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Psychology Program Manager (Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
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. Program 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.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) at Tennessee Valley is a 34-bed domiciliary with a focus on SUD and PTSD.
- →MH RRTP's mission is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based, patient-centered treatment program that utilizes developmental, biological, psychological, and sociological approaches within a safe environment to provide individualized rehabilitation for problems associated with substance use disorder (SUD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- →The program strives to provide residents with the opportunity to achieve and maintain the highest level of independent community and service integration through the provision of residential services designed to improve functional status, sustain rehabilitation gains, promote recovery, and break the cycle of recidivism.
- →The program manager will lead an interdisciplinary team including social workers, vocational rehabilitation specialist, addiction therapist, psychologist, peer specialist, clinical pharmacy practitioner, psychiatric nurse practitioner. nurse practitioner, and nurses.
- →Experience in leading multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced setting is preferred.
- →The incumbent should have experience treating SUD and or PTSD in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
- →Duties include directing, administering, and managing all aspects of the program, including comprehensive planning, developing, and implementing programs, policies, and procedures; determining program needs; overseeing the type, quality and quantity of services provided; setting priorities; and establishing short and long-range program goals, initiatives, and direction.
- →Coordinates programming with program managers from other programs, as well as in the Mental Health Care Line with responsibility to negotiate service agreements and other forms of collaboration.
- →Collaborates with discipline supervisors including psychiatry, psychology, social work, primary care, and nursing by providing input in hiring, performance reviews, incentives, and discipline.
- →Collaborates with clerical supervisors for similar input.
- →Duties with the clinical staff includes providing clinical consultation in utilizing evidence based therapeutic practices and clinical practice guideline; creating a work environment that acknowledges and respects widely divergent interests, points of views and discipline perspectives; and providing support, encouragement, and direction to all staff.
- →Triages and assigns referrals for services in a systematic way and makes treatment recommendations.
- →Monitors for the provision of services to be delivered in a manner that meets VA guidelines and standards.
- →Implements ongoing program evaluation and outcome projects using data-driven quality assurance processes including establishing and monitoring team production and performance standards; implementing patient treatment outcome and satisfaction projects; overseeing the completion of evaluation reports.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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