The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System, Mental Health, is currently recruiting for one (1) Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) for the Oklahoma City VA. This is a multi-discipline position and selections can be made from the following, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Program Manager, Social Worker Program Coordinator, and Psychology Program Manager.

Duties

The CBOC Manager is responsible for management of the following locations to include travel to Lawton CBOC, Lawton CBOC, Ada CBOC, Ardmore CBOC, Wichita Falls CBOC, Duncan (TBD), and Future Additions. The incumbent serves as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager). The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) provides administrative oversight of other Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors and for a multidisciplinary team, which includes Social Workers, psychologists, and co-leads with a Psychiatry Medical Director. Major Duties and Responsibilities: - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) provides administrative oversight in conjunction with the psychiatry medical director of a multidisciplinary team, which includes psychologists, social workers, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors, nurses, and administrative staff. - The components that are managed are of considerable scope, size, and complexity. The focus of this co-located program is collaborative, interdisciplinary, and coordinated care to provide patient-centered, problem-focused, and solution-oriented care. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) collaborates with other programs as necessary. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) directs, manages, and monitors the workload of clinical and administrative personnel and meets at least monthly with the interdisciplinary team. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) oversees all clinical services to include individual assessment, psychological evaluation, psychoeducational classes, psychotherapy groups, supportive psychotherapy, and evidence-based psychotherapies. Also, the incumbent addresses all patient care issues in the program(s) assigned. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) must be familiar with VA and local policies and procedures; enforces them to staff as well as creates plans to carryout/implement these policies and procedures into the program. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) manages day-to-day activities, including operation of key clinical, training, research, and administrative programs. Decisions regarding staff and other resources associated with the programs are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgment along with developing and implementing programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals. - Completes performance evaluations for supervised staff as rating supervisor. - Addresses concerns related to staff performance and/or conduct in consultation with ER/LR and in accordance with the VA/AFGE Master Agreement, HRO/Just Culture, and policy/law. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) is responsible for strategic planning utilizing input from customer satisfaction surveys, All-Employee Surveys (AES) and Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) metrics identifying customer and employee satisfaction, while also considering budget and resource allocation. The incumbent is also responsible for planning, developing, and implementing short and long-term goals and objectives consistent with the program's strategic plan. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) is responsible for timely completion of all program evaluations and documents required by the Medical Center, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) and Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO), ensuring compliance with appropriate accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission (TJC), Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and other accreditation bodies and monitoring agencies. - The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) monitors outcomes using data-driven quality assurance processes and implements strategies for improvement based on data analysis to include SAIL and other performance metrics. - Other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Irregular tours and/or Saturday work may be required. Compressed/Flexible:Compressed tours may be available. Telework: May be eligible on an ad hoc basis as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager)/PD57928 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3.g.). English Language Proficiency. LPMHCs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3.j. 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). Education. Hold a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; or a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http://www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0183 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment. Grandfathering Provision. VA HANDBOOK 5005/106 PART II APPENDIX G43 GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager), GS-13 Experience, Education and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. The experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-12 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate the KSAs below: 1. Ability to make judgments and decisions associated with program management. 2. Ability to monitor program outcomes using data driven quality assurance process. 3. Ability to develop productivity standards appropriate to each service provided. 4. Ability to manage a wide range of programs which include the operation and management of key clinical, training or administrative programs. Preferred Experience: The incumbent should have education, experience, or training overseeing/managing day-to-day operation of mental health program(s) either located together or geographically dispersed, including but not limited to, the following: time and leave management, hiring and staffing, budgeting and resource management, Variable Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA), productivity management and performance evaluations. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/106 PART II APPENDIX G43 This vacancy is above the full performance level at a GS-13. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Oklahoma City VA Health Care System 921 Northeast 13th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73104 US
• Name: Octavia McGruder
• Phone: 478-272-1210 X2563
• Email: [email protected]