• Job Description

  Req#: 839851000
  The Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health Service (ACOS, MHS) is administratively and clinically responsible for all mental health staff and programs, and for service delivery provided throughout the Mental Health Service Line at VAPSHCS, which has major facilities in Seattle and at American Lake (Tacoma), as well as multiple community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs).
  
  Duties
  
  
  The Mental Health Service at VAPSHCS is an integrated care line with over 350 employees, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and a variety of ancillary therapists. Acute inpatient and Emergency Department mental health services are located at the Seattle Division, and mental health residential treatment services are located at the American Lake Division. Both divisions have a continuum of outpatient mental health care including general mental health clinics, specialty PTSD treatment, addictions treatment, tele-mental health services, primary care mental health, care for Veterans with chronic medical illness, and vocational rehabilitation services.
  
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  Qualifications
  
  
  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.
  
  Podiatrist Basic Requirements
  • Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~
  • Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists 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 Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~
  • Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
  
  Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
  
  Preferred Experience:
  • Clinical Leadership experience
  • Board certified
  
  Physical Requirements: Light lifting, under 15 pounds; use of fingers; mental and emotional stability.
  Environmental Factors: Working closely with others; working alone; protracted or irregular hours of work.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with integrating life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 1700 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

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