This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (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 appointment.
Program 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.
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional General Description of Assigned Duties: Clinical Responsibilities The incumbent performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. The incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veterans, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnostic opinion within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
The incumbent is trained and competent in at least one of the recognized VA interventions for evidence-based psychotherapy. The incumbent may provide individual, group, family, and evidence-based psychotherapy services and assessment and referral services. The incumbent serves as a psychotherapist in a clinical team that follows the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) model.
The incumbent is well-versed in the BHIP model and is committed to providing Veterans with time-limited episodes of care, treatment planning, shared decision making, evidence-based psychotherapy, and clinically appropriate discharge services. The incumbent also works to support and encourage use of these strategies by the interdisciplinary team.
The incumbent works with the interdisciplinary team to support disposition of veterans to the least-restrictive level of intervention appropriate in the medical center's continuum of care, as clinically appropriate. The incumbent develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of psychotherapy practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcome evaluations and measurement-based care to improve treatment services.
Incumbent is able to demonstrate the ability to implement individual and team-based changes based on empirical findings. Incumbent will model and encourage effective interdisciplinary team engagement amongst team members. The incumbent offers consultation to colleagues on the psychosocial treatment of Veteran rendering professional opinions based on experience.
The incumbent demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications. Other clinical duties may be assigned by supervisor or mental health leadership. Administrative: The incumbent is assigned to administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
Assignments include: - Leading morning huddle and weekly treatment team meetings for the BHIP operations, utilizing data from relevant dashboards and data sources. - Monitoring new veteran and within team consults to ensure care coordination.
- Ensuring same-day access to care goals are achieved for the team - Leading implementation and efficient use of all tele-mental health resources for clinic mental health providers - Developing and implementing strategies for seamless transitions between Primary Care and Mental Health. - Other administrative duties may be assigned by supervisor or mental health leadership.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact lena.gowder@va.go, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more 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: Not Available Functional Statement #: 55789F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
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. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
PHOEBE.HOLLOWAY@VA.GOV · (718)836-6600 X24321
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $100549 – $130716/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-24.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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