Senior Psychologist Program Manager

Summary 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. Duties This is an

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& will remain open until September 30, 2026. The first cut-off date is December 18, 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or until the position is filled. This position is being posted as a Physician, Psychologist, Nurse, and Social Worker. Please apply under the appropriate series. Physician

• CBTB-12842015-26-KW Psychologist
• CBTB-12844581-26-LRD Nurse
• CBTB-12843764-26-HB Social Worker
• CBTB-12844582-26-LRD VA Careers
• Psychologist: Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent directs all Mental Health activities, to include budget and fiscal management, human resource management, strategic planning, clinical end administrative program development, management and evaluation of services and programs, and ensuring that the clinical and administrative functions are integrated in order to provide optimum utilization of resources. Incumbent participates in management discussions, policy making, provides program direction to other directors, managers, and assigned personnel within Mental Health and makes sound decisions in line with law, federal regulations, and policy. The incumbent actively participates in the development of overall management goals, objectives, and philosophies necessary for the attainment of optimum system efficiency and effectiveness in providing recovery focused holistic health care to the Veteran population. The incumbent provides input, advice, and counsel for system strategic planning, programming, budgeting, general administration, and other areas as appropriate. The incumbent manages a large, diverse service that provides Mental Health care services central to the mission of VAAHCS. The incumbent manages these services across a large geographic catchment area and in all settings across the healthcare system including the main medical center, community outpatient clinics, community resource and referral centers, and community-based staff/programs. Mental Health is a large clinical program area, with oversight of multiple outpatient programs throughout the healthcare system, an inpatient acute care setting, multiple Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (RRTP). Within the Mental Health program spectrum of services there are: Primary Mental Health Ambulatory Care Section, Specialty Mental Health sections, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery, Homeless and Outreach Services, Health Psychology Section, Psychiatry (Research and Education) and the Administrative Section. Programs include Primary Care/Mental Health Integration, PTSD Clinical Team, Dementia Care, Substance Abuse Treatment, Family Program, Women's Mental Health program, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Therapeutic Supported Employment Services, Local Recovery, the Homeless and Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery Treatment Center, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Peer Support, Suicide Prevention, HUD/VASH, Grant and Per Diem, Housing First, two (2) Community Resource and Referral Centers, Veteran's Justice Outreach and the Homeless PACT, collaborations with Readjustment Counseling Services and provides management oversight of multiple discipline training programs with multiple university affiliates. Work Schedule: Monday
• Friday, 8:00am
• 4:30pm. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 58943F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. 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. English Language Proficiency: Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j. Education: (1) Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed. The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. For the purpose of meeting this requirement, the term "specialty area" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills. Currently, APA accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, or combinations of two or more of those areas. PCSAS accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science. CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, clinical neuropsychology, and school psychology. There are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist; therefore, an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment. Strictly for the purpose of determining eligibility for appointment as a psychologist in VHA, there is no distinction between the specialty areas (with the exception of school psychology). OR (2) Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully complete a re- specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the re- specialization program) meeting both of the following conditions: (a) The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program; and, (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program, which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship. [Psychologists who have successfully completed a re-specialization program as described above and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard