The incumbent is a marriage and family therapist program manager for the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) at the Roseburg VA Health Care System. The BHIP program manager is responsible for developing policies and practices to meet the goals of the program as well as monitors to meet the goals. The BHIP Program Manager is responsible for establishing measurement-based care expectations and tracking the measurement-based care data gathering and information dissemination.

Duties

The incumbent provides programmatic and individual expectations for each member of the team, including but not limited to the productivity targets, RVU expectations, encounter closure expectations and feedback, evidenced based practice prioritization and monitoring, and clinic build integrity. The BHIP team consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers, peer support specialists, and indirectly nursing and administrative staff. The BHIP Program Manager provides routine unit supervision for all staff assigned to the Roseburg BHIP team in at the Roseburg VA Health Care System. FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES Operation and Management of the Roseburg BHIP which includes the full responsibility for day-to-day management of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (70% of time) 1. Provide routine supervision, training, educational opportunities, and programmatic oversight. 2. Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of the Veterans being served. 3. Responsible for planning and developing and implementing short- and long-term goals and objectives consistent with the program's strategic plan. 4. Oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploy those resources in support of the program needs. 5. Develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements, and monitor outcomes using data- driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis. 6. Participate fully in peer review, assessing the quality of professional mental/behavioral health standards provided in the organization. 7. Responsible for identification of patient problems requiring consultation with other multi­disciplinary medical center staff and making appropriate referrals. 8. Assures that appropriate referrals to specialty programs, including community resources, are accomplished. This may include ordering the following consults: Mental Health Service Programs, (i.e., Substance Abuse, PTSD, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Compensated Work Therapy, Homeless, and Day Treatment) Vocational Rehabilitation, and Long-Term Care. 9. Fully accountable for practice, including entering patient visits, appropriate clinical documentation, measuring outcomes to interventions, and meeting productivity standards. 10. Timely completion of all program evaluations and documents required by the Medical Center, VISN and VACO, ensuring compliance with appropriate accrediting bodies such as JCAHO. 11. Performs other related duties as assigned. Clinical Responsibilities (30% of time) The Roseburg BHIP Manager functions as the leader of the multidisciplinary treatment team, providing the full scope of mental and behavioral health care to Veterans, including the following: 1. Provides clinical supervision to various disciplines and levels of training. 2. Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staffs of units to which assigned. May be involved in the training of medical students, medical and psychiatric residents, fellows and other graduate or post-graduate trainees, as appropriate. 3. Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and uses the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care. 4. Performs evaluations for wide array of patients representing diverse diagnostic entities. Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions. 5. Participates as an active treatment team member of the BHIP team Consults with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues. 6. Social workers, or other staff, may be involved in program evaluation and/or research activities. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 0800-1630 Telework: Available, pending Supervisor's approval Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Recruitment and Relocation authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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. Candidates must meet one of the following: (1) Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by COAMFTE, (2) Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution, OR, (3) Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to MFT positions in the GS-0182 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State. Exception: The Secretary, or his/her designee, may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified, pending completion of State prerequisites for licensure examinations for a period not to exceed three years from the date of employment on the condition that MFTs appointed on this basis provide care only under the supervision of a fully licensed MFT with an AAMFT approved license. Non-licensed MFTs who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given an appointment as an MFT under the authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7401(3). This exception only applies at the entry grade level (GS-9). For grades at or above the full performance level, the candidate must be licensed. 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 the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Marriage and Family Therapist (Program Manager), GS-13 (a) Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, completion of one year of progressively responsible assignments and experience equivalent to that equivalent to the GS-12 grade level which demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities that are directly related to the specific assignment. MFT Program Manager must have graduated from a COAMFTE approved program OR have passed the AMFTRB examination. MFT Program Manager must have five years of post- licensed clinical experience in family systems theory/therapy and must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressive professional competency and expertise. MFT Program Manager must have an AAMFT Approved Supervisor credential. (b) Demonstrated KSAs. In addition to meeting the KSAs for GS-13 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below: 1. Skill in assessing qualifications and abilities of current and prospective employees to include staff performance evaluation and may include evaluations of lower level assignments and support staff. 2. Ability to facilitate professional development of other MFTs across programs/or locations (i.e. CBOC, outpatient clinics, etc.) and guide them in current practice guidelines. 3. Ability to collaborate with leaders of other disciplines within facilities, the community, VISN, and VACO. 4. Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives, reporting requirements and the ability to devise ways to adapt work operations to new and changing programs, staffing and budget requirements. This includes knowledge of VA policy and procedures as well as fair, principled and decisive leadership practices. 5. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program. 6. Ability to clinically supervise in areas related to the provision of marital and family therapy services to accomplish organizational goals and objectives. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/101 PART II APPENDIX G44 The full performance level of this vacancy is 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Roseburg VA Medical Center 913 Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard Roseburg, OR 97471 US
• Name: Caleb Stone
• Phone: 208-422-1315
• Email: [email protected]