This position functions to supervise and lead the supervisors of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) teams across the Montana VA Health Care System at one of these locations: Billings Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow VA Clinic or Benjamin Charles Steele VA Clinic Bozeman Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic Fort Harrison Fort Harrison VA Medical Center Great Falls Great Falls VA Clinic Kalispell Kalispell VA Clinic Missoula David J. Thatcher VA Clinic
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 Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.) English Language Proficiency. Must be proficient in spoken and written English. GRADE REQUIREMENTS - GS 13 Education. Hold a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; or a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http://www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0183 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment. NOTE: It is VHA policy that a LPMHC who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospital, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. The incumbent must possess a current Driver's License and drive a government vehicle in carrying out professional duties when deemed necessary.
VA offers a Comprehensive Total Rewards package: Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional. This position will be located at one of the following locations within the Montana VA Health Care System: - Billings Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow VA Clinic or Benjamin Charles Steele VA Clinic - Bozeman Travis W. Atkins Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic - Fort Harrison Fort Harrison VA Medical Center - Great Falls Great Falls VA Clinic - Kalispell Kalispell VA Clinic - Missoula David J. Thatcher VA Clinic The duties include but are not limited to the following: Day-to-day management and operational aspects of the BHIP program of Montana VA. Provides leadership, guidance, and coordination of staff following the mission/vision of the Montana VA Health Care System and program direction of the Behavioral Health Services. Conduct, evaluate, and coordinate the execution of the program and maintain oversight of supervisors of BHIP teams. Review program analysis and provide appropriate assessments of the outcomes and make recommendations as needed. Advise the ACOS, Mental Health Service on the goals, objectives, and needs of the program. The incumbent may be responsible for networking with a variety of programs both within Montana and the VISN. Knowledge and use of Quality Performance and Improvement, survey instruments and techniques, computer analysis, research design, and VA regulations concerning program operation, business planning or operations of programs. Ensures QI activities are developed and maintained following policy(s) and procurement/vender/client/staff needs. Full understanding of the requirements of various accrediting bodies to include, Joint Commission, and VACO regulations, so that recommendations to correct deficiencies may be made and implemented. Assists the ACOS, Mental Health Service in complex assignments often of a highly sensitive nature as needed or requested. These decisions impact on patient care, critical operations, research programs, educational and training matters, as well as day-to-day administrative activities. As a result of these decisions, the incumbent directly impacts the initiation, expansion and /or certainly of programs, reallocation and reprogramming of resources, reorganization of services, prioritization of projects and programs, and the determination of both short and long range goals. Assigned duties also includes the provision of clinical services to diverse population of Veterans to include individual, group, and families/couples therapy as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-time | Monday to Friday | 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 436-57192 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized