Social Worker (Program Coordinator) BHIP South Program Manager

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

NOTE: This multi-discipline recruitment that will result in the hiring of one of the following disciplines: Social Worker; Psychologist; Psychiatrist;
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Nurse Practitioner Posting: CBTD--26-CC
Psychologist Posting: CBTD--26-MK
Psychiatrist Posting: CBTD--26-CC
Physician Assistant Posting: CBTD--26-CB

The Program Manager is responsible for the implementation and oversight of multiple teams with Team Leads that report to them. The Program Manager is a supervisory position. The Program Manager is provided administrative time to manage their teams.

Duties may include but are not limited to:
Program Management Responsibilities: (50%)

• Maintain overall responsibility for their teams and the delivery of outpatient general mental care.
• Report directly to the Chief of Mental Health Service.
• Supervise staff members on their team.
• Educate and assist teams in the implementation of various initiatives that impact their programs.
• Review daily the number of consults conducted in their Teams
• Receive or pull daily information about open encounters on the team and share with the team leads.
• Gather data weekly and disseminate to the team leads in weekly meetings.
• Supervise personnel who build the clinics for the teams.
• Receive information from leadership daily about call outs for the team and work with team to help patients be seen or rescheduled.
• Manage interpersonal dynamics as they arise.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• 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.
• May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3 section A paragraph 3g this part).
• Education. Have a masters degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the masters degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work.
• Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).

• Experience/Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidates may have certification or other post-masters degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience.
• Licensure/Certification. Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

• Skill in coordinating and implementing one or more specialty program(s) across the facility.
• Skill in local policy and practice development procedures and/or practice guidelines for the program as prescribed by the program handbook or national directive.
• Skill in organizing work setting priorities meeting multiple deadlines and evaluating assigned program area(s).
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to further program goals and enhance patient centered care.
• Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; and selection of staff training and recommendation of awards advancements and when appropriate disciplinary action.
• Ability to oversee the fiscal matters of the functions supervised (including fund controls contracts and equipment expenditures) forecast resource and equipment needs and administer the allocated budget.
• Knowledge of organizational structure and impact on program operations.