This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Duties

This position is in the Executive Director Office, New England Healthcare System (VISN1), VA Medical Center (VAMC), reporting to the Chief/Deputy Chief of Mental Health, and with programmatic operational oversight from the Medical Center Director. The Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP) Manager (hereafter referred to as the Program Manager) is responsible for addressing and managing reports of disruptive behaviors across the main facility and the Community Based Outpatient Clinics. The Program Manager is responsible for the administrative and clinical aspects of the Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WVPP), including the Disruptive Behavior Team (DBT), Disruption Behavior Reporting System (DBRS), and the Workplace Behavioral Risk Assessment (WBRA). The WVPP Program Manager is responsible for informing and writing policies, procedures, and program guidelines in the development, planning, operations, and continuous performance improvement of all components of the WVPP at the VAMC. Duties may include, but are not limited to: Oversees the day-to-day business of the Disruptive Behavior Team (DBT). Provides updates to Medical Executive Committee (MEC). Oversees, reviews, and conducts individualized, evidence-based, data-driven violence risk and threat assessments to determine the likelihood that a patient's disruptive behavior or a visitor's disruptive behavior will undermine the culture of safety at the VAMC. Responsible for forwarding violence risk mitigation strategy recommendations and therapeutic limit-setting actions. Engages with the Disruptive Behavior Team in providing consultation to practitioners and staff. Coordinates quality improvement projects around disruptive behavior. Responsible for managing computer-based flagging systems for identifying potentially violent or dangerous patients, including review, and maintaining a record of all patient flag reviews. Responsible for all VISN and Central Office requests for information about disruptive behavior training or any data about disruptive behavior incidents. Interfaces with VAMC Police Department, Officer of the Inspector General and Coordinated Care Programs to manage patients with disruptive behavior. Participates in monthly Disruptive Behavior Team Community of Practice and Violence Risk Assessment conference calls. Responsible for the education, training, implementation of local and national policies, Directives, and Regulatory Requirements pertaining to disruptive behavior. Develops a coherent assessment strategy to evaluate the recommend optimal empirically derived and evidence-based treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is essential. Develops a coherent assessment strategy to evaluate the recommend optimal empirically derived and evidence-based treatment of PTSD is essential. Provides consultation and mental health referral recommendations. Assists the Service Chief in the design, development, and implementation of clinical programs for the Veteran population. Adheres to operational policies and procedures for health care as directed. Assists the Service Chief in the execution of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical programs related to workplace violence prevention. Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs to effectively coordinate services in relation to workplace violence prevention. Provides educational/informational training to Service Lines as needed or requested. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time; Mon-Fri; 7:30-4:00pm Compressed/Flexible:Not Available. Telework: Available for Ad-hoc. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: F05447 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Contact Karen Chapman J., [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Financial Disclosure Report: Not required. Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service. Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. Current or formal Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is a bargaining unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) will be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.

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. English Language Proficiency. Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j Licensure. 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. Education:(1) 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. For the purpose of meeting this requirement, the term "specialty area" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills. Currently, APA accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or combinations of two or more of those areas. PCSAS accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science. CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, clinical neuropsychology, and school psychology. There are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist; therefore, an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment. Strictly for the purpose of determining eligibility for appointment as a psychologist in VHA, there is no distinction between the specialty areas (with the exception of school psychology). OR (2) Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully complete a re-specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the 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 the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. OR (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.] AND Internships (a) 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 (pre1979) 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.) OR (e) 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. NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program, which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship. [Psychologists who have successfully completed a re-specialization program as described above and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard are considered to have fully met the educational requirements of these qualification standards.] 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: In addition to meeting the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates: GS-14: To qualify at the GS-14 grade level, applicants must have at least three years of experience as a professional psychologist, with at least one year equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. Psychology license MUST be submitted with application for this grade. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities): 1. Ability to organize work, set priorities, delegate tasks, and meet multiple deadlines. 2. Knowledge of and ability to utilize evidence based practices and clinical practice guidelines appropriately and ability to guide staff in using these tools. 3. Ability to deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view. 4. Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives. 5. Ability to translate management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled work operations. 6. Ability to establish and monitor production and performance priorities and standards. 7. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program. Preferred Experience: Experience with aspects of workplace violence prevention programs, such as Disruptive Behavior Team (DBT), Disruption Behavior Reporting System (DBRS), and the Workplace Behavioral Risk Assessment (WBRA). References: VA Handbook 5005/103 Part II Appendix G18 Physical Requirements: See VA Handbook and Directive 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VA Bedford Healthcare System 200 Springs Road Bedford, MA 01730 US
• Name: Molina Vantha
• Phone: 781 687 2000
• Email: [email protected]