Total 21 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Huntsville, Alabama

Major Duties:

• Serves as a FOIA expert in the Regional Office or an Area Office, ensuring that requests are processed in accordance with FOIA and Privacy Act regulations, as well as internal procedures.
• Acts as liaison between the Area Offices, the OSHA National Office, and the Regional and National Solicitors' Offices with regard to interpretation of FOIA issues.
• Responds to FOIA requests region-wide; requests the appropriate computer reports to obtain the requested information; reviews all applicable regulations to determine appropriate exemptions to be used; and redacts documents according to the regulations.
• Prepares responses within the prescribed time limits to FOIA requests from the general public. Assures that all legal citations are appropriate and accurate.
• Provides guidance to private sector employers, employees, interested parties, Regional management, and administrative staff in interpreting FOIA statutes and provides guidance on rules, regulations and procedures required to process requests.

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Duties:

• Responsible for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service Out Patient. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• Programs include, but are not limited to, Residential treatment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.
• Decisions made by the program manager affect staff and other resources associated with the programs managed and are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgement.
• Maintain 40+ direct reports including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical social workers, addiction therapists and peer support therapists.
• Monitors work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Responsibilities include the management of key clinical, training and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs.
• Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans being served in planning.
• Preparation of special reports and responses Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for Medical Center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and complex.
• Develops policies and procedures and may also develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements. They will monitor the clinical performance of staff, conduct performance appraisals, and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the Medical Center has been satisfied.
• Performs performance evaluations of all staff assigned to the program, approves time and leave, approves overtime and comp-time, monitors and oversees fund control points, and oversees daily operations, including budgetary oversight. He/she must be especially cost conscious, and find means to reduce or contain operating costs without impairing overall operational effect.
• Assists in effective integration of program efforts/activities with other medical center operations, community-based agencies and activities. Delegates appropriate authority to subordinate leaders and coordinators.
• Identifies and affects changes in the organizational structure of Behavioral Health Service Line multidisciplinary programs within mental health, as they may prove essential to ensuring conformance with anticipated changes in the treatment needs of the patient population within Behavioral Health.
• Ensures compliance with local and system wide program policy manuals and directives.
• Develops productivity standards appropriate to each service provided and each venue.
• Ensures professional management of administrative accreditation responsibilities including Joint Commission.
• Serves as high level liaison with local, state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community-based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g., professional schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, etc.).
• Serves, as directed or required, on any of several Healthcare System, district, regional, and national task groups and committees.

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Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Behavioral Health Service Line and Primary Care Mental Health Integration encompasses four Community Based Outpatient Clinics and the main campus which spans three states (MS, AL and FL). The Program Manager will assist in overseeing a multispecialty behavioral health Programs consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses and other multidisciplinary team members who are part of our level IC organization

Duties:

• Provides direct line supervision of an interdisciplinary team of staff, including Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Peer Support Specialists.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work to meet multiple deadlines.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Evaluates work performance of subordinates.
• Gives advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.
• Interviews candidates for positions in the unit; recommends appointment, promotion, or reassignments to such positions.
• Hears and resolves complaints from employees, referring group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to Service Chief.
• Identifies developmental and training needs of employees, providing for and arranging for needed development and training.
• Develops performance standards.
• Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests.
• Ensures supervisees are trained and fully comply with the provisions of safety regulations.
• Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures within the program to accommodate resource allocation decisions made at higher echelons.
• Provide clinical treatment both face to face and virtually.

Duties:

• Responsible and accountable for all elements of their assigned program while providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care within the program focused on patient education, self- management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Executes supervisory position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
• The Program Manager will assist in overseeing a multispecialty behavioral health Programs consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses and other multi-disciplinary team members who are part of our level IC organization.
• The incumbent will exercise oversight of clinic services in one or more of the following areas, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Specialty Mental Health, Residential treatment, Compensated Work Therapy Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Substance Use Disorders, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.

• Incumbent will have broad program manager responsibility for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• The Registered Nurse Program Manager has oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs. They develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and externa accreditation requirements.
• The Program manager assists in effective integration of program efforts/activities with other medical center operations, community based agencies and activities. Delegates appropriate authority to subordinate leaders and coordinators.

• May have direct responsibility for all aspects of behavioral health services in the program, including those conducted by trainees and staff.

• Develops and facilitates management of in-service training and career development programs for program staff members, in coordination with similarly targeted efforts conducted by Medical Center wide programs, and professional discipline chairs.

• The incumbent is responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS), Behavioral Health Service.

Duties:

• Responsible for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• Programs include, but are not limited to, Residential treatment, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.
• Decisions made by the program manager affect staff and other resources associated with the programs managed and are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgement.
• Direct reports including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional mental health counselors, addiction therapists, vocational rehabilitation specialists, and peer support specialists. The incumbent will monitor work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Responsibilities include the management of key clinical, training and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs.
• Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans being served in planning.
• Has oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs. They develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements.
• Monitor outcomes using data driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis. Additional responsibilities include assisting in maintaining inter-departmental relations with other services to meet organization goals.
• Preparation of special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for Medical Center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and complex; is a requirement of the position.
• Serve as high level liaison with: local, state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g., professional schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, etc.).

Behavioral health services are integrated with the facility and other programs so it is critical the incumbent be based in the medical center to provide administrative and clinical support for any walk-ins to Veterans; assistance and education to other staff and providers, to interface and collaborate with other programs and services; and to best support the agency's mission by supporting timely, in person response to needs of those at or presenting to the facility.

Duties:

• Responsible for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service Outpatient Clinics. The service delivers specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans.
• Direct reports including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional mental health counselors, addiction therapists, vocational rehabilitation specialists, and peer support specialists.
• Monitors work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Prepares of special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for Medical Center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and complex; is a requirement of the position.
• Oversees administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs.
• Develop and implement programs, policies, and procedures to meet program goals, VHA policy and external accreditation requirements. They monitor outcomes using data driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis.
• Maintains inter-departmental relations with other services to meet organization goals.
• Develops policies and procedures and may also develop performance standards, position descriptions and functional statements.
• Monitors the clinical performance of staff, conduct performance appraisals, and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the Medical Center has been satisfied.
• Set training objectives for staff and delegate responsibilities to subordinate sections.
• Manages general personnel policies and established practices regarding program operations, as they relate to key employees and management actions.
• Monitors and reports to Office of the ACOS regarding status of Mental Health Performance Measures for the Medical Center, with preparation and implementation oversight for any corrective actions necessary.
• Serve as high level liaison with: local, state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g., professional schools of medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, etc.).

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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
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)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS) Behavioral Health Service Line and Primary Care Mental Health Integration encompasses four Community Based Outpatient Clinics and the main campus which spans three states (MS, AL and FL) across 300 miles. GVHCS is customer-service oriented, meeting a variety of emotional, psychological, behavioral, interpersonal, and social needs of patients. The Program Manager will assist in overseeing a multispecialty behavioral health Programs consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses and other multidisciplinary team members who are part of our level IC organization. The incumbent will exercise oversight of clinic services in one or more of the following areas, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Specialty Mental Health, Residential treatment, Compensated Work Therapy Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Substance Use Disorders, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.

Major Duties and Responsibilities: The responsibilities of a Psychiatrist Program Manager include critical/daily tasks and responsibilities. The duties are but not limited to the following:

-Broad program manager responsibility for specialized, complex, highly professional care that are important program components and significantly impact the healthcare of Veterans
-Manages resources associated with programs and are made while exercising wide latitude and independent judgement
-Manages key clinical, training, and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs
-Responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans
-Possess professional knowledge of psychosocial assessment, a broad range of psychotherapeutic interventions, the health-care delivery system, VA regulations, and community support systems and resources
-Represents the Behavioral Health Service at appropriate local, regional, and/or national meetings and educational conferences
-Monitors and reports to Office of the ACOS regarding status of Mental Health
-Performance Measures for the Medical Center, with preparation and implementation oversight for any corrective actions necessary
-Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and uses the most appropriate psychopharmacological techniques in providing quality care
-Involved in professional training programs, such as practica, internships and residency programs

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program manager is responsible and accountable for all elements of the BHIP program while providing and/or supervising direct patient care.

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care within the program focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Executes supervisory position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
• The incumbent will exercise oversight of clinic services in one or more of the following areas General Mental Health.

• Incumbent will have broad program manager responsibility for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service.
• Programs include, but are not limited to, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Specialty Mental Health, Homeless/HUD VASH, Residential treatment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Compensated Work Therapy Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Substance Use Disorders, Acute Inpatient, and General Mental Health.
• Responsibilities include the management of key clinical, training and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs. The Psychiatrist Program Manager is responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans being served in planning.
• Possess professional knowledge of: (a) psychosocial assessment; (b) a broad range of psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, couple, family, and group intervention; (c)the health-care delivery system; (d) VA regulations; (e) community support systems and resources; (f) must have the ability to communicate effectively, make sound decisions, and anticipate development.

• May have direct responsibility for all aspects of behavioral health services in the program, including those conducted by trainees and staff.
• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and uses the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care.
• Performs psychotherapy for all areas of the Health Care System on a consult basis, including but not limited to psychiatry, neurology, primary care, acute care, pulmonology, and the nursing home care unit.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including: individual therapy, marital/family therapy, group therapy, and substance abuse treatment.

• Develops and facilitates management of in-service training and career development programs for program staff members, in coordination with similarly targeted efforts conducted by Medical Center wide programs, and professional discipline chairs.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as an advocate on behalf of Women Veterans across Veterans Health Administration (VHA) by working closely with the Veteran Experience Office (Patient Advocate Office) to facilitate problem resolution and Women Veterans satisfaction.
• Improves care access and continuity.
• Works closely with the WVPM and WHMD to form the foundation of the Women's health team at the facility level.
• Provides expertise and guidance specific to Women Veterans for facility-wide strategic goals and objectives and executes comprehensive planning for women's health that improves the overall quality of care provided to Women Veterans and achieves program goals and outcomes.
• Assesses and actively facilitates for preventive care and health promotion.
• Promotes a safe and welcoming environment.
• Uses data sources to assess and evaluate the VAMC Women's program.
• Collaborates with fiscal, WVPM and facility leadership to advocate for resources to support programs to meet the needs of Women Veterans.
• Participates in the review of the physical environment including identifying deficiencies and opportunities for improvement and work with facility leadership, facility planner and other staff to ensure that new construction and renovations are appropriate to meet the needs of Women Veterans.
• Partners with special population coordinators and program managers to ensure the needs of Women Veterans are addressed across the health care system.
• Collaborates with various services to ensure the needs of Women Veterans are met in a comprehensive manner consistent with national policies to ensure that emergent and urgent care needs of Women Veterans are met in a comprehensive manner consistent with national policies; Medicine/Primary Care leadership and women's health primary care providers to provide programmatic consultation, mental health services and other specialty care services.
• Deals effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds interests and point of view.
• Establishes and monitors production and performance priorities and standards for Women's health.
• Analyzes organizational and operational problems and develops and implements solutions that results in sound operations of the program.
• Provides direct patient care.
• Collaborates with facility leadership on cultural transformation to create a safe, secure and respectful environment for Women Veterans to receive care.
• Serves as a consultant for facility leadership across service lines.
• Participates on any required or appropriate Medical Center committee, task force, or executive body required by the position or requested by top management to promote the highest quality of health care delivery to Women Veterans.
• Maintains knowledge of VHA, network and facility's strategic goals related to the health of Women Veterans.
• Collaborates with WVPM and internal and external partners to ensure that timely access to necessary care in the community is provided.
• Collaborates with WVPM to ensure that high quality and gender-specific diagnostic services for women are available in a timely manner at all points of care and ensures processes are in place for timely patient notification and coordination of care as indicated.
• Translates management goals and objectives into well-coordinated and controlled work operations.
• Supports, develops and conducts a minimal of three outreach activities for each fiscal year.
• Enhances outreach and in-reach activities within VA and non-VA communities.
• Conducts outreach activities at the local level to increase awareness of Women Veterans' health services offered in VHA.
• Collaborates with facility and community stakeholders to develop a comprehensive outreach plan that includes increasing public awareness of services available for Women Veterans; networking to enhance community engagement with non-VA stakeholders and increasing market penetration.
• Develops and conducts education programs for Women Health providers and staff.
• Collaborates with the Education Department and/or Designated Learning Officer to identify and address training needs for facility staff specific to Women Veterans and promotes national and local educational programs for women's health providers and other staff

The incumbent is a fully licensed and independent provider with a doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology and functions as an essential member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. S/he performs or arranges for diagnostic and/or psychometric assessment as needed; conducts an initial assessment of the patient's overall life situation and documents an initial diagnosis and individualized treatment plan, revising them when necessary. establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patients and provides specialized individual and group-based empirically supported intervention methods for mental health-related conditions; provides and monitors services to patients with severe stress symptoms, requiring special expertise and continual assessment and clinical documentation of the psychosocial status, treatment status, and rehabilitation progress, including follow-up treatment, crisis intervention when necessary, and serving as a patient advocate when appropriate. provides consultation regarding patient problems in area of specialized knowledge, including anxiety disorders and the psychological and vocational factors affecting patient care and treatment; provides behavioral expertise, education, and clinical guidance to MH staff in the management of patients; assesses and coordinates with providers within the Pain Rehabilitation Outpatient Interdisciplinary team at BVAMC whether other interventions such as psychiatric, medical or palliative care are required; performs outreach activities and may interface with military organizations, agencies and veterans' service organizations in the communities where veterans live. is responsible for accurate, timely and appropriate completion of clinical patient care documentation; routinely searches literature relevant to mental health, chronic pain, other stress related conditions and their treatment, reviews and translates research into practical interventions for improved patient treatment outcomes; may function as a principal, co-principal, or collaborative investigator, proposing investigations, coordinating their conduct, recruiting subjects, reviewing data, and submitting findings in publishable form. As a member of the professional staff of the Mental Health service line, s/he: - participates in the policy making, goal setting, and treatment service planning processes of the MH program.
provides psychological services, including assessment and intervention, within the scope of his/her clinical privileges and special proficiencies, and determines when consultation for specialized psychological services is required. Maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and skills by involvement in appropriate continuing education activities. serves on committees and other work groups at the direction or approval of the Mental Health Service Chief. Teaches and/or supervises psychology interns and psychology practicum students as appropriate. Provides educational experiences including in-service education for psychology staff and trainees. and other Medical Center staff, as appropriate Designs, conducts, reports, or otherwise supports research activities relevant to area of expertise and the continuum of care within the division. Designs and/or implements the evaluation of treatment efforts and programs. Consults with or provides psychological services to treatment programs or services outside of primary duty assignment with the approval of the program manager. Performs other related duties as assigned by the Supervising Psychologist/Assistant Chief for Chief, Mental Health Service.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, or 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible:Available to eligible candidates.
Telework: Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 51217F, Clinical Psychologist, GS-0180-13
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized, for eligible candidates.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

You provide direct patient care as a licensed Psychologist or as a license-eligible provider with a doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology. You provide direct services to selected patients and/or selected treatment programs. You will establish and maintain therapeutic relationships and exercise professional judgment to provide treatment for veterans.

As a clinical care provider, you are a psychologist, defined as a credentialed and privileged Licensed Independent Practitioner or is a license-eligible provider with a doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology, who functions as an essential member of the interdisciplinary treatment team; provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment using the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care; performs evaluations for veterans mental health disorders; provides a full range of specialized individual and group- based empirically supported psychological interventions to mental health patients whose conditions indicate a need for the advanced skill and training of a licensed psychologist; reviews and translates psychological research into practical interventions for improved patient treatment outcomes; consults with Medical Center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues; assesses the need for referral for additional psychological services for patients; coordinates with other providers throughout the BVAMC when other interventions such as psychiatric, medical or palliative care are required; is responsible for accurate, timely and appropriate completion of clinical patient care documentation .

You will also engage in non-direct clinical activities, including participating in staff meetings, data management, and program development. You may also engage in research, intern supervision/training, and administrative services consistent with the mission. As a scientist practitioner, you routinely searches literature relevant to mental health treatment. You may engage in activities both within and outside the facility that promote the conduct of independent, peer-reviewed, and/or funded research projects. He/she may function as a principal, co-principal, or collaborative investigator. You may also engage in the following extra-clinical enriching elements: provide clinical supervision to various disciplines and levels of training, including psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and other students/trainees involved' in the Psychology Training Program and the Training Committee; serve as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees on a wide variety of patient care issues as needed; serve on BVAMC, VISN, and/or National VA committees or task forces; represent Psychology on decision--making committees at the Medical Center; actively participate in leadership roles with local, state and national level professional organizations; represent the Medical Center at professional or community events and committees. The work requires administrative knowledge of mental health clinic settings and clinical knowledge as a psychologist. You must possess the analytical ability to research, assemble, and compile information and data, evaluate the results against appropriate standards, and recommend corrective action where indicated. You must be proficient in behavioral research design and analysis, and knowledgeable regarding ethical practices in the conduct of human research.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following:
1. Knowledge of and ability to apply a wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to a variety of patient populations.
2. Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies.
3. Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures.
4. Ability to conduct research activities, such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties).
5. Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within the context of an established research team, including research participant relations, research documentation, data acquisition, maintenance, and collaboration.

Staff psychologists at this level diagnose mental disorders, conduct psychological or neuropsychological assessments, treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities, provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders, and may conduct research. They may be assigned to any program area.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or 7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible:Available to eligible candidates.
Telework: Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 51216F, Clinical Psychologist GS-0180-12
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized for eligible candidates.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

The incumbent is a license-eligible provider with a doctorate in clinical or counseling psychology who is under the supervision of a licensed psychologist and functions as an essential member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. S/he
- performs or arranges for diagnostic and/or psychometric assessment as needed;
- conducts an initial assessment of the patient's overall life situation and documents an initial diagnosis and individualized treatment plan, revising them when necessary.
- establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patients and provides specialized individual and group-based empirically supported intervention methods for mental health-related conditions;
- provides and monitors services to patients with severe stress symptoms, requiring special expertise and continual assessment and clinical documentation of the psychosocial status, treatment status, and rehabilitation progress, including follow-up treatment, crisis intervention when necessary, and serving as a patient advocate when appropriate.
- provides consultation regarding patient problems in area of specialized knowledge, including anxiety disorders and the psychological and vocational factors affecting patient care and treatment;
- provides behavioral expertise, education, and clinical guidance to MH staff in the management of patients;
- assesses and coordinates with providers within the PCT Interdisciplinary team at BVAMC whether other interventions such as psychiatric, medical or palliative care are required;
- performs outreach activities and may interface with military organizations, agencies and veterans' service organizations in the communities where veterans live.
- is responsible for accurate, timely and appropriate completion of clinical patient care documentation;
- routinely searches literature relevant to mental health, chronic pain, other stress related conditions and their treatment, reviews and translates research into practical interventions for improved patient treatment outcomes;
- may function as a principal, co-principal, or collaborative investigator, proposing investigations, coordinating their conduct, recruiting subjects, reviewing data, and submitting findings in publishable form. As a member of the professional staff of the Mental Health service line, s/he:
- participates in the policy making, goal setting, and treatment service planning processes of the MH program.
- provides psychological services, including assessment and intervention, within the scope of his/her clinical privileges and special proficiencies, and determines when consultation for specialized psychological services is required.
- maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and skills by involvement in appropriate continuing education activities.
- serves on committees and other work groups at the direction or approval of the Mental Health Service Chief. As a journeyman incumbent s/he may participate in one or more of the following activities:
- Teaches and/or supervises psychology interns and psychology practicum students as appropriate.
- Provides educational experiences including in-service education for psychology staff and trainees. and other Medical Center staff, as appropriate
- Designs, conducts, reports, or otherwise supports research activities relevant to area of expertise and the continuum of care within the division. - Designs and/or implements the evaluation of treatment efforts and programs.
- Consults with or provides psychological services to treatment programs or services outside of primary duty assignment with the approval of the program manager.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by the Supervising Incumbent/Assistant Chief for Chief, Mental Health Service.


Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, or 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible:Available to eligible candidates.
Telework: Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 51215F, Psychologist, GS-0180-11
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized.

Serves as a Medication Technician in a Federal Bureau of Prisons Institution.

Responsible for the administration and distribution of medication to inmates in various locations, including the Health Services Unit, Special Housing Units, or other designated areas within the institution.

Administers medications to include but not limited to Oral, Topical, Nebulized, Meter Dose Inhaler, and Insulin, in a manner consistent with nationally recognized safe medical practices, to include accurate identification of the patient, medication, dosage, time, and route.

Reports and records adverse medication reactions.

Assists Pharmacist or other appropriate staff member in a variety of pharmacy related activities, including, but not limited to, entry of physician orders into a computerized pharmacy information system, preparation of medications for Pharmacist review, preparation of medication administration records, storage and inventory of pharmacy supplies, etc.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

The Nursing Assistant (NAs) positions are located on the Inpatient units, Resource management, Emergency Department, and in the escort department of the Medical Center. NAs are responsible for the entire scope of patient care, to include direct patient care, patient admission, discharge, transfer, errand duties, and delivery of medical supplies/equipment when needed. This is an active general medical and surgical medical center with a large ambulatory care program and an extensive research and professional training program affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. The incumbent assigned to this position is a member of the Nursing team. The NA is assigned by licensed personnel to care for the patients by taking vital signs, collecting specimens, performing EKG's, assisting with transport, and providing dressing changes, and usual daily activities to include bathing, linen changes, assistance with feeding patients, assistance with toileting, and post-mortem care.


Work Schedule: Various; to be determined upon selection.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Title/Functional Statement #:NURSING ASSISTANT-OCA/
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Duties for the position include but are not limited to:

• Drives, maintains and cares for all types of Government owned vehicles such as passenger cars, patient transport vehicles, wheelchair vans, and trucks up to and including one and one half tons.
• Responsible for transporting patients, employees, lab specimens, and materials safely between various destinations.
• Completes vehicle daily maintenance checks, including fuel, oil, water, automatic transmissions, instruments, horn, brakes, and any leaks.
• Ensures that all required accident forms, bridge tickets, and manuals arc maintained in the vehicle.
• Must be able to read and interpret road maps to determine the shortest and quickest route to and from a destination.
• Must be able to properly load and unload vehicles so as not to injure patients or damage cargo.
• Performs other duties as assigned