Description du poste
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
Duties include but are not limited to: Provides clinical supervision, manages performance, ensures staff competencies and training of staff assigned to the clinical liaison program. Manages conflicts within the program and between the Clinical Liaison program and other Medical Center Services. Conducts Clinical Liaison group and team meetings. Monitors and manages professional development for staff assigned to the Clinical Liaison program. Ensures compliance with Veterans Affairs policies, Mental Health standard operating procedures, Joint Commissions standards, and all applicable regulatory requirements. Manages Clinical Liaison staffing schedules. Tracks and manages all metrics for the Clinical Liaison program and metrics aligning with the Mental Health Service. Manages all accreditation and quality assurance activities for the Clinical Liaison program. In addition, the incumbent represents the Clinical Liaison to the Mental Health Service for all accreditation and quality assurance activities. Coordinates and monitors referrals and consults for the Clinical Liaison. Provides expert social work advice and education to Clinical Liaison staff and other medical center staff, advocating for Veterans' mental health care needs. Provides oversight of the triage, assignment, tracking, and completion of all consults. Ensures timely response to consults, clinical appropriateness of disposition, and adherence to national timeliness standards. Administers and supervises operation of the service on call phone, serving as a primary point of contact for real-time mental health consultation, risk identification, discharge coordination, and treatment planning with hospitalist and ED teams. Ensures continuous 24/7 operational readiness of the MH CL service through development of staff schedules, oversight of leave requests, and verification of fee basis or contract personnel documentation. Conducts complex clinical assessments in high acuity settings, including comprehensive suicide risk evaluations, diagnostic clarification, crisis stabilization, and creation of individualized safety plans. Coordinates direct placement of Veterans into residential or intensive outpatient substance use programs. Maintains expert knowledge of VA and community addiction treatment options, eligibility criteria, and referral pathways. Provides clinical justification, documentation, and coordination necessary to achieve seamless transitions of care. Provides clinical consultation to physicians, nursing, social work, and case management staff on psychosocial complexity, behavioral risk, and system navigation. Manages data tracking, management, and performance improvement initiatives for two national SAIL suicide related measures (SPED and Risk ID). Monitors team compliance with national benchmarks, identifies areas of underperformance, implements corrective action plans, and presents findings for quality improvement. Ensures staff maintain accurate, timely, and complete documentation in accordance with VHA policy and facility regulations. The incumbent monitors open encounters, mandatory training status, service compliance with policy updates, and disseminates clinical reminders. Performs clinical duties, which include providing care in accordance with the full range of licensure and credentialing for the incumbent, including but not limited to crisis management, Suicide Ideation and Homicidal Ideation risk assessments, safety planning, individual/group/couple
À propos de Veterans Health Administration
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS) is the second busiest VA system in the nation and we are growing! Comprised of the Dallas VA Medical Center, Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Bonham, Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic and Tyler VA Primary Care Clinic, VANTHCS is an integrated health care system with approximately 4,000 employees and over 1,600 volunteers and clinical trainees. VANTHCS also coordinates a Community Based Outpatient Clinic program throughout its 40-county primary service area to improve access to care for veterans throughout 38 North Texas and 2 in southern Oklahoma. Through these four distinctive facilities and relationships with