Neuropsychologist
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
- Summary: mentions EDRP eligibility, details about program, award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period one to five years.
- Qualifications: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, Education (doctoral degree in psychology from APA/PCSAS/CPA accredited program, specialty area consistent, etc.), Internships requirements, Licensure, Board Certification, Grandfathering Provision.
- Duties: description of Neuropsychologist responsibilities.
- Work Schedule: Full-Time Monday-Friday, will be discussed during interview. Compressed/Flexible: Authorized? Not sure. It says "Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday-Friday - will be discussed during interview Compressed/Flexible: Authorized". Actually text: "Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday-Friday - will be discussed during interview Compressed/Flexible: Authorized Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive". So schedule info: Full-Time Monday-Friday, will be discussed during interview. Compressed/Flexible: Authorized? It says "Compressed/Flexible: Authorized". So schedule info present.
- Pay: "Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases". That's vague but it's present. However we must not include Pay section if content is just "competitive salary and regular salary increases" which is not specific numbers. The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD"). "Competitive salary and regular salary increases" is vague but maybe considered filler? It's not a specific number. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Likely we should omit Pay section because it's not substantive. However they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. That is stating something, albeit vague. But the rule about filler says we should not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD". "Competitive salary and regular salary increases" is not exactly those but still vague. Might be considered filler. Safer to omit Pay section.
- Benefits: There's a list: Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual - based on prior [work experience] or military service experience Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with a total family income below $144 -000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 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) Telework: Ad hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Thus Benefits section is substantive.
- About the role: Not explicitly present but we could infer from summary? The summary mentions EDRP eligibility. Could treat "About the role" as summary? But we must not repeat job title as heading. The posting didn't have an explicit "About the role" section. We could create a section for "Summary" maybe as About the role
with the summary content. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can create About the role heading and put the summary content there (including EDRP details). That seems appropriate.
- Responsibilities: Could map to Duties section. Use Responsibilities
with duties list.
- Requirements: Could map to Qualifications (basic requirements). Use Requirements
with qualifications list.
- Skills: Not present; we should not create.
- Benefits: as above.
- Pay: maybe omit.
- Schedule: we have schedule info.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from each section.
Let's extract content.
About the role (summary):
"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."
Note there is a weird spacing: "$200 -000" likely means $200,000. We'll keep as written? Probably preserve exactly: "$200 -000". We'll keep.
Responsibilities (duties):
List of duties from "Duties may include but are not limited to:" then bullet-like sentences.
We need to convert each sentence into
- . Let's extract:
- The incumbent provides clinical services - including direct clinical care - to Veterans being served in the Neuropsychology Clinic on an outpatient basis
- Reviews all data - subjective and objective - and makes a clinical assessment - identifying needs and strengths
- Effectively uses professional skill - objectivity - and insight
- Uses clinical training and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options
- Assesses high risk factors - acuity - and need for services
- Performs insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness - catastrophic medical conditions - dementia - and other high-risk diagnoses
- The Neuropsychologist is responsible for coordinating responses to all consultation requests for neuropsychological evaluations
- Coordinates the scheduling of referred Veterans - oversight of assessments - evaluation of test results - monitoring of FS#: 593-11412-F test interpretation - and appropriate communication of results to referral sources
- Maintenance of all testing equipment - forms - manuals - and materials are under the purview of the incumbent
- Ensures the correct administration - scoring - and interpretation of psychological and neuropsychological measures
- Accurate presentation of resulting data is entered into the Veteran's electronic medical record
- Participates in the assignment of Veterans to treatment teams and programs
- Consults with other specialists in planning treatment for Veterans with co-morbidities
- As an active member of the psychology and neuropsychology community - the incumbent offers expertise in professional governance to appropriate committees and organizations within VHA
- Responsible for all entries in the Veteran's medical record (CPRS) and timely completion of patient notes - encounters - and reports
- Participates actively in Performance Improvement (PI) activities
- Adheres to HIPPA - privacy regulations - and VHA Directives related to release of information
- Responsible for completion of all assigned clinical reminders for patients under his/her care - and performance measures assigned to the Care Line
We need to keep all.
Also earlier sentences before "Duties may include but are not limited to:" maybe part of responsibilities: "The incumbent serves as a Neuropsychologist responsible for neuropsychological assessments for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System - which may include both cognitive and psychological components Provides evaluations in response to requests from internal customers Implements and meets performance requirements for quality and timeliness of clinical care and successfully completes other clinical duties as assigned This position reports to the Chief of Psychology". Those are also responsibilities. Should we include them? Yes, they are substantive. We'll include them as separate
- items or as prose? Since they are duties, we can include them in list.
Thus responsibilities list includes those as well.
Let's list them:
- The incumbent serves as a Neuropsychologist responsible for neuropsychological assessments for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System - which may include both cognitive and psychological components
- Provides evaluations in response to requests from internal customers
- Implements and meets performance requirements for quality and timeliness of clinical care and successfully completes other clinical duties as assigned
- This position reports to the Chief of Psychology
Then the bullet list.
We'll combine.
Requirements (Qualifications): Need to include all qualification details: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, Education (doctoral degree in psychology from APA/PCSAS/CPA accredited program, specialty area consistent, etc.), Internships requirements, Licensure, Board Certification, Grandfathering Provision.
We must preserve all details, not summarize. This is lengthy. We'll need to break into
- items for each distinct requirement.
Let's extract:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
Education (1) Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) - the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) - or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed
- The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed
- For the purpose of meeting this requirement - the term ""specialty area"" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills
- Currently - APA accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology - counseling psychology - school psychology - or combinations of two or more of those areas
- PCSAS accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science
- CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology - counseling psychology - clinical neuropsychology - and school psychology
- There are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist therefore - an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment
- Strictly for the purpose of determining eligibility for appointment as a psychologist in VHA - there is no distinction between the specialty areas (with the exception of school psychology)
OR (2) Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and - in addition - successfully complete a re- specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the re- specialization program) meeting both of the following conditions:
(a) The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program
and -(b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed
- NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program - which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship
[Psychologists who have successfully completed a re-specialization program as described above and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard are considered to have fully met the educational requirements of these qualification standards.]
OR (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.]
AND (4) Internships
3(a) Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program
Responsibilities
with duties list. - Requirements: Could map to Qualifications (basic requirements). UseRequirements
with qualifications list. - Skills: Not present; we should not create. - Benefits: as above. - Pay: maybe omit. - Schedule: we have schedule info. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Schedule. We need to use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from each section. Let's extract content. About the role (summary): "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." Note there is a weird spacing: "$200 -000" likely means $200,000. We'll keep as written? Probably preserve exactly: "$200 -000". We'll keep. Responsibilities (duties): List of duties from "Duties may include but are not limited to:" then bullet-like sentences. We need to convert each sentence into
- . Let's extract: - The incumbent provides clinical services - including direct clinical care - to Veterans being served in the Neuropsychology Clinic on an outpatient basis - Reviews all data - subjective and objective - and makes a clinical assessment - identifying needs and strengths - Effectively uses professional skill - objectivity - and insight - Uses clinical training and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options - Assesses high risk factors - acuity - and need for services - Performs insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness - catastrophic medical conditions - dementia - and other high-risk diagnoses - The Neuropsychologist is responsible for coordinating responses to all consultation requests for neuropsychological evaluations - Coordinates the scheduling of referred Veterans - oversight of assessments - evaluation of test results - monitoring of FS#: 593-11412-F test interpretation - and appropriate communication of results to referral sources - Maintenance of all testing equipment - forms - manuals - and materials are under the purview of the incumbent - Ensures the correct administration - scoring - and interpretation of psychological and neuropsychological measures - Accurate presentation of resulting data is entered into the Veteran's electronic medical record - Participates in the assignment of Veterans to treatment teams and programs - Consults with other specialists in planning treatment for Veterans with co-morbidities - As an active member of the psychology and neuropsychology community - the incumbent offers expertise in professional governance to appropriate committees and organizations within VHA - Responsible for all entries in the Veteran's medical record (CPRS) and timely completion of patient notes - encounters - and reports - Participates actively in Performance Improvement (PI) activities - Adheres to HIPPA - privacy regulations - and VHA Directives related to release of information - Responsible for completion of all assigned clinical reminders for patients under his/her care - and performance measures assigned to the Care Line We need to keep all. Also earlier sentences before "Duties may include but are not limited to:" maybe part of responsibilities: "The incumbent serves as a Neuropsychologist responsible for neuropsychological assessments for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System - which may include both cognitive and psychological components Provides evaluations in response to requests from internal customers Implements and meets performance requirements for quality and timeliness of clinical care and successfully completes other clinical duties as assigned This position reports to the Chief of Psychology". Those are also responsibilities. Should we include them? Yes, they are substantive. We'll include them as separate
- items or as prose? Since they are duties, we can include them in list. Thus responsibilities list includes those as well. Let's list them: - The incumbent serves as a Neuropsychologist responsible for neuropsychological assessments for the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System - which may include both cognitive and psychological components - Provides evaluations in response to requests from internal customers - Implements and meets performance requirements for quality and timeliness of clinical care and successfully completes other clinical duties as assigned - This position reports to the Chief of Psychology Then the bullet list. We'll combine. Requirements (Qualifications): Need to include all qualification details: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, Education (doctoral degree in psychology from APA/PCSAS/CPA accredited program, specialty area consistent, etc.), Internships requirements, Licensure, Board Certification, Grandfathering Provision. We must preserve all details, not summarize. This is lengthy. We'll need to break into
- items for each distinct requirement. Let's extract: Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy Education (1) Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program in psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) - the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) - or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) at the time the program was completed - The specialty area of the degree must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed - For the purpose of meeting this requirement - the term ""specialty area"" refers to the specific specialty areas recognized by the accrediting body and not to specific job duties that might require special skills - Currently - APA accredits doctoral programs in the specialty areas of clinical psychology - counseling psychology - school psychology - or combinations of two or more of those areas - PCSAS accredits doctoral programs in psychological clinical science - CPA accredits doctoral programs in clinical psychology - counseling psychology - clinical neuropsychology - and school psychology - There are no job assignments in VHA that require the skills of a school psychologist therefore - an applicant with a degree in the specialty area of school psychology is not eligible for appointment - Strictly for the purpose of determining eligibility for appointment as a psychologist in VHA - there is no distinction between the specialty areas (with the exception of school psychology) OR (2) Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and - in addition - successfully complete a re- specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of the re- specialization program) meeting both of the following conditions: (a) The re-specialization program must be completed in an APA or a CPA accredited doctoral program and -(b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed - NOTE: The applicant must provide an official transcript and/or certificate documenting the completion of the re-specialization program - which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship [Psychologists who have successfully completed a re-specialization program as described above and who were employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs prior to the implementation of this standard are considered to have fully met the educational requirements of these qualification standards.] OR (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.] AND (4) Internships 3(a) Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program