Advanced Practice Nurse-Program Manager

The APN-Program Manager will have broad program manager responsibility for one of the major programs in the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health Service. The service delivers specialized complex highly professional care that are important program components of the organization and significantly
impact the healthcare of Veterans. The incumbent will exercise oversight of clinic services in one or more of the following areas including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Specialty Mental Health Residential treatment Compensated Work Therapy Mental Health Intensive Case Management
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center Primary Care Mental Health Integration Substance Use Disorders Acute Inpatient and General Mental Health programs include but are not limited to:

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Specialty Mental Health Homeless/HUD VASH Residential treatment Vocational Rehabilitation Compensated
• Work Therapy Mental Health Intensive Case Management Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center Primary Care Mental Health Integration Substance Use Disorders Acute Inpatient and General Mental Health.
• The program manager will have direct reports including psychiatrists nurse practitioners nurses psychologists neuropsychologists clinical social workers marriage and family therapists licensed professional mental health counselors addiction therapists vocational rehabilitation specialists and peer support specialists.
• The incumbent will monitor work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied; and interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning in the specialized needs of the Veterans.
• Responsibilities include the management of key clinical training and administrative programs to include full responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of those programs.
• The Psychiatrist Program Manager is responsible for strategic planning to ensure the provision of high-quality services to meet the needs of Veterans being served in planning.
• The Registered Nurse Program Manager has oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and deploys those resources in support of the program needs.
• They develop and implement programs policies and procedures to meet program goals VHA policy and external accreditation requirements.
• They monitor outcomes using data driven quality assurance processes and implement strategies for improvement based on data analysis. Additional responsibilities include assisting in maintaining inter-departmental relations with other services to meet organization goals.
• The incumbent will develop policies and procedures and may also develop performance standards position descriptions and functional statements.
• They will monitor the clinical performance of staff conduct performance appraisals and perform other clinical and administrative responsibilities to ensure that the mission of the service and the Medical Center has been satisfied.
• They may set training objectives for staff and delegate responsibilities to subordinate sections.
• Serve as high level liaison with: local state and national officials; community based special interest groups; community based agencies and other health care providers; and representatives of affiliate institutions of higher learning (e.g. professional schools of medicine nursing psychology social work etc.).

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• English Language accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f) no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualifications

Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) Basic Requirements

• Education: A post-masters certificate or masters or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner. (Applicants pending the completion of educational requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until the education requirements are met.) Must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:
  • The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or
  • The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
  • NOTE: Foreign Education. Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing programs the nurse practitioner degree equivalency must be validated through an Agency recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD). Candidates with equivalent nurse practitioner masters or doctorate level degrees who possess current full active and unrestricted registration and certification will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant appointment.
• License and Certification:
  • License. All APN (NPs) must possess and maintain an active current full and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
  • Basic Certification. All APN (NPs) must maintain full and current board certification in an area of clinical specialty from one of the following: the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) or other nationally recognized certifying body in the area in which the Nurse Practitioner is academically prepared.