Physician - Psychiatrist (Program Manager)

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This position services as the Senior Program Manager of Homeless Programs (HP) at VAPIHCS. Organized within Mental Health Services, HP includes more than 90 FTEE including Clinical Social Workers, Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Peer Support Services, Social Service Assistants, administrative staff, and others. In this role, the incumbent has significant personnel management responsibilities for the professional social work and interdisciplinary staff members assigned to the HP program. The incumbent oversees operations of more than 70 Health Care for Homeless Veteran (HCHV) CRS beds, over 100 Grant Per Diem (GPD) beds and over 1000 Housing and Urban Development VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers, Coordinated Entry and Employment Specialists, and the Veterans Justice Outreach Program. The incumbent is responsible for the professional and administrative management of the services provided in the breadth of HP programs, to include (but not limited to): Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Administration Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH), Grant and Per Diem (GPD), Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV), Homeless Veterans Community Employment Services (HVCES), the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans (NCCHV), Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO), and the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team (HPACT). The position requires the employee to oversee services in the following areas, the Island of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Island and Guam. Regular travel between these regions as well as VA facilities including CBOC's, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and VA Central Office (VACO) may be necessary.

The incumbent is responsible for developing, planning, clarifying, administering, and managing HP priorities and objectives and ensuring the supervision and evaluation of all subordinate staff (including interdisciplinary staff. The incumbent makes independent professional decisions and recommendations. The incumbent coordinates strategic planning for homeless Veteran services, including establishment of long and short-range goals, development of policies and procedures to ensure goal attainment, management of administrative and programmatic resources (including budgetary management of multiple fund control points), and outcomes monitoring using data-driven quality assurance processes.

The incumbent ensures the staff supervised are aware of and adhere to all current directives of VHA and meet relevant accreditation standards (to include Joint Commission and CARF). The incumbent will conduct ongoing reviews and appraisals to ensure the accomplishment of objectives and adherence to standards set by governing bodies. The incumbent will develop, enhance, and track new initiatives, monitor their effectiveness, and modify as needed to meet the program needs.

The incumbent effectively contributes to strategic objectives by developing, implementing, and coordinating programs, in collaboration with VA Pacific Islands Health Care System ACOS for mental health and through collaboration with other leaders across VISN 21 sites. The incumbent effectively leads the organization toward achieving stated VHA and VISN program goals, in support of the VHA MH Strategic Plan and in concert with VHA and VISN Strategic and Performance Measurement plans.

The incumbent serves as the liaison to other services or care lines, other facilities, VISN offices and VHA Central Office Homeless Program Office. The incumbent to provides consultation to facility leadership, managers, and other staff on issues related to homeless Veterans including best practices, competencies, and community initiatives. The incumbent serves as the primary VAPIHCS Homeless Program liaison to community partners, local governmental agencies, public housing authorities, and other community service providers and systems on issues pertaining to Veteran homelessness.

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Complete TB Testing and Immunization evaluations.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
  
  • (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed; OR
  • (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR
  • (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
  • Exceptions:
    
    • Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
    • In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: Requires lifting 15-44 pounds; pushing (approx. 2 hours); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers and both hands; walking and standing from 3-5 hours and kneeling. Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. Must have depth perception and ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of colors. Hearing aid is permitted.

Pre-placement Examination: Complete TB Testing and Immunization evaluations. See VA Directive/Handbook 5019

Education

Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.

NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.

Additional information

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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