Substance Abuse Psychology Program Manager

This position is located in the Mental Health Care Line, VA Hudson Valley Health Care System. The VA Hudson Valley Health Care System offers a full range of acute and chronic care services for Veterans residing in six adjacent counties, including, Dutchess, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, and Sullivan serving over 400,000 Veterans. Services include, but are not limited to medicine, surgery, psychiatry, rehabilitative medicine, long term care, women's health, blind rehabilitation, mental health, substance abuse, PTSD, and services for the seriously mental ill and nursing home care. There are numerous specialty clinics and laboratories.

The incumbent is the Program Manager - Substance Abuse (SA) Dom, Montrose Campus. In the role of Program Manager - SA Dom the incumbent will provide high quality Psychological clinical treatment, assessment, education, research services and coordination of linkages to other appropriate VA or community service providers and/or agencies as needed by the client.

The Program Manager will be responsible for the clinical structure of the SA Dom and the work provided by other multidisciplinary staff, either reporting to her/him or discipline specific supervisors. The incumbent is responsible for program structure, evaluation of programing, staff supervision and performance evaluations and the overall daily structure and functioning of the unit. The incumbent is also responsible for directing the training of our APA Psychology Internship Training Program.

The Program Manager - SA Dom provides full range of oversight of the day to day operation of the 30-bed SA Dom unit of the larger Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program - three bed sections. All work done within the SA Dom is under the Program Manager's oversight; Program Manager is responsible for some of the staff and their performance and is the task supervisor for those who have professional specific supervisors, for example but not limited to Nursing. The Program Manager is responsible for the safety, structure for the unit. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring all work necessary to ensure that the unit meets the standards for the VA, Joint Commission, CARF and any other regulatory oversight.

Clinical Responsibilities including, but not limited to:

• Diagnoses mental disorders, particularly SA, and conducts psychological and/or cognitive function assessments and neuropsychological screenings.
• Treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities, particularly SA, and provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders.
• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and using the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care.

Administrative Duties including, but not limied to:

• Assigned supervisory responsibility (currently 4.5FTE psychologists and 4.0FTE psychology interns) by the Chief of Psychology for subordinates (psychologists, psychology/mental health technicians, clerical staff, and trainees) and assists the Chief of Psychology in responsibility for professional, management, and administrative aspects of Psychology Service within Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Services. This includes approval of leave, ensuring coverage of clinical services, personnel actions, performance appraisal standards and evaluations, clinical assignments, management of psychological clinical programs and services, etc.

VA Careers - Psychologist:





Psychologist:

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

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)
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
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 13609-0

Starting at $152,398 Per Year (GS 14)