USAJOBS · 2 hours ago
Marriage and Family Therapist (Program Manager - Whole Health)
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $156K/yr
5+ years expUSAJOBS is seeking a Marriage and Family Therapist to oversee the Whole Health Program and Suicide Prevention Program within the Veterans Health Administration. The role involves conducting clinical responsibilities and managing program operations while supervising staff to ensure effective health and wellness services for Veterans.
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No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Conduct Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) approaches to include biofeedback, clinical hypnosis, guided imagery, and meditation within clinical privileges or scope of practice
Provide whole health coaching to individuals or groups in outpatient and/or inpatient settings using motivational interviewing and coaching techniques to assist with SMART goal setting
Counsel Veterans to promote health and wellness in a variety of settings across the Alaska VA HCS
Serve as needed and as a backup for suicide prevention clinical duties
Direct Supervisor of Whole Health and Suicide Prevention hired staff
Full responsibility to manage and supervise all phases of the Whole Health Program at the Alaska VA
Manage and supervise the Suicide Prevention Program at the Alaska VA
Establish and maintain a continuous and systematic process of curriculum development, assessment, review, revision, evaluation, and implementation of the Whole Health and Suicide Prevention programs
Plan and develop policies, procedures, and goals, and implement and educate staff on applicable Veterans Health Administration (VHA) directives, handbooks, or other policies
Measure progress toward goals and reports to the appropriate officials at a local, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and National level
Serve as the professional and technical advisor in Whole Health for the facility; promote Whole Health principles to facility employees
Provide direct budgetary supervision of Whole Health programs and is accountable for resources used, directly and indirectly
Ensure inventory procedures and logistical procedures for all Whole Health supplies
Coordinate the development and implementation of the patient-centered care concept throughout the organization. Use individual and aggregate needs assessments, standards of professional practice, and strategic plans in the process of program development
Chair the Whole Health committee(s)
Use knowledge, expertise, principles or models, and current research to plan, implement, and evaluate organizational progress towards accomplishing patient-centered care initiatives
Responsible for supporting the New Employee Orientation, New Patient Orientation, and will routinely communicate needs for resources as necessary
Have advanced knowledge and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness
Perform specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness
Incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice
Demonstrate the ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services
Have advanced, expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial case management interventions used in the treatment of all Veterans
Offer consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role model effective social work practice skills
Qualification
Required
Be a citizen of the United States
Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE)
OR Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution
OR Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession
Hold a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State
Be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7402(d)
Completion of one year of progressively responsible assignments and experience equivalent to that equivalent to the GS-12 grade level which demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities that are directly related to the specific assignment
Graduated from a COAMFTE approved program OR have passed the AMFTRB examination
Five years of post-licensed clinical experience in family systems theory/therapy
Demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressive professional competency and expertise
Have an AAMFT Approved Supervisor credential
Skill in assessing qualifications and abilities of current and prospective employees to include staff performance evaluation
Ability to facilitate professional development of other MFTs across programs/or locations
Ability to collaborate with leaders of other disciplines within facilities, the community, VISN, and VACO
Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives
Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions
Ability to clinically supervise in areas related to the provision of marital and family therapy services
Preferred
Program Development
Whole Health practice experience
Supervisory experience
Benefits
The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Company
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