Staff Psychologist

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.

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive psychological assessments and formulates diagnostic impressions using standardized and clinically appropriate methods.
• Delivers evidence-based and evidence-informed psychotherapy for mental health - substance use - behavioral - and psychosocial concerns within granted clinical privileges.
• Completes all required clinical documentation and charting in accordance with healthcare system timelines - quality standards - and accreditation requirements.
• Provides clinical supervision to unlicensed staff and trainees - guidance and education to assigned staff in psychological service delivery.
• Serves as a resource to other professional personnel by offering consultation regarding psychological services and treatment planning.
• Offers education to patients - patients' family members - professional staff - and trainees on mental health conditions and treatment approaches.
• Performs risk assessments for self-harm or harm to others and implements suicide prevention and crisis management procedures.
• Functions as a contributing member of multidisciplinary medical and mental health teams in inpatient - outpatient - or specialty care settings.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participates in performance improvement and quality assurance activities relevant to psychological services and assigned clinical programs.
• Abides by the ethical principles addressed by psychology licensing boards.
• Serves on internal and external committees.
• May have administrative responsibilities of limited scope and complexity.

Requirements

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.
• Internships: 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.
• 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.

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.

Skills

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.
• To incorporate new clinical procedures.
• To conduct research activities - such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties).
• 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.

Benefits

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

• 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).

Pay

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm.