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Physician Assistant-Telemental Health Program
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 51 days ago
On-site Jackson, MS $99K – $173K Apply by Aug 21, 2026 Physician Assistant ENFJESFJISFJ OperationsHealthcare
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The purpose of the Physician Assistant Program Manager of the Telemental Health program is to provide independent clinical service delivery and administration of the Telemental Health Program within the Mental Health Service, providing oversight and work assignments to the interdisciplinary staff working in the Program. responsible for the administrative supervision of multiple interdisciplinary staff members including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →Duties for this position include, but are not limited to: Clinical Responsibilities.
- →Provides consultation to providers in the area of evidenced based interventions; Promotes communication/interactions between medical team members, Veterans, and their families to facilitate the medical treatment process.
- →Administrative, Supervisory and other Significant Responsibilities.
- →Develops and coordinates services offered to Veterans and their families enrolled in the telemental health program.
- →Services include assessment, medication management, crisis intervention, educational, individual, family, and group treatment, case management and measurement-based care.
- →Formulates, interprets, and implements policies and procedures pertaining to quality mental health care to assure compliance with internal and external performance standards.
- →Directs and guides various disciplines within the mental health service to assure efficiency, including the scheduling of activities, the redesign of workloads, daily monitoring of the operations of the program, and feedback to other managers about staff performance.
- →Evaluates current program services in a systematic manner, including the collection, tabulation, and presentation of program statistics, trends, and outcome measures.
- →Interfaces with other program managers, the Mental Health Leadership, and VA personnel regarding relevant programmatic issues with recommendations for improvement in service delivery and budgetary requests.
- →Serves as a member of the Mental Health Total Quality Improvement Team.
- →Maintains productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to: VHA, VISN, Medical Center staff, labor partners, Veterans, and state organizations.
- →Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures within the telemental health program to accommodate resource allocation decisions.
- →Leads regularly scheduled meetings (e.g., weekly) of the telemental health team to address issues and facilitate program planning.
Requirements
- ✓All qualified candidates encouraged to apply.
- ✓Open to U.S.
- ✓Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4c55dd59-2f31-41f9-bd52-25e6e0a6bda8
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