Psychiatrist Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Program Manager

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Duties of this position consist of significant scope complexity (difficulty) and variety including broad oversight and coordination of PCMHI services and interdisciplinary staff assigned to PCMHI.
• Functions as a member of the mental health leadership team collaborating with multiple service lines disciplines and frontline clinicians exercising wide latitude and independent judgement for resource allocation program design and quality control.
• Maintains oversight and responsibility for the professional practice of all staff serving within the PCMHI section including services conducted by trainees consultants and paraprofessional staff.
• Direct administrative supervision of subordinates: PCMHI psychiatrists psychologists social workers registered nurses and other designated staff.
• Responsibilities are complex in scope and constitute a significant contribution to healthcare system operations.
• Resolves staff conflicts and internal/external customer complaints at the lowest possible levels.
• Has line and staff authority for resource allocations within the area of responsibility.
• Provides a full range of PCMHI clinical services including functional assessments brief interventions measurement-based care and population-based collaborative practice as part of PACT.
• Provides liaison to programs and services throughout the continuum of mental health or other healthcare services on behalf of the PCMHI section; advises relevant stakeholders concerning the need for and development of clinical services.
• Member of the Office of Mental Health Operations External Facilitation Team for PCMHI in the role of Subject Matter Expert.
• Provides leadership guidance and consultation on staff education and development.
• Orients teaches and consults with healthcare system staff and trainees to promote understanding of PCMHI operations and integrated mental health care approaches.
• With appropriate institutional review may advise consult plan conduct or oversee completion of research quality improvement efforts or other endeavors designed to provide information regarding outcomes strategic planning resource allocation treatment approaches and/or population care needs.
• May present outcome data/research results at local VA and national scientific meetings.
• Has contacts on a regular and recurring basis with individuals representing widely divergent backgrounds interests and points of view.
• Serves on Medical Center VISN and National VA committees as requested and approved.
• Represents the Medical Center at professional community group/events and committees in conferences/meetings with higher ranking managers supervisors and staff from other work units and/or with representatives of local public interest groups congressional district offices and employees of State and local governments.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Pay: Competitive salary annual performance bonus regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave 13 days of sick leave 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm

• 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.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• 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.

To qualify for this position you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

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.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
  • (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in the list published for the year the residency or fellowship if applicable was completed; OR
  • (2) One year of post medical school training (internship first year of residency or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR
  • (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
  • Exceptions:
    • Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as Physician Resident Providers (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather they are to have a scope of practice that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
    • In rare and unusual circumstances the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience accomplishments performance and qualifications warrant such action.
    • Board Certification. Physicians are generally not required to be board certified for employment in VA; however three circumstances in VA require Physician board certification:

1. If the position being filled is required to be a supervisor for medical students or Physician residents (including fellows) the LCME ACGME or AOA standards requiring a particular board certification credential will apply.
2. If the position being filled will have faculty status with an affiliated medical school (for example in joint recruitments with affiliated medical schools) then a medical school requirement for board certification will apply to the jointly recruited position.
3. If the position being filled is required to be board certified by virtue of specific VHA policy (for example as director of a cardiac catheterization laboratory or Director of Clinical Laboratory Medicine) then VHA policy requiring board certification will apply. NOTE: Board certification must be maintained for the duration of time that the employee is serving in a position that meets the circumstances listed above.

• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

• At minimum three years clinical experience working within integrated teams.
• Experience with leading professional teams developing and implementing policies coordinating health care operations between multiple teams and training clinicians.