Supervisory Social Worker

Deputy ACOS, Behavioral Health

The Deputy ACOS, Behavioral Health plans, implements, directs, provides clinical and administrative oversight to Behavioral Health activities, including requirements for staff, budget, equipment, and supplies. This individual is expected to effectively handle supervisory responsibilities and programmatic oversight to provide patient centered care across diverse Behavioral Health programs to meet or exceed expectations from within and outside the medical center.

Essential Administrative/Supervisory Responsibilities:

Plans, implements, and provides clinical and administrative oversight to Behavioral Health activities including requirements for staff, budget, equipment, and supplies.

Has direct administrative supervision of staff: Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Addiction Therapists, Trainees within the Mental Health Service.

Management of Human Resource aspects of assigned Behavioral Health operations, including hiring and disciplinary action, Labor/Management relations, performance appraisals, and professional boarding procedures for various disciplines.

Primary responsibility for assigned aspects of administration within Behavioral Health Service and in the relationship to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at large.

Monitors and reports to facility and VISN leadership regarding status of Behavioral Health Performance Measures for the Medical Center, with preparation and implementation oversight for any corrective actions necessary.

Other Administrative/Supervisory Responsibilities:

Consults with and serves as a resource for other service lines and facility leadership concerning the need for the development of mental health services.

Assists the ACOS, Behavioral Health in administrative oversight for the development of newly funded programs.

Assists the ACOS, Behavioral Health in coordinating a mental health response in the event of critical occurrences of violence at the facility, disasters, and/or mass casualty occurrences.

Develops responses to controlled correspondence at the Medical Center, VISN, and VACO levels, inclusive of responding to elected representatives and the OIG Hotline concerning patient care and other matters of public interest.

Clinical Duties:

The employee will provide treatment for beneficiaries with general mental health disorders in a variety of treatment settings, including tele-mental health.

The employee must be skilled in treating mental health disorders.

The employee will ensure accreditation requirements are met including reviewing checklists compliance for JCAHO and CARF and/or HAP.

The employee shall document patient care in the patient chart via the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).

The employee shall follow all VA guidelines regarding infection control and safety.

The employee will be assigned to treatment teams and adhere to team meeting responsibilities.

The employee will adhere to all quality management performance measures which will be reviewed monthly through peer reviews.

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

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

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). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

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: Available (Ad hoc) Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 93053-0

Requirements Conditions of Employment:

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Must be proficient in written and spoken English.

Subject to background/security investigation.

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.

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).

Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:

Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States.

English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English.

Education. Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level.

Grade Determinations:

Experience/Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level.

Licensure/Certification. Individuals assigned as supervisory social workers must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:

Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.

Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement.

Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers.

Ability to delegate authority, manage priorities, coordinate work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion.

Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems, develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service.

Ability to provide staff training and development.

Physical Requirements: The position is primarily sedentary, with some bending, walking and stooping required. This position requires the ability to read printed material and distinguish colors, such as reading computer screens and the ability to accurately perceive depth so as to move around work space safely and to appropriately make contact with patients and staff.

Education Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.

Additional Information:

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.