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Social Worker Program Manager (Deputy Chief) Huntsville
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
The Birmingham VA Health Care System is recruiting for a Social Worker Program Manager (Deputy Chief of Mental Health) located within Mental Health Service Line (MHSL). This position is located at the Huntsville Clinic with supervisory responsibility of staff at multiple locations. The incumbent reports to the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) Mental Health the MHSL for all clinical, administrative, and quality performance matters.
What You'll Do
- →The Social Worker Program Manager/Deputy Chief of Mental Health has programmatic responsibilities for the delivery of mental health services at the Huntsville Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) and additional outpatient sites of care and for supporting and executing the mission and vision of the Chief (ACOS) of Mental Health for the Birmingham VA Health Care System (VAHCS).
- →The incumbent assists the ACOS/MH with management of the MHSL including assessing program needs, allocating resources effectively and efficiently while monitoring their use, working with program managers to develop policies and procedures which are fitted to the needs of each program, and facilitating communication between MHSL programs.
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Duties include, but are not limited to: Provides support to the ACOS, MHSL in all areas of management, leadership, and oversight of mental health clinical, educational, and research activities at the Birmingham VAHCS.
- →Ensures observance of federal, national, and local regulatory policy and accreditation requirements governing the medical center.
- →Responsible for supporting strategic planning, budget oversight, staff recruitment and management, and quality assurance.
- →May function as a liaison to the ACOS, MHSL for Education and affiliated health professional schools for undergraduate and graduate education issues.
- →Ensures that mental health practitioners demonstrate effectiveness in teaching and comply with necessary trainee supervision requirements.
- →May function as a liaison to the ACOS, MHSL for Research, to facilitate research grants and expand research opportunities and initiatives.
- →Maintains all necessary credentials in his/her respective discipline to provide clinical care approximately ten percent (10%) of the time.
- →Responsible for assisting the ACOS in planning, organizing, developing, implementing, coordinating, and refining a comprehensive patient management/clinical support/administrative program which provides services and technical counsel necessary to meet clinical, procedural, legal and administrative requirements relating to the care and treatment of inpatients and outpatients.
- →Provides a climate in which clinicians can care for patients with an awareness of administrative implications of his/her actions, without feeling he/she is working under unnecessary constraints.
- →Contributes to implementing VA Headquarters policies and regulations governing broad administrative aspects of the medical center.
- →To affect the policies, incumbent must have skills in management theory, cost*benefit analysis, data gathering and statistical analysis.
- →Serves on a variety of medical center planning committees, advisory groups and chartered action teams.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: dced7526-41c7-4607-aac2-9716fd8fcc26
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