Mental Health Program Manager (Associate Chief of Mental Health for Medical Programs)

Quick Facts

• Role: Mental Health Program Manager (Associate Chief of Mental Health for Medical Programs)

• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM

Description

Serve as a member of mental health executive leadership, overseeing multiple medical mental health programs and ensuring quality mental health care and administrative management. You will oversee programs spanning inpatient psychiatry, substance use residential rehabilitation, outpatient addiction recovery, medical psychiatry, crisis/access teams, and other assigned services—while translating leadership goals into well-coordinated operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior mental health leadership in overall operation of the Mental Health Service.

• Develop and maintain high-quality services while meeting VISN and VACO Environment of Care and programmatic requirements.

• Supervise a multidisciplinary group of employees across multiple GS levels and provide administrative, technical, and clinical supervision.

• Ensure compliance for assigned programs including IPU, SARRTP, SOAR, Medical Psychiatry Services, ACT, and others as assigned.

• Address formal and informal complaints related to service delivery.

• Provide advice and counsel to workers on work and administrative matters.

• Perform program review, monitoring, analysis, planning, and assessment.

• Lead supervisory and personnel actions including work assignments, performance evaluations, training, recommendations for awards/advancement, and appropriate disciplinary actions.

• Consult on training needs and determine training solutions for supervised wards/units.

• Collaborate with the Local Recovery Coordinator to integrate recovery-focused treatment elements throughout the Mental Health Service.

Benefits

• Competitive federal salary with regular salary increases

• Paid time off: 37–50 days annual paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and paid federal holidays)

• Paid parental leave (up to 12 weeks after 12 months of employment)

• Child care subsidy (after 60 days for eligible full-time employees)

• Federal retirement pension (with 5 years vesting) and 401(k) with up to 5% contributions

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options