Assistant Chief of Mental Health - Huntington, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

The VA Capitol Health Care System Network is recruiting for a full time Assistant Chief-Social Worker Program Coordinator in Mental Health at the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.

Duties

• The Assistant Chief of MH is responsible for daytoday management and operational oversight of the SUD-RRTP, CRRC, MHICM and PRRC Programs, Peer Support and our LRC.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and coordination of multidisciplinary staff to ensure the provision of comprehensive and quality services to meet the needs of Veterans served.
• Supervises a group of employees performing work at various GS levels and across organizational units, specialty areas and programs providing administrative, personnel, technical and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit/service including outreach efforts and efforts at other sites within a Health Care System.
• Organizes and leads leadership team meetings to meet organizational goals.
• Plans work to be accomplished by team leaders and program managers, including establishing priorities, timelines for completion and necessary adjustments therein.
• Ensures optimal collaboration across program teams, to include effective communication, resource sharing, and transfer of patients across a continuum of services.
• Monitors compliance of program managers, coordinators, team leaders and members with VA performance measures and effectively shapes provider practice patterns to improve standing on performance measures.
• Functions as the supervisor of record for management area team leaders/program managers, establishing guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Observes workers' performance and demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques which are communicated informally and periodically in the employee performance management system.
• Provides input on the performance evaluations for administrative staff within the section.
• Provides clinical supervision, as appropriate, to assigned team leaders and members regarding adherence to Hershel "Woody" Williams VAMC clinical and legal standards and policies, documentation of CPRS procedures, and the clinical management of difficult, complex, and dangerous patients.
• Resolves formal and informal complaints and grievances.
• Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary.
• Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area.
• Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area.
• Ensures timely access to care of patients assigned to each team, in accordance with local and national policies. Conducts ongoing program evaluation and datadriven quality improvement projects that monitor the effectiveness of clinical operations within their respective program(s).
• Ensures timely access to care of patients assigned to each team, in accordance with local and national policies. Conducts ongoing program evaluation and datadriven quality improvement projects that monitor the effectiveness of clinical operations within their respective program(s).

• Provides a full range of integrated psychological care to Veterans with mental health disorders, including psychodiagnostic assessment, individual and group psychotherapies, collaborative care management, evidencebased integrated psychotherapies, motivational interviewing, and other services both in person and through telehealth technology when required. Produces timely, appropriate documentation of care in accordance with agency policies.
• Provides diagnostic evaluations, treatment planning and functional evaluations for mental health disorders.
• Consults with health care providers of all disciplines regarding care for patients on a wide variety of patient care issues.
• Provides clinical support to patients in MH crisis needs.
• Responds to consult requests in a timely manner.
• Completes administrative activities in support of patient care, such as treatment planning and documentation of care.