The Associate Chief provides facility-wide administrative, clinical, and supervisory leadership, including direct and second-line supervision of multidisciplinary staff and program managers. The incumbent ensures service-wide compliance with VA, VACO, VISN, Joint Commission, CARF, and OIG standards, and contributes to strategic planning, performance improvement, and operational effectiveness of BHS.
VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Serves as key facility leader responsible for coordination of clinical operations, workflow, and performance across all BHS programs. Provides direct supervision to ICMHR, ATP, Pain Management Senior Therapist, four BHIP Program Managers, and multidisciplinary staff assigned by the Chief.
Provides second-line oversight of additional multidisciplinary teams across sites. Leads resource allocation, staffing coverage, policy development, and operational improvement. Ensures adherence to JCAHO, CARF, OIG, and OMH clinical requirements; oversees RCA, JPSR, OPPE/FPPE, documentation quality. Coordinates VISN-level MH ICC governance activities. Conducts hiring, recruitment, performance evaluation, discipline, labor relations, and staff development.
Represents BHS on facility committees including Whole Health PCC; participates in strategic planning and quality governance. Provides diagnostic assessments, psychosocial evaluations, crisis intervention, and evidence-based psychotherapy. Provides clinical consultation to interdisciplinary teams and oversees clinical quality within supervised programs.
Ensures documentation quality, safety practices, accreditation compliance, and monitoring of program fidelity and clinical outcomes. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm; May be responsible for a tour of duty that includes early morning, evenings and/or weekends and participation in the On-Call rotation schedule to accommodate administrative OR clinical needs during weekends, holidays, evenings, and nights.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized 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 Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work.
Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the 4 accreditation standards for a masters of social work.
Alexis.Briggs@va.gov · 816-714-4587
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $139143 – $180891/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-05.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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