeting both of the following conditions: a) the re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program

and b) the specialty in which you were retrained is consistent with the assignment you are am applying for

OR - (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature

Note: Applicants must provide transcripts documenting the completion of the re-specialization program

Internship Requirement - (a) You must have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed and that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed

OR - (b) New VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement - provided that such programs were sanctioned by the VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern

OR - (c) VHA facilities that offered full-time - one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96-151 (pre-1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement

OR - (d) Applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed

NOTE: Once board certified - the employee is required to maintain board certification

NOTE: Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program

If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript - the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program

Licensure: Candidates 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

Board Certification and Loss of Credential: (1) Board Certification

Persons hired to psychology positions in the VHA who completed an internship that was not accredited at the time the program was completed must be board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed

The board certificate must be current - non-restricted - and the applicant must abide by the certifying body's requirement for continuing education

(2) Loss of Credential

Once board certified - psychologist must maintain a full - valid and unrestricted board certification to remain qualified for employment

A psychologist who fails to maintain the required board certification must be removed from the occupation - which may result in termination of employment

At the discretion of the appointing official - an employee may be reassigned to another occupation if qualified and if a placement opportunity exists

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria)

Grade Determinations: Psychology Program Manager GS-14 Experience

At least three years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to the GS-13 grade level

Knowledge - Skills - and abilities: In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Ability to organize work - set priorities - delegate tasks - and meet multiple deadlines

Knowledge of and ability to utilize evidence based practices and clinical practice guidelines appropriately and ability to guide staff in using these tools

Ability to deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds - interests - and points of view

Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives

Ability to translate management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled work operations

Ability to establish and monitor production and performance priorities and standards

Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program

Assignment: For all assignments above the full performance level - the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope - complexity (difficulty) - and variety - and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time

Psychologist program managers have broad program management responsibilities for a specific program or programs that are designed to deliver specialized - complex - highly professional services that are important program components of the facility and that significantly impact the health care provided to Veterans

Programs include but are not limited to addiction - posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - mental health intensive case management (MHICM) - mental health compensation and pension examination (C&P) programs - Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers - inpatient mental health - residential rehabilitation - domiciliary - palliative care - neuropsychology - and internship and postdoctoral fellowship training programs

management of an off- campus site

psychology program oversight and coordination throughout the facility and its affiliated clinics as a psychology executive - typically at lower complexity facilities

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019

Benefits

Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified Applicants

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May be authorized for highly qualified Applicants

Paid Time Off: 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)

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)