Nurse Practitioner Program Manager (Mental Health)

Quick Facts

• Role: Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) and program manager for mental health / homeless veterans program operations
• Focus: Evidence-based patient care, interdisciplinary leadership, and program performance & budget management

Description

Provide advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management as a licensed independent Nurse Practitioner within a mental health service. Independently manage a panel of patients and develop individualized, evidence-based plans to improve population health and disease management. Lead program operations for homeless Veterans, including staff supervision, compliance with Joint Commission/CARF standards, and management of a multi-million-dollar budget.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage patients with acute and chronic conditions
• Emphasize health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice
• Develop and implement individualized care plans
• Order and interpret labs, tests, and diagnostic studies
• Supervise interdisciplinary staff (e.g., psychologists, social work supervisors/social workers, APRNs, RNs, OT/PT teams)
• Coordinate with community partners to build and maintain service delivery systems for homeless Veterans
• Implement programmatic changes to meet Veterans’ needs and maintain high standards
• Ensure performance measures are met or exceeded
• Manage program budget of specific purpose funds (exceeding $16M) and coordinate funds requests/returns
• Serve as primary point of contact for the VACO Homeless Programs Office
• Ensure screenings for referred Veterans align with Joint Commission and CARF standards
• Review landlord/agency agreements (Section 8, HUD, and VA) to establish referral sites for placements

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (or eligible non-citizen appointment per VA policy)
• English proficiency for direct patient care
• Selective Service registration (for eligible males)
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Complete VA online onboarding and pre-employment documentation (I-9)
• Participation in required seasonal influenza vaccination program
• Active, current, full, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in a U.S. state/territory/Commonwealth or DC
• Post-master’s certificate or master’s/doctoral NP degree from an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited program (or validated foreign equivalency)
• Current basic board certification as an NP (FNP, ANP, AGPCNP, or GNP) from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body
• Meet NP II or NP III qualification criteria (NP II: entry level; NP III: one year specialized NP experience)

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards
• Paid time off: 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 federal holidays)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contributions
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options
• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:30am–4:00pm (subject to supervisor determination)
• Telework: ad-hoc authorization only (not a virtual position)