Staff Psychologist
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Qualifications (detailed). We have Duties (list). We have Benefits (Total Rewards includes many benefits). We have Schedule (Work Schedule). We have Pay? Not explicit pay amount; only grade range GS-11 to GS-13, but not specific salary. Should we include Pay? The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Pay not stated as a specific amount, but grade range maybe considered pay? Probably not enough; we should omit Pay section. Schedule is stated: Monday - Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm. So include Schedule section. Benefits: many items (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework, Virtual, EDRP, Recruitment/Relocation Incentives). So include Benefits section. Also maybe "About the role" could be summary? The summary about EDRP eligibility. Could treat as About the role? But we have a Summary section at top: "Summary This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)..." That's about EDRP eligibility, not role description. Could treat as About the role? Might be better to have a section "About the role" containing that summary. However instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can include About the role if we have content. The summary is about EDRP eligibility, not exactly role description but could be considered about the role. We'll include About the role with that summary.
We also have "Physical Requirements" but not a standard heading; we could omit or include under Requirements? Not needed.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's structure:
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.
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.
Then list basic requirements: United States Citizenship, Education (multiple options), Internship (multiple options), Licensure (including exception), Grade Determinations (GS-11, GS-12, GS-13 with experience and KSAs), Preferred Experience, Reference link, Full performance level GS-13, actual grade range GS-11 to GS-13, Physical Requirements (maybe include as paragraph). We need to preserve all detail; we can break into - for each bullet? The qualifications section includes many paragraphs; we can keep prose for each subsection but also use lists where appropriate.
Better: For each major bullet we can use
- . But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So if we have a list of items (like education options), we should use
- . For prose paragraphs, use
.
Thus we need to parse the qualifications text into list items where appropriate.
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: 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
OR 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
OR Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature
- Internship: 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
OR 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
OR VHA facilities that offered full-time - one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96- 151 (pre- 1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement
OR 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
OR Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally- accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program
If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript - the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program
- 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
Exception: Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment as a ""graduate psychologist"" at the GS-11 or GS-12 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C.7405 [(c)(2)(B)] for a period not to exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that such a psychologist provide care only under the supervision of a psychologist who is licensed
Failure to obtain licensure during that period is justification for termination of the temporary appointment
May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
- Grade Determinations:
GS-11 (Entry Level) Experience: None beyond the basic requirements
Staff Psychologist - GS-12 (Developmental Level) Experience: At least one year of experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11)
Psychologists who are not licensed must practice under the supervision of a licensed psychologist but with less intense supervision than at the GS-11 grade level
Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
Knowledge of and ability to apply a wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to a variety of patient populations
Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies
Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures
Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within the context of an established research team - including research participant relations - research documentation - data acquisition - maintenance - and collaboration
Staff Psychologist - GS-13 (Full Performance - Level) Experience: At least two years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to the GS-12 grade level
Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
Knowledge of - and ability to apply - professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations
Ability to provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health
Knowledge of clinical research literature
Preferred Experience: Have experience and training in Evidenced Based Psychotherapies for PTSD
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13
The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-13
Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position
Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation.
We need to preserve all that.
We'll create
Qualifications
then maybe a for the introductory sentence about applicants pending completion. Then a
for each major category? Could be nested lists but we can just make a flat list with each requirement as - containing possibly subtext.
But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can treat the qualifications as a list of requirements. We'll output each requirement as
- . Inside
- we can have
or just text. Probably fine to have plain text.
Similarly for Duties: we have a paragraph then "Major Duties include - but not limited to:" then a list. We'll output
Responsibilities
maybe? The instruction list includes Responsibilities as example. We'll use Responsibilities heading.
We'll put duties as - .
For Benefits: we have many items under Total Rewards. We'll use
Benefits
and list each benefit as - .
Schedule:
Schedule
Monday - Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm
We should also include maybe "About the role" heading with summary.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Let's craft.
Be careful to preserve all details exactly as in text, but we can adjust punctuation slightly? Probably okay.
We'll output:
About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
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.
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.
Then list basic requirements: United States Citizenship, Education (multiple options), Internship (multiple options), Licensure (including exception), Grade Determinations (GS-11, GS-12, GS-13 with experience and KSAs), Preferred Experience, Reference link, Full performance level GS-13, actual grade range GS-11 to GS-13, Physical Requirements (maybe include as paragraph). We need to preserve all detail; we can break into- for each bullet? The qualifications section includes many paragraphs; we can keep prose for each subsection but also use lists where appropriate.
Better: For each major bullet we can use
- . But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So if we have a list of items (like education options), we should use
- . For prose paragraphs, use
. Thus we need to parse the qualifications text into list items where appropriate. 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: 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 OR 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 OR Have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally-accredited institution - with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature - Internship: 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 OR 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 OR VHA facilities that offered full-time - one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96- 151 (pre- 1979) are considered to be acceptable in fulfillment of the internship requirement OR 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 OR Applicants who have a doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from a regionally- accredited institution with a dissertation primarily psychological in nature may fulfill this internship requirement by having the equivalent of a one-year supervised internship experience in a site specifically acceptable to the candidate's doctoral program If the internship experience is not noted on the applicant's official transcript - the applicant must provide a statement from the doctoral program verifying that the equivalent of a one year supervised internship experience was completed in a site acceptable to the doctoral program - 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 Exception: Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements may be given a temporary appointment as a ""graduate psychologist"" at the GS-11 or GS-12 grade under the authority of 38 U.S.C.7405 [(c)(2)(B)] for a period not to exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that such a psychologist provide care only under the supervision of a psychologist who is licensed Failure to obtain licensure during that period is justification for termination of the temporary appointment May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). - Grade Determinations: GS-11 (Entry Level) Experience: None beyond the basic requirements Staff Psychologist - GS-12 (Developmental Level) Experience: At least one year of experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) Psychologists who are not licensed must practice under the supervision of a licensed psychologist but with less intense supervision than at the GS-11 grade level Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Knowledge of and ability to apply a wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to a variety of patient populations Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within the context of an established research team - including research participant relations - research documentation - data acquisition - maintenance - and collaboration Staff Psychologist - GS-13 (Full Performance - Level) Experience: At least two years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to the GS-12 grade level Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Knowledge of - and ability to apply - professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations Ability to provide professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health Knowledge of clinical research literature Preferred Experience: Have experience and training in Evidenced Based Psychotherapies for PTSD Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13 The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-13 Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation. We need to preserve all that. We'll create
Qualifications
then maybe afor the introductory sentence about applicants pending completion. Then a
- for each major category? Could be nested lists but we can just make a flat list with each requirement as
- containing possibly subtext.
But the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can treat the qualifications as a list of requirements. We'll output each requirement as
- . Inside
- we can have
or just text. Probably fine to have plain text. Similarly for Duties: we have a paragraph then "Major Duties include - but not limited to:" then a list. We'll output
Responsibilities
maybe? The instruction list includes Responsibilities as example. We'll use Responsibilities heading. We'll put duties as- .
For Benefits: we have many items under Total Rewards. We'll use
Benefits
and list each benefit as - .
Schedule:
Schedule
Monday - Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm
We should also include maybe "About the role" heading with summary. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title. We must not include navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. Now produce HTML. Let's craft. Be careful to preserve all details exactly as in text, but we can adjust punctuation slightly? Probably okay. We'll output:About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must
- .
For Benefits: we have many items under Total Rewards. We'll use
- containing possibly subtext.
But the instruction: Use
- . For prose paragraphs, use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So if we have a list of items (like education options), we should use
- . But the instruction: Use
- for each bullet? The qualifications section includes many paragraphs; we can keep prose for each subsection but also use lists where appropriate.
Better: For each major bullet we can use