Home Based Primary Care Assistant Program Director-Psychologist

Veterans Health Administration; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration seeks an HBPC Assistant Program Director who will report to the HBPC Program Director and lead the Quality, Safety, Value responsibilities for the HBPC program. This role ensures clinical practices and administrative functions meet The Joint Commission standards and VHA directives while assuming accountability for HBPC operations.

Applicants must meet high training and licensure standards, with a doctoral degree in psychology from APA/CPA-accredited programs,

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in psychology from APA/PCSAS/CPA-accredited program.
• Licensed to practice psychology in the United States or eligible for licensure.
• Board certification may be required or encouraged depending on assignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality, Safety, Value (QSV) responsibilities for the HBPC program.
• Ensure clinical practices and administrative functions align with The Joint Commission standards and VHA Directives.
• Oversee operations of Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) program and report to the HBPC Program Director.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Leadership

Quality improvement

Education

Doctoral degree in psychology (APA/CPA)

Job description

The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Assistant Program Director is accountable to the HBPC Program Director, the incumbent leads the Quality, Safety, Value (QSV) responsibilities of the HBPC program, ensuring clinical practices and administrative functions are in keeping with The Joint Commission standards and VHA Directives, and assumes accountability for the operations of HBPC.

Basic Requirements

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. 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. Education: Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS), or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed. The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. For the purpose of meeting this requirement, the term "specialty area" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills. OR Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and, in addition, successfully complete a re- specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the re- specialization program) meeting both of the following conditions: The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program; and, he specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. OR Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally- accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature. AND Internships Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed and that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. OR New VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement, provided that such programs were sanctioned by the VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern; OR VHA facilities that offered full-time, one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96- 151 (pre- 1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement; OR Applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. (NOTE: Once board certified, the employee is required to maintain board certification.) OR Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally- accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program. If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript, the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program. Licensure. Hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Board Certification. Persons hired to psychology positions in the VHA who completed an internship that was not accredited at the time the program was completed must be board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed. The board certificate must be current and the applicant must abide by the certifying body's requirement for continuing education. English Language Proficiency. Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: Experience. At least three years of experience