Psychologist ( Program Manager)- Psychology Internship Training Director

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Has direct or indirect (through subordinate supervision) administrative and professional supervision of subordinates 6 psychology interns (OAA Stipends).
• Provides clinical supervision and instruction for psychology trainees (interns and/or postdoctoral fellows) assigned to the primary work setting.
• Regularly monitors and evaluates training program performance using objective, data driven outcome measures (e.g., trainee evaluations, supervisor evaluations, program evaluations, exit interviews, didactic feedback forms), as well as verbal feedback from staff and trainees. Analyzes outcome data and generates reports. Effectively identifies and addresses weaknesses and problems. Develops and implements quality and performance improvement plans as needed.
• Serves on a Psychology Service Committee concerned with oversight of the training program.
• Holds a faculty appointment at Oregon Health & Science University or other affiliated university that requires accomplishments in clinical supervision, training, and education (clinical or clinician-teacher faculty appointment).
• Carries ultimate responsibility for internship training program being compliant with applicable local and national regulations, policies, and standards. Seeks and maintains American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation for the psychology internship training programs; prepares accreditation and re-accreditation applications (i.e., self-studies) and is in charge of preparing for, organizing and facilitating accreditation site visits (i.e., audits).
• Provides functional assessments and diagnostic services for Veterans with a broad range of psychopathology who are receiving care within the VA Portland HCS.
• Demonstrates expertise in using contemporary interview and psychometric assessment methods for mental disorders and/or behavioral health conditions.
• Provides education to patients and family members regarding mental health disorders and best practice approaches to treatment.
• Provides evidenced-based psychotherapeutic interventions as indicated and appropriate for the specific job setting and duties of the psychologist, which may include individual, family, and group psychotherapy and psychoeducation.
• Provides consultation to health care providers throughout the Medical Center about assessment findings and treatment plans for patients to ensure that care is coordinated, collaborative, and integrated within the VA Portland HCS.
• Actively involved in research and/or program evaluation, either as principal investigator, co-investigator, and/or collaborator.
• Serves on a Medical Center committee(s), workgroup(s), and/or task force(s).
• Serves on a VISN and/or National VA committee(s), workgroup(s), and/or task force(s).
• Actively participates in leadership role(s) with local, state, and/or national professional organizations.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements:
• a. Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States.
• b. 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.
• (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;
• (b) the specialty in which the applicant is retrained must be consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• (3) Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution, with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature.
• (4) Internships(a) Have successfully completed a professional psychology internship training program that was accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed and that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• (b) New VHA psychology internship programs that are in the process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement, provided that such programs were sanctioned by the VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and the VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at the time that the individual was an intern.
• (c) VHA facilities that offered full-time, one-year pre-doctrinal internships prior to PL 96- 151 (pre- 1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement;
• (d) Applicants who completed an internship that was not accredited by APA or CPA at the time the program was completed may be considered eligible for hire only if they are currently board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in a specialty area that is consistent with the assignment for which the applicant is to be employed.
• c. Licensure. Hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• d. Board Certification and Loss of Credential
• (1) Board Certification. Persons hired to psychology positions in the VHA who completed an internship that was not accredited at the time the program was completed must be board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology.