ACOS; Psychiatrist Mental Health

Position: ACOS (Psychiatrist) Mental Health
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program EDRP a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until September 30, 2026. The first cut-off date is December 18, 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or until the position is filled.

This position is being posted as a Physician, Psychologist, Nurse, and Social Worker. Please apply under the appropriate series.

Physician - CBTB-KW

Psychologist - CBTB-LRD

Nurse - CBTB-HB

Social Worker - CBTB-LRD

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Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

Appraised Value Offer (AVO):
Not Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment):
Learn more.

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN7

EDRPFacility

Coordinators2, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Pay:
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME:
Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice:
Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract:

No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Associate Chief of Staff - Mental Health Expectation of Duties:

(1) Ensuring annual individualized productivity targets for each provider based upon the assigned work expectations are developed.

NOTE:

For additional information see Appendix A, 1.b.(2). All staff are to have workload standards established based upon their work assignment, but the productivity based upon wRVU targets, as outlined in this directive, applies to licensed independent providers (LIPs).

(2) Ensuring quarterly productivity monitoring is completed for measuring provider activities and workload, and that individualized productivity targets are updated to reflect changing work assignment(s).

(3) Communicating quarterly and annually productivity activities to respective providers and VA medical facility COS.

(4) Coordinating with the VA medical facility COS to ensure that all monitoring activities are reported to the VA medical facility Director at least annually.(5) Developing action plans based on the results of the monitoring activities to adjust provider productivity and staffing requested by the VA medical facility Director.

(6) Collaborates with discipline-specific leaders (e.g., Social Work Chief or Executive; ACN for Mental Health; Psychology Chief) to ensure appropriate professional practice standards, such as those of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Work, etc. are maintained.

(7) All positions in the MH service line, report to The ACOS of MH.

(8) This position Reports directly to the facility Chief of Staff.

(2) The Mental Health Onboard Clinical (MHOC) Dashboard is available for internal, mental health program-specific productivity evaluation. For detailed information, please see MHOC educational materials.

Work Schedule:

8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday