Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Program Manager Leader (RRTP Service Chief)
- White City VA Medical Center
- White City, Oregon
- Full Time
Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Program Manager Leader (RRTP Service Chief)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Veterans Health Administrion
Summary
The Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Program Manager Leader - RRTP Chief has broad responsibility for the administrive and complex clinical operions for the VA SORCC RRTP. Incumbent responsible for overseeing the RRTP staff (160+), program development, overseeing all RRTP leadership, overseeing processes and standard opering procedures from referral dispension through discharge follow up.
Summary
The Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Program Manager Leader - RRTP Chief has broad responsibility for the administrive and complex clinical operions for the VA SORCC RRTP. Incumbent responsible for overseeing the RRTP staff (160+), program development, overseeing all RRTP leadership, overseeing processes and standard opering procedures from referral dispension through discharge follow up.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/23/2025 to 08/05/2025
Salary
$124,531 to - $161,889 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Locion
White City, OR
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
14
Job family (Series)
0183 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Supervisory stus
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Modere Risk (MR)
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
CBSV-12764607-25-CMS
Control number
841437600
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
Announcement open to current VHA employees only.
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The incumbent is responsible for ensuring RRTP team are focused on high reliability organizion principles as well as weekly rounding of staff, daily huddles, weekly team meetings, committee meetings requiring RRTP involvement, as well as Behavioral Health Service line leadership meetings and engagement opportunities to support continuum of care for all Veterans served. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining a high-quality leadership team, comprised of the deputy chief of programming, deputy chief of medical operions, deputy chief of safety, security, and operions, as well as two nurse managers.
Administrive Responsibilities 80%
The RRTP Chief is responsible for the administrive and clinical operions for the RRTP.
1. Duties include overseeing the stregic planning, operions, policies and practices of the RRTP.
2. Developing, directing and evaluing an integred mental health program for the RRTP.
3. Responsible for maintaining accredition standards, Joint Commission standards, Uniform Mental Health Handbook standards, and MHRRTP directive within the RRTP.
4. Maintaining 85% occupancy of RRTP beds according to the monthly gains and losses report.
5. The incumbent is responsible for the oversight of all clinical services within the RRTP. These responsibilities include participion in stregic planning
and operional planning, establishing workload targets, reviewing staffing and resource utilizion, and the development of overall policies governing the provision of mental health care.
6. The incumbent supervises the RRTP deputy chief, the RRTP medical director, the RRTP nurse manager, the RRTP program managers, as well as all staff within the RRTP.
Clinical Duties: 10%
The incumbent will provide pient care within the RRTP. Approprie, timely documention of care in CPRS is an essential component of the incumbent's duties. Pient care activities will include, but are not limited to:
1. Receive consults as needed.
2. Conducting pre-admissions assessments.
3. Initiing consults and referrals as indiced.
4. Clinical intervention as indiced for assigned pients.
5. Coordinion of overall mental health care for pients within the RRTP.
6. Consultion to other providers about clinical issues with their pients.
7. Management of pients in crisis.
8. Completing all approprie clinical reminders.
9. Triage difficult cases with teams and therapists/providers
10.Assist with the triage of cases needing admission to the RRTP.
Academic/Teaching/Training/Program Evaluion: 10%
1. Provides leadership guidance and consultion to staffs of units to which assigned.
2. May be involved in the training of medical students, medical and psychiric residents, fellows and other gradue or post-gradue trainees, as approprie.
3. Oversees the establishment of program monitors and outcome measurements within the RRTP using a da-driven quality assurance process.
4. Responsible for the timely completion of all clinical charting and documention of staff assigned to the RRTP.
5. As approprie, presents outcome da and research results VA and regional or nional scientific or professional meetings.
6. May assist in preparion of requests for proposal (RFP) and grant proposals, as assigned.
Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 0800-1630
Telework : Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 000000
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Relocion Authorized
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): May be authorized
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a probionary period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Must pass pre-employment physical examinion.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Participion in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinion program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administrion Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Informion" below for details.
Educion Debt Repayment Program (EDRP) has been approved for this vacancy. Inclusion in this program requires the applicant's review and approval by the compension department (CCOE).
Qualificions
Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements :
United Stes Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Educion. Hold a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; or a reled field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP). Examples of reled mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the de when gradues are considered to have gradued from a CACREP accredited program. Additional informion may be obtained from NOTE: Traditional Rehabilition counseling programs th are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualificion standards as Traditional Rehabilition counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilition counseling.
c. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0183 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and trement. NOTE: It is VHA policy th a LPMHC who does not yet have a license th allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record.
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).
Grade Determinions : In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides.
Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, GS-14 - Program Manager Leadership Assignments:
Experience, Educion and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candides must have least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. They must demonstre possession of advanced practice skills in administrion, demonstring progressively more professional competency skills and judgment.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-13 grade level, the candide must demonstre all of the KSAs below:
1. Advanced knowledge and skill in management/administrion of multidisciplinary mental health programs complex facilities and/or across multiple sites which includes supervision, consultion, negotiion, and monitoring.
2. Demonstred global knowledge of mental health counseling practice to develop, maintain, and oversee programs in all settings.
3. Ability to provide consultion on policy implemention, qualificion standards, counseling practice, and competency with medical center director, VISN, or nional program managers th are consistent with organizional goals and objectives.
4. Advanced knowledge of evidence-based practices and mental health practice guidelines in multiple professional areas, and the ability to use these resources to guide the program staff in providing approprie trement interventions.
5. Ability to influence high level officials in adoption of, and conformance to, performance measures, monitors, and other policy guidelines.
Preferred Experience:
Minimum of one (1) year clinical experience in performing initial clinical diagnostic evaluions, and formuling trement plans for psychiric pients in inpient and outpient settings.
Minimum of one (1) year of leadership experience managing a team/program/ or supervising staff.
Experience prescribing medicions; coordining medical care for behavioral health pients with primary care or specialty medical/surgical colleagues.
Experience coordining the admission and discharge of pients. Collaboring with other behavioral health positions. Minimum of one year of experience of leadership, either leading people or overseeing a program.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14.
Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/05/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
Caleb Stone
Phone
...
...
Address
White City VA Medical Center
8495 Crer Lake Highway
White City, OR 97503
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/05/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
Caleb Stone
Phone
...
...
Address
White City VA Medical Center
8495 Crer Lake Highway
White City, OR 97503
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/23/2025 to 08/05/2025 Salary $124,531 to - $161,889 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion White City, OR 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBSV-12764607-25-CMS Control number 841437600
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Veterans Health Administrion
Summary
The Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Program Manager Leader - RRTP Chief has broad responsibility for the administrive and complex clinical operions for the VA SORCC RRTP. Incumbent responsible for overseeing the RRTP staff (160+), program development, overseeing all RRTP leadership, overseeing processes and standard opering procedures from referral dispension through discharge follow up.
Summary
The Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) Program Manager Leader - RRTP Chief has broad responsibility for the administrive and complex clinical operions for the VA SORCC RRTP. Incumbent responsible for overseeing the RRTP staff (160+), program development, overseeing all RRTP leadership, overseeing processes and standard opering procedures from referral dispension through discharge follow up.
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/23/2025 to 08/05/2025
Salary
$124,531 to - $161,889 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 14
Locion
White City, OR
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
14
Job family (Series)
0183 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Supervisory stus
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Modere Risk (MR)
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
CBSV-12764607-25-CMS
Control number
841437600
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
Announcement open to current VHA employees only.
Videos
Duties
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The incumbent is responsible for ensuring RRTP team are focused on high reliability organizion principles as well as weekly rounding of staff, daily huddles, weekly team meetings, committee meetings requiring RRTP involvement, as well as Behavioral Health Service line leadership meetings and engagement opportunities to support continuum of care for all Veterans served. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining a high-quality leadership team, comprised of the deputy chief of programming, deputy chief of medical operions, deputy chief of safety, security, and operions, as well as two nurse managers.
Administrive Responsibilities 80%
The RRTP Chief is responsible for the administrive and clinical operions for the RRTP.
1. Duties include overseeing the stregic planning, operions, policies and practices of the RRTP.
2. Developing, directing and evaluing an integred mental health program for the RRTP.
3. Responsible for maintaining accredition standards, Joint Commission standards, Uniform Mental Health Handbook standards, and MHRRTP directive within the RRTP.
4. Maintaining 85% occupancy of RRTP beds according to the monthly gains and losses report.
5. The incumbent is responsible for the oversight of all clinical services within the RRTP. These responsibilities include participion in stregic planning
and operional planning, establishing workload targets, reviewing staffing and resource utilizion, and the development of overall policies governing the provision of mental health care.
6. The incumbent supervises the RRTP deputy chief, the RRTP medical director, the RRTP nurse manager, the RRTP program managers, as well as all staff within the RRTP.
Clinical Duties: 10%
The incumbent will provide pient care within the RRTP. Approprie, timely documention of care in CPRS is an essential component of the incumbent's duties. Pient care activities will include, but are not limited to:
1. Receive consults as needed.
2. Conducting pre-admissions assessments.
3. Initiing consults and referrals as indiced.
4. Clinical intervention as indiced for assigned pients.
5. Coordinion of overall mental health care for pients within the RRTP.
6. Consultion to other providers about clinical issues with their pients.
7. Management of pients in crisis.
8. Completing all approprie clinical reminders.
9. Triage difficult cases with teams and therapists/providers
10.Assist with the triage of cases needing admission to the RRTP.
Academic/Teaching/Training/Program Evaluion: 10%
1. Provides leadership guidance and consultion to staffs of units to which assigned.
2. May be involved in the training of medical students, medical and psychiric residents, fellows and other gradue or post-gradue trainees, as approprie.
3. Oversees the establishment of program monitors and outcome measurements within the RRTP using a da-driven quality assurance process.
4. Responsible for the timely completion of all clinical charting and documention of staff assigned to the RRTP.
5. As approprie, presents outcome da and research results VA and regional or nional scientific or professional meetings.
6. May assist in preparion of requests for proposal (RFP) and grant proposals, as assigned.
Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 0800-1630
Telework : Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 000000
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Relocion Authorized
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): May be authorized
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a probionary period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment.
Must pass pre-employment physical examinion.
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Participion in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinion program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administrion Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Informion" below for details.
Educion Debt Repayment Program (EDRP) has been approved for this vacancy. Inclusion in this program requires the applicant's review and approval by the compension department (CCOE).
Qualificions
Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements :
United Stes Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Educion. Hold a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; or a reled field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP). Examples of reled mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the de when gradues are considered to have gradued from a CACREP accredited program. Additional informion may be obtained from NOTE: Traditional Rehabilition counseling programs th are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualificion standards as Traditional Rehabilition counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilition counseling.
c. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0183 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and trement. NOTE: It is VHA policy th a LPMHC who does not yet have a license th allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record.
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).
Grade Determinions : In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides.
Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, GS-14 - Program Manager Leadership Assignments:
Experience, Educion and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candides must have least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. They must demonstre possession of advanced practice skills in administrion, demonstring progressively more professional competency skills and judgment.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-13 grade level, the candide must demonstre all of the KSAs below:
1. Advanced knowledge and skill in management/administrion of multidisciplinary mental health programs complex facilities and/or across multiple sites which includes supervision, consultion, negotiion, and monitoring.
2. Demonstred global knowledge of mental health counseling practice to develop, maintain, and oversee programs in all settings.
3. Ability to provide consultion on policy implemention, qualificion standards, counseling practice, and competency with medical center director, VISN, or nional program managers th are consistent with organizional goals and objectives.
4. Advanced knowledge of evidence-based practices and mental health practice guidelines in multiple professional areas, and the ability to use these resources to guide the program staff in providing approprie trement interventions.
5. Ability to influence high level officials in adoption of, and conformance to, performance measures, monitors, and other policy guidelines.
Preferred Experience:
Minimum of one (1) year clinical experience in performing initial clinical diagnostic evaluions, and formuling trement plans for psychiric pients in inpient and outpient settings.
Minimum of one (1) year of leadership experience managing a team/program/ or supervising staff.
Experience prescribing medicions; coordining medical care for behavioral health pients with primary care or specialty medical/surgical colleagues.
Experience coordining the admission and discharge of pients. Collaboring with other behavioral health positions. Minimum of one year of experience of leadership, either leading people or overseeing a program.
Reference: For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14.
Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Educion
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
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Required documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/05/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
Caleb Stone
Phone
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Address
White City VA Medical Center
8495 Crer Lake Highway
White City, OR 97503
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/05/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
Caleb Stone
Phone
...
...
Address
White City VA Medical Center
8495 Crer Lake Highway
White City, OR 97503
US
Next steps
Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made.
You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/23/2025 to 08/05/2025 Salary $124,531 to - $161,889 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion White City, OR 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 14 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBSV-12764607-25-CMS Control number 841437600
Job ID: 486984370
Originally Posted on: 7/26/2025
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