Suicide Prevention Program Support Specialist

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The Long Beach VA Medical Center, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, seeks a Suicide Prevention Program Support Assistant to provide administrative support within the Mental Health service.

You will assist coordinators with data analysis to confirm patient follow-ups, manage gunlocks and outreach materials, and help coordinate across units while balancing deadlines; standard schedule is M-F, 7:30–4:00, with possible telework.

Qualifications

• There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Responsibilities

• Overall administrative support and performing technical services for the Suicide Prevention Program.
• Assisting Suicide Prevention Coordinators in analyzing data to determine that patient follow-up is completed, identifying potential problem areas, and making recommendations to correct these areas and improving coordination between various units and/or offices.
• Maintaining responsibility for Suicide Prevention Program gunlocks and outreach materials management, inventory, and ordering.
• Planning, overseeing, and administering the program under the responsibility of SPP and for providing a complete range of program support which includes customer service, data analysis, and the tracking of Suicide Prevention metrics and projects.

Job description

The Long Beach VA Medical Center, part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, seeks a Suicide Prevention Program Support Assistant to provide administrative support within the Mental Health service.

You will assist coordinators with data analysis to confirm patient follow-ups, manage gunlocks and outreach materials, and help coordinate across units while balancing deadlines; standard schedule is M-F, 7:30–4:00, with possible telework.