(Psychiatrist)Outpatient Mental Health Clinics - Assistant Supervisor

Veterans Health Administration • Saint Louis, MO

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Supervisor leads administrative and clinical operations for an outpatient mental health clinic team within the VA St. Louis Health Care System. The outpatient mental health clinic includes six Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) teams and provides veterans with medication management, psychotherapy, evidence-based practices, group psychotherapy, case management, and other mental health services. The facility serves an average of 13,000 veterans annually and records approximately 120,000 total visits.

The position’s time is divided approximately equally between administrative and clinical responsibilities. It also may include academic, teaching, or training activities for 0–5% of working time. The role is authorized for ad hoc telework but is not virtual or remote; the employee must be able to work at the announced location. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from an appropriately accredited or approved institution.
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Completion of qualifying residency training in an accredited core specialty program leading to board-certification eligibility, or an alternative training and independent-practice pathway specified in the announcement.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Meet applicable pre-employment requirements, including background/security investigation, physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination.
• Serve a two-year trial period.
• Complete the application requirements listed in the announcement’s Required Documents section.

Nice To Haves

• Academic appointment with an affiliate program for VA St. Louis Health Care System.

Responsibilities

• Design clinical grids efficiently and make appropriate use of clinician time, following Program Manager guidance.
• Determine day-to-day activities of team members within their scopes of practice.
• Coordinate clinical coverage during providers’ leave and approve staff time-and-leave requests as directed by the department manager.
• Receive and disposition outpatient mental health clinic consults as directed by the Director of Mental Health Operations and outpatient clinic manager.
• Participate in hiring panels for team members.
• Complete progress reviews and year-end performance appraisals with support from relevant professional leads.
• Initiate recruitment and backfill requests with support from a professional lead.
• Manage disciplinary actions.
• Remain knowledgeable about results of external accreditation evaluations and internal VA evaluations and investigations.
• Develop clinic procedures to meet VHA performance and quality directives and strategic objectives, with support from the assigned Program Manager.
• Use quality and performance-improvement data provided by Program Managers to improve operational quality and efficiency.
• Participate in and initiate performance-improvement and system-redesign processes.
• Take professional responsibility for clinical assessment findings, patient-care decisions, and documentation.
• Potentially provide leadership, guidance, and consultation on staff education and development; hold an academic appointment with a VA-affiliated university; or serve on the medical center’s Institutional Review Board if assigned by the ACOS.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) student-loan repayment, subject to eligibility and program approval, with an award of up to $200,000.
• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases.
• 50–55 days of paid time off per year, including annual leave, sick leave, federal holidays, and possible paid CME absence.
• Traditional federal pension, with five-year vesting, and federal 401(k) with up to 5% in VA contributions.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term-life, and long-term-care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Possible $1,000 annual CME reimbursement for full-time physicians with board certification.
• Free liability protection with tail coverage.
• No physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree