Total 8 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

Staff Dentist: An individual that demonstrates the ability in the field of general dentistry or a dental specialty who is employed to perform the duties related to various professional activities of patient care and treatment without supervision. In addition to meeting the basic requirements, applicants must demonstrate ability in the general practice of dentistry; be capable of assisting in maintaining accepted standards of professional care in VA facilities; and be capable of accepting full responsibility for the proper care and treatment of assigned patients

Primary duties and responsibilities for all Dentists include, but are not limited to:

• Routine exams and teeth cleaning
• Restorative procedures, including fillings and crowns
• Comprehensive surgical care, including extractions (pulling teeth) and oral cancer screening
• Routine and advanced prosthodontic care, including bridges, dentures, and dental implants
• Routine and advanced periodontal care, including root canals, gum treatments, and supporting bone care
• Oral and facial reconstruction surgery to repair damage from traumatic injury or serious illness

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Work from blueprints, drawings or other specifications, consulting supervisor as necessary relative to the interpretation of technical details.
• Responsible for following an assignment through to completion (from initial layout to final assembly) and work is subject to check during performance and on completion.
• Installs, repairs and replaces doors and door frames, including metal, modifies existing structure, construction new or relocating room partitions and installing the necessary bracing for support.
• Install hinges to doors, mortises doors for locks, base and toe mold, wainscoting, chair rails, works in Carpenter Shop operating power saws, planers and joiners, drill press and portable power tools.
• Installs runners, tees and angels for acoustic suspended ceilings, vinyl floor tiles and cove base and creates equipment for shipment.
• Repairs bulletin boards, shutters, louvers, shades and staging as well as repairs roof leaks.

The Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) functions as a champion and advocate for the recovery model. LRC also serves as a recovery ombudsman to the Associate Chief of Staff of Mental Health (ACOS-MH), program managers, and staff on recovery and implementation of recovery-oriented services. In conjunction with the ACOS-MH, the LRC develops a 3-5 year plan for the facility that identifies staged implementation of recovery-oriented services (e.g., use of recovery plans). LRC is responsible for coordinating the evaluation of recovery implementation at the facility and reporting results to the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC). With guidance from the NRC, the LRC will implement measures to assess recovery policy and procedure adherence, as well as assess the extent that the recovery model is embodied in the Mental Health programs. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Develops a facility recovery education plan for providers and Veterans and their families.
• Develops an ongoing education plan for providers, Veterans, and families that includes recurrent didactic presentations about elements of recovery (e.g., recovery plans) and recovery implementation by experts.
• Serves as consultant to Mental Health programs and recovering Veterans in development of peer support groups, consumer counseling, and consumer operated services, as per local needs and resources.
• Advises the Mental Health Program Managers on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a consultant to peers specialists.
• Assists with VA regional or local recovery-oriented trainings, meetings, or conferences as needed.
• Serves as a Mental Health Liaison to the facility Consumer Council.
• Provides an annual report on implementation progress to the VISN, RC and the NRC; other reports will also be prepared as requested.
• Meets quarterly via conference call with the VISN RC to coordinate a network response to recovery implementation and implementation of CO policies and procedures related to recovery.
• Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Mental Health Service and/or their families.
• Able to independently work with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.
• Possess a thorough knowledge and have experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Independently complete psychosocial assessments and be able to independently provide a DSM diagnosis to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.
• Able to utilize this assessment in facilitating the Veteran's maximum use of treatment for attainment of the highest level of independence that is possible and practicable.
• Utilize standardized instruments in the assessment of mental health problems/conditions.
• Must possess knowledge and ability to independently implement Evidenced Based treatment modalities, provide individual, group or family psychotherapy, supportive contact and psychosocial education for Veterans and families.
• Must be experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

(This is an Open and Continuous announcement (for multiple locations) and can be taken down at any time.)

Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Provides care management services to Veterans referred to PCMHI to include Comprehensive assessments, Referral management, Watchful waiting and Care management for depression.
• Provides education to patients, family members, and significant others.
• Consults with and serves as a resource for other professional personnel concerning the need for, evaluation of, and development of, psychological services in OVHCS.
• May be asked to assist in the selection, training, and supervision of staff at lower grades within assigned program area, Psychology Service, or OVHCS.
• Willingly accepts additional and special assignments that are necessary to meet program goals or Veteran needs.
• Completes all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center or healthcare system in a timely and accurate manner, as appropriate.
• Manages the Behavioral Health Lab (BHL) Software and develops a working knowledge of the production end of the BHL software program.
• Assists in coordinating and implementing technology and training in regard to the use of telehealth across sites of care.
• Prepares timely summaries of collected data to the direct supervisor.
• Consult management duties as assigned.
• Support of unlicensed staff as assigned.
• May be selected by the supervisory psychologist or Chief of Psychology to serve as the psychology service representative on various Psychology Service, Mental Health and Behavioral Services, System-level, or VISN administrative committees or work groups.
• May coordinate programming within both various mental health and primary care programs in coordination with managers of such programs as well as with discipline supervisors of affected staff assigned to these programs.
• May be involved in research activities, especially as related to program evaluation responsibilities.
• May manage the work of various clinical programs and their staff, ensuring that work is assigned in a systematic way and meets facility and VA guidelines/standards.
• May manage program monitors and outcome measurements within programs assigned using data ­driven quality assurance processes if assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Deputy Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Deputy Program Coordinator works closely with the local BHIP Program Manager/Coordinator, and has direct line authority and is accountable for all aspects of the clinical care and support services provided to Veteran in the BHIP program at a specific location. In addition to providing direct patient care, this psychologist has substantial administrative/managerial, supervisory and training responsibilities. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Has very broad responsibility for clinical programs.
• Responsibility to ensure that mental health services in the BHIP location complies with all OVAHCS policies, VA directives and accreditation requirements.
• Will have direct administrative and professional supervision of staff assigned to the BHIP location.
• Ensures efficient and effective deployment of psychotherapists across clinical teams at the location.
• Supervision of staff, professional management, and administrative responsibilities that are complex in scope and that constitute a significant portion of the health care system.
• Decisions are made exercising wide latitude and independent judgment.
• Ability to organize work, set priorities, delegate tasks, and meets multiple deadlines.
• Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives, and ability to devise ways to adapt work operations to new and changing programs, staffing, and budget requirements, etc.
• Ability to translate management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled work operations.
• Ability to establish and monitor production and performance priorities and standards.
• Knowledge of, and ability to appropriately utilize, evidence based practices and clinical practice guidelines and ability to guide staff in using these tools.
• Ability to deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view.
• Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program.
• Full responsibility for the professional practice of psychologists and Masters-level therapists, including services conducted by trainees, and consultants.
• Consults with and serves as a resource for other professional staff concerning the need for the development of mental health services.
• Responsible for timely completion of all program evaluations and documents required by the Health Care System, VISN, and VACO, ensuring compliance with appropriate accrediting bodies (such as JCAHO) and monitoring entities (such as NEPEC), as appropriate.
• Provides a full range of evaluation services and diagnoses mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients many of whom have psychiatric and medical problems.
• Provides evidence­ based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
• Provides consultation to professional staff within the assigned Mental Health program, and to community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients with psychological and psychiatric problems.
• Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for Veterans with psychological and psychiatric problems­patients receiving services within the program.
• Provides case management and support to Veterans with psychiatric and psychological problems.
• Works collaboratively and cooperatively with an interdisciplinary treatment team to provide services to Veterans with psychiatric and psychological problems.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) is under the Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service and works with and clinically supports Acute Care Mental Health, which includes an inpatient psychiatric unit, inpatient medicine, and the emergency department. In addition to providing direct patient care, the Senior LPMHC functions as the facility Baker Act Coordinator and has supportive administrative duties.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a full range of mental health services to patients with complex mental, medical, and psychosocial problems in Acute Care Mental Health.
• Completing Suicide Risk Identification to include CSREs, Safety Plans, and consultation with the Suicide Prevention Team as needed.
• Providing evidence-based psychotherapy services including individual, family, couples, or group psychotherapy and behavioral modification for addressing behavioral and psychological symptoms. Has advanced skills in specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs.
• Educating patients, family members, and significant others.
• Functioning as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team by providing consultation and treatment recommendations to professional staff within the medical units, inpatient psychiatric unit, ED, and community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for the patients in his/her care.
• Developing, implementing, and documenting the treatment plan for patients seen, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
• Functioning independently as a member of the West Palm Beach VAMC Medical Staff, with full clinical privileges. The incumbent assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.
• Appropriately referring patients to other disciplines for treatment outside purview and expertise of a LPMHC.
• Providing clinical supervision to LPMHC staff and/or LPMHC trainees.
• Developing behavioral health related training curriculum and conducting trainings for clinical staff as needed.
• Complying with all regulations of VHA and ensuring clinical documentation complies with service policies.
• Participating in ongoing performance improvement initiatives.

James A Haley TAMPA VAMC is looking to fill multiple LPMHC Program Coordinator positions at two of their facilities: Temple Terrace outpatient clinic and Tampa Main Campus hospital.

LPMHC Program Coordinators are administratively responsible for a clinical program and provide treatment to patients in a major specialty. They manage the daily operations of the program, develop policies and procedures, and prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. They will clinically supervise unlicensed graduate interns/LPMHCs and may administratively manage any employees assigned to their program.

Incumbent is expected to perform full range of assessment/treatment services to assigned patients that would include comprehensive review of current mental illness symptoms, advanced psychosocial case and care management, discharge planning, health care coordination advocacy and referral, community referrals, and the rendering of a decision regarding the presenting diagnosis with coordination of the treatment plan including recommendations for continued treatment or therapy for a variety of different mental disorders that could include particularly complex or unusually difficult patients.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders and compliance with all regulatory policies, procedures, and practices.
• provides consultation to professional staff within Tampa VAMC and to community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients.
• functions as an experienced senior clinician with responsibility and accountability for the technical accuracy of Veteran evaluations and the soundness of treatment plans and case management services.
• assisting the Program Manager in training other staff in procedures for documenting clinical program milestones (admission date, length of stay, discharge dates, treatment and discharge plan completion, etc.).
• will serve as a field instructor/trainer for graduate level unlicensed mental health counselor interns. This includes weekly face-to-face sessions, as well as phone consultation on an as-needed basis. Review intern clinical paperwork to include co-signing clinical notes. May clinically and administratively supervise an individual as they are working towards licensure.
• manages and controls the use of data related to this program regarding day-to-day functioning, workload distribution and program evaluation.
• plans, organizes and directs administrative, operational, Veteran and personnel activities of the supervised mental health counselors/case managers.
• ongoing review of proposed program staffing patterns and respective position descriptions to best meet programmatic needs and requirements as well as interviewing/recommending new staff for final consideration for selection
• assist the Program Manager in the development of community awareness and educational materials, forums, presentations and contacts. These efforts can involve the incumbent in public speaking discussions, interagency referral procedures, and direct collaboration with community providers/partners.

Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized: This position is eligible for 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 your start date. 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 are ineligible to apply for the program. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov for questions/assistance. NOTE: Readjustment Counselors are multi-disciplinary and can be filled by: Social Worker, Psychologist, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, and Marriage & Family Therapist. Each discipline is announced separately, and applicants must apply to the announcement for which they are qualified.

The incumbent serves as an RCS Vet Center Readjustment Counselor, providing counseling services, outreach, referral, and follow up care coordination to eligible individuals, couples, and family members. In this capacity, the incumbent functions as a member of a small multi-disciplinary team of 4 or more staff members. This entails the incumbent contributing proactively to internal coordination of care and collaborative planning and problem solving among all staff. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Screening and Assessment: Will work directly with eligible individuals to establish a therapeutic relationship sufficient for completing all required readjustment counseling intake procedures to include an assessment of risk for self-harm and psychosocial functioning. This information will be used as the foundation for identifying the presenting clinical focus areas and for developing the readjustment counseling service plan.
• Counseling Planning/Goal Setting: Develop and periodically update an individualized readjustment counseling service plan that reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, including identification of achievable goals and measurable outcomes.
• Direct Counseling Service Provision: Will implement the individualized counseling plan through an appropriate course of individual, group, couple and/or family readjustment counseling. Will maintain an effective therapeutic relationship with eligible clients fully guided by professional ethics throughout the course of readjustment counseling.
• Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention: Will apply risk assessment procedures during the initial assessment and periodically throughout the planned course of readjustment counseling as required and appropriate. For individuals identified from intermediate to high risk, the incumbent will work with the individual to develop a safety plan that identifies the precipitating life stressors and safety procedures identified by the client. Will provide crisis case management services inclusive of coordinating services with the individual's family members.
• Care Coordination: Will establish and maintain a network of community care relationships, internal and external to VA, to coordinate access to readjustment counseling through community referrals to the Vet Center, and to ensure that eligible individuals and/or family members receive the full spectrum of services to support the veteran's readjustment that are outside the scope of readjustment counseling. In support of client care coordination, the incumbent maintains a general knowledge and understanding of the military experience and available VA benefits and services such as VA health care and VBA service-connected benefits.
• Outreach: Will maintain active coordination with Vet Center outreach workers to ensure seamless referral to Vet Center services for those individuals and family members engaged in the community at outreach events that may require follow-up readjustment counseling.
• Team Cohesion and Coordination: Will actively participate in Vet Center staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development through cojoint planning and problem solving, staff discussion of problematic cases, coaching and mentoring new hires.
• Documentation/Consultation: Will document all clinical interactions with eligible individuals and episodes of care coordination on their behalf as required by RCS policy. Will provide consultation services to other staff inclusive of other community partners.
• Other duties as assigned.