The Cincinnati OH VA Medical Center is seeking well-qualified candidates for Division Director, Assessment and Intensive Treatment. This individual will provide administrative and clinical leadership within the AIT Division within the Mental Health Care Line.

Duties

The Division Director of the Assessment and Intensive Treatment (AIT) Division is an administrative and clinical position that provides leadership and administrative control over all clinical services within the AIT Division within the Mental Health Care Line of the Cincinnati Veterans Administration Medical Center. The AIT Division includes programs of both inpatient and outpatient care. Programs include; 7 North Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Psychiatric Evaluation Center (PEC), Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM), and Suicide Prevention Program. Duties include but not limited to: Holds regular staff meetings Works as a liaison to the Directors of the other Mental Health Care Line Divisions for AIT issues Provides administrative leadership Provides patient care within current field General oversight of clinical educational, and research activities. Provides insight over the programs of both inpatient and outpatient care. Serves as consultant/participant in orientation programs staff development and in-service training. Maintains cooperative and sharing relationships with other VA stations and community resources Promotes staff participation in the Staff Development Program develops, implements, monitors, and adjusts plans to effectively and cost-efficiently accomplish the mission of the MHCL within budgetary constraints Serves as a member of the Mental Health Care Line's Senior Management Team. In this capacity, the incumbent serves on numerous VISN, Medical Center and community Task Force and committees. Provides leadership and guidance in determining the resource needs of all organizational elements, distributing initial resource allocations, and adjusting resource allocations as dictated by a change in the program needs. Develops and implements systems and procedures for improving cost-effectiveness and productivity Serves as a member of the Mental Health Care Line's Senior Management Team. In this capacity, the incumbent serves on numerous VISN, Medical Center and community Task Force and committees. Develops both long and short-range policies and plans for the division by coordinating the administration needs of the division. Incumbent is responsible for making and implementing decisions directly affecting patient care and has the final line decision making authority under the MHCL Director. Incumbent must adapt the principles, practices, processes, and techniques common to any situation to the specialized requirements of the division. Exercises very wide latitude and independent judgment in program administration and decision making. Clinical Responsibilities: The incumbent provides a full range of mental health assessment services to patients. Such services are consistent with the incumbent's training and privileging. Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including: individual, group, and family psychotherapy as well as psycho-educational classes for mental health patients. Supervisory Controls: The incumbent reports to the Associate Chief of Staff of the Mental Health Care Line at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. The incumbent has direct supervisory authority over 2nd tier supervisors in the division as well as supervision of clinical staff. Preferred Experience: Residential substance use experience Experience managing the operations of a residential program including daily administrative and clinical activities. Experience in establishing and monitoring production and performance priorities and standards in accordance to Joint Commission and CARF regulation. Experience with a wide-variety of individual and group evidence-based interventions such as CBT-SUD and Behavioral Couples Therapy. Work Schedule: M-F 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Telework: Available, upon discussion and approval of supervisor Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Requirements

Qualifications

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. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. 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-0101 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. NOTE: It is VHA policy that a LPMHC who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record. Grade Determinations: 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. Assignments: LPMHCs manage the daily operations of multiple programs, develop and implement program policies and procedures, or serve as chief or principal counselor to a number of LPHMCs. They are responsible for oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and monitoring of outcomes. They prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national leadership. Decisions may affect staff and other resources associated with the programs managed and are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgment. They may be responsible for the program's budget. They may also supervise employees assigned to the program. Preferred Experience: Leadership Experience References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/106 PART II APPENDIX G43 The full performance level of this vacancy is13. Physical Requirements: The physical requirements for this position are consistent with those of light office work.

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 Cincinnati VA Medical Center 3200 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45220 US
• Name: Rhonda McCubbin
• Email: [email protected]