Senior Psychologist Program Manager

Summary

This Senior Psychologist Program Manager position is in Mental Health services at the VA Maine Healthcare Systems, located at the Portland, ME location. This is a Full-time position.

Duties

• Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Psychologist Program Manager serves as the Psychology Chief and Deputy Associate Chief of Staff - Mental Health in the Mental Health Service Line to include the main Medical Center and CBOCs in Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, and Presque Isle. Services under the incumbent's operational oversight include BHIP, PCMHI, Neuropsychology, Research, and Psychology Training. The incumbent provides program oversight and coordination of the Psychology Predoctoral Internship Training Program, Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, and the Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Duties may include, but are not limited to: Administers information and analytical systems to evaluate and enhance the quality of service provided to patients. Develops and implements information systems to track service activities including visits, referrals, consult completion, patient demographics, equipment utilization and patient satisfaction. Develops, implements and evaluates clinical guidelines and protocols to establish appropriate utilization of services. Conducts, evaluates, and coordinates the execution of the program. Expected to review program analysis and provide appropriate assessments of the outcomes and make recommendations to the Mental Health Service Line Chief and the VISN 1 Chief Mental Health Officer on the goals, objectives, and needs of the programs. Ensures Quality Performance and Improvement activities are developed and maintained following policy(s) and procurement/vendor/client/staff needs. Administers information and analytical systems to evaluate and enhance the quality of service provided to patients. Provides networking, communication, and marketing. This includes knowledge and expertise in a variety of communication modes such as telecommunication, listening equipment, customer relations, data collection, data organization, and setting up a variety of meetings with interdisciplinary and/or community agency staff and other marketing techniques. Supervises employees performing work at various levels and provides administrative, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the service. Develops performance standards, affects disciplinary measures, and reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests for employees. Ensure organizational training objectives are met by assessing training needs for employees and ensuring that a mechanism for achieving the objectives is met. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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) 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: May be authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:PDF08559 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required NOTIFICATIONS: This position is in the Excepted Service. Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) will be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment. This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by a locality-based comparability pay and/or special rate pay. Selectee may be required to work at any VA Maine Healthcare System campus, as needed. May be required to attend conference at other facilities or other VA sites on occasion. The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. 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. You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation. May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process. 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. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Education

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/.