Clarification from the agency

NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below. Announcement is open to current, permanent VHA employee's and other federal agency employees. First consideration will be given to Current, Permanent Birmingham VHA employee's.

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The incumbent reports to and collaborates with the GMH/BHIP Program Manager to ensure effective functioning of all BHIP operations. Responsibilities include helping develop and implement policies and procedures; supervising BHIP staff; establishing goals and objectives; and monitoring, evaluating, and coordinating BHIP services. Duties encompass strategic planning, resource deployment, performance and quality improvement, and promoting recovery oriented, team-based care. The BHIP Supervisory Psychiatrist works with other BHIP supervisors to ensure compliance with VHA directives, Joint Commission standards, State licensure requirements, and VAOIG expectations. They conduct ongoing reviews and evaluations to ensure adherence to regulatory and accreditation standards. A portion of the incumbent's time is dedicated to direct clinical service.

• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for the staff supervised, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system;
• Establishes and monitors productivity targets for staff supervised;
• Observes employee performance and conducts work performance critiques in accordance with performance expectations, which included FPPEs and OPPEs;
• Establishes and monitors clinic profiles in terms of availability, utilization and scheduling, and staff productivity;
• Monitors and reports data from relevant BHIP and provider management dashboards, as indicated;
• Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance formally;
• Coordinates performance evaluations with Discipline Leads for direct reports who are outside of Psychiatry;
• Resolves informal complaints and grievances; develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as indicated;
• Exercises supervisory authorities and responsibilities involving work assignment;
• Reviews the administrative and personnel management functions relative to the staff supervised;
• Assists with performance measure monitoring, evaluation and action plans for enhancement as well as accreditation reviews and pertinent site visits;
• Guides and oversees BHIP services and delivery of services, determining staffing requirements and assignments in conjunction with members of treatment teams and staff areas where individual skills are best utilized;
• Incumbent assists with directing operation and management of key clinical, training, and administrative programs of the team;

Remedying actions:

• Resolves informal complaints and grievances;
• Establishes and executes performance improvement plans;
• Makes personnel recommendations;
• Enforces disciplinary measures as appropriate to delegated authority and in coordination with Human Resource Management Service (HRMS) and appropriate Union representatives;
• Incumbent hears and resolves complaints voiced by BHIP staff and works to resolve issues involving direct reports and other team members on the BHIP team; and
• Incumbent is responsible for furthering the goals of equal employment opportunity (EEO) by taking positive steps to assure the accomplishment of affirmative action objectives and by adhering to nondiscriminatory employment practices in regard to race, color, religion, sex, and affirmative action for the area under incumbent supervision

Operational duties:

• Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests;
• Assures that direct reports are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations as appropriate for general and area specific operations;
• Reviewing and assuring that the documentation of the assigned staff reflects the services provided and meets TJC, Health Care System, and mental health documentation standards;
• Works with local medical center, health care center or community-based outpatient clinic leadership to meet site specific administrative and operational goals and may assume local leadership functions as necessary and as approved by BHIP Program Manager, Lead Psychiatrist, or the ACOS MH; and
• Works with BHIP Program Manager and Discipline Leads in identifying and prioritizing BHIP resource needs to include staffing and equipment needs of BHIP providers.

Duties related to the area of mentoring:

• Provides work related advice and counsel to employees with purposes of further developing careers of subordinates, as deemed appropriate by incumbent and in line with employees' clinical disciplines and practice areas.

Clinical guidance:

• Coordinates and monitors clinical training/development of direct reports who provide psychotherapy, mental health assessments, care management, and other psychosocial services;
• Responsible for assessing, verifying, monitoring, and reporting on the clinical competency of supervisees providing these services, and
• Considers and recommends staff members for further clinical training and development based on staff abilities, goals, and clinic operational needs.

Duties Continued under qualifications:

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• 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).

Qualifications

Duties Continued:

Area of research and research integration into clinical practice:

• Guides BHIP team in application of current psychological research to their clinical work;
• Encourages utilization of evidence-psychotherapy protocols, and
• Encourages research activities deemed beneficial to VHA patient care of Veterans or to clinical and health care system operations.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Will provide clinical care approximately 50% of the time practicing within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
• Specific clinically role and function within the team will be determined by GMH BHIP Program manager.

EDRP Authorized: Yes. 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. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday (Schedule could change based on the needs of the Service Line)
Recruitment/Relocation: Not Authorized

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

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.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
  • (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed; OR
  • (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR
  • (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
  • Exceptions:
    • Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
    • In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred Experience:

1. Experience with VA mental health clinical services.
2. Experience with process improvement including lean, systems redesign, and high reliability organizations.
3. Experience with managing access, quality, and patient experience.
4. Experience with Measurement Based Care, FLOW, Evidence Based Care

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Physical Requirements: Eligible applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, without hazard to themselves or others. Depending on the essential duties of a specific position, usable vision, color vision, hearing or speech may be required. However, in most cases, a specific physical condition or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application, resume, C.V., and/or other supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

Veteran Preference does NOT apply to internal announcements.