High Needs Behavioral Health Licensing Specialist

Dept Behavioral Health/Develop; Virginia Beach (VA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is hiring two High Needs Behavioral Health Licensing Specialists for the Eastern Region. The roles involve inspections, investigations, and enhanced monitoring of PRTFs and crisis services to enforce licensing regulations and ensure client safety.

Roles require travel across Region V and occasional statewide assignments, with a hybrid telework option and onsite DBHDS Central Office coordination in Richmond.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of PRTFs and licensing regulations governing care and treatment of children and adolescents in residential settings.
• Knowledge of Virginia's crisis continuum of care and licensing requirements for crisis services.
• Ability to evaluate PRTF and crisis service operations for regulatory and clinical compliance, including assessments, service planning, staffing, and documentation.
• Ability to identify systemic compliance concerns and assess whether corrective actions address root causes.
• Experience coordinating with other regulatory and oversight entities, along with administrative, management, and/or quality assurance experience with public and private service delivery systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor provider compliance by inspections, investigations, and enhanced monitoring of PRTF and crisis service providers.
• Independently assess regulatory compliance and identify immediate health and safety concerns.
• Determine appropriate regulatory citations and evaluate corrective action plans.
• Make recommendations regarding licensing or enforcement action.
• Frequent travel within Region V and to other regions to carry out inspection, investigation, and monitoring duties.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Licensing regulations

Regulatory coordination

Job description

Job Details

Title: High Needs Behavioral Health Licensing Specialist

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist II

Hiring Range: $65,000-$77,625

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central Office

Agency Website: www.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking two (2) experienced professionals to serve as High Needs Behavioral Health Licensing Specialists in the Eastern Region (Region V). These positions carry a caseload of Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) and licensed crisis services, conducting inspections, investigations, and enhanced monitoring to ensure compliance with DBHDS Licensing Regulations [12VAC35-105] and the Regulations for Children's Residential Facilities [12VAC35-46].

These positions will monitor provider compliance by conducting inspections, investigations, and increased and enhanced monitoring of PRTF and crisis service providers, consistent with the Office of Licensing’s Monitoring Protocol for Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities and Licensed Crisis Services. Duties include independently assessing regulatory compliance, identifying immediate health and safety concerns, determining appropriate regulatory citations, evaluating corrective action plans, and making recommendations regarding licensing or enforcement action. Because PRTFs and crisis service providers operate statewide, these positions require frequent travel, including travel within an assigned region (Region V: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Western Tidewater, Eastern Shore & the Middle Peninsula) and at times, to other regions of the Commonwealth, to carry out inspection, investigation, and enhanced monitoring responsibilities. These positions are approved for a hybrid telework schedule; staff must be available for onsite office meetings and special projects, as requested by OL, at the DBHDS Central Office located in Richmond, Virginia. It’s strongly suggested that applicants live within a 30-40 mile radius of the region, in order to meet the duties and demands of the position. A valid, unrestricted driver’s license and an acceptable driving record in accordance with the Commonwealth’s Driver Safety Program are required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of PRTFs and applicable DBHDS licensing regulations governing care and treatment of children and adolescents in residential settings.
• Knowledge of Virginia's crisis continuum of care and licensing requirements for crisis services.
• Ability to evaluate PRTF and crisis service operations for regulatory and clinical compliance, including assessments, service planning, staffing, and documentation, and to determine whether identified needs are appropriately addressed in service plans.
• Ability to identify systemic compliance concerns and assess whether corrective actions address root causes.
• Experience coordinating with other regulatory and oversight entities, along with administrative, management, and/or quality assurance experience with public and private service delivery systems.

Additional Considerations

• Regulatory experience.
• Experience working with Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities or crisis services.

Eligibility and Inclusion

DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office directly.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Contact Information

Name: ShaKiera Miles

Phone: N/A

Email: [e-mail] - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to include resumes.

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