psychology program manager - Boston, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

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. 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.

Duties

The SARRTP is a 6-week, 20-bed, residential treatment program for Veterans who have a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder. This psychologist serves as the Program Manager for the Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP), a Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) on the Jamaica Plain campus of the VA Boston Healthcare System (VA BHS). In this role, the psychologist has primary responsibility for administrative and clinical oversight of the program and provides empirically supported treatments for Veterans with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring mental health problems. In the role of Program Manager, the psychologist coordinates and develops clinical services offered by the program including consultation, admission and discharge evaluations, risk and measurement-based care assessments, individual and group therapies, and treatment and discharge planning. The Program Manager leads an interdisciplinary treatment team consisting of psychologists, social workers, nursing staff as well as coordinating programming with adjunct staff such as Chaplains, dieticians, and other medical providers. The SARRTP Program Manager also plays an integral role in providing supervision and training to psychology trainees and serves on the Psychology Training Committees.

Duties include:

1. Leads an interdisciplinary treatment team.
2. Coordinates and ensures coverage of clinical services provided in the program.
3. Implements innovative new programming as needed to address Veterans' needs.
4. Fulfills administrative supervisory responsibilities for an interdisciplinary staff including developing performance plans, assigning workload, orienting new staff, ensuring staff is trained to perform their duties, addressing grievances, rewarding performance, and approving leave.
5. Serves as the hiring manager for new staff.
6. Ensures that the program is meeting local and national VA performance measures and accreditation standards (Joint Commission & CARF).
7. Completes a yearly comprehensive evaluation of program outcomes and a quality improvement project. Uses outcome data to inform the development of innovative clinical services and adjusts programming accordingly.
8. Creates yearly programmatic goals.
9. Ensures that the physical environment of SARRTP is well maintained and safe.
10. Coordinates recruitment and hiring with Human Resources to fill staff vacancies.