Staff Psychologist - Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: Summary (EDRP eligibility), Qualifications (detailed), Duties (list), Total Rewards (Work Schedule, Recruitment Incentive, etc.), Pay, Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework). Also mention EDRP program details. Also mention Physical Requirements? Might be part of Requirements? Could be a section "Requirements" maybe includes basic requirements, licensure, grade determinations, physical requirements. But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include based on content.
We have content: Summary (EDRP) could be "About the role"? Might be better as "About the role". Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: basic requirements (citizenship, language, education, internship, licensure, grade determinations, physical requirements). Qualifications: maybe the KSAs? Actually qualifications includes education, internship, licensure, grade determinations, KSAs. But we already used Requirements for basic requirements; Qualifications could be the KSAs and grade determinations? However the posting lumps them together. We need to avoid duplication. Perhaps we can have sections: About the role (EDRP summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (basic requirements: citizenship, language, education, internship, licensure, grade determinations, physical requirements), Qualifications (KSAs and grade-specific experience), Benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework), Pay (competitive salary, regular increases), Schedule (work schedule Monday-Friday 8am-4pm). Also maybe include EDRP details under About the role.
We must not include sections with filler like "not specified". Ensure we have real content.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
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for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. That's a lot. We need to include all details from the posting within the sections.
Let's extract details:
Summary/EDRP:
- Position eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - student loan payment reimbursement.
- Must meet specific individual eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment.
- Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of EDRP application.
Qualifications/Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy.
- English Language Proficiency: Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English per VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3j.
- Education: Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program accredited by APA, PCSAS, or CPA at time program completed. Specialty area must be consistent with assignment. Specialty areas recognized by accrediting body: APA accredits clinical, counseling, school psychology or combos; PCSAS accredits psychological clinical science; CPA accredits clinical, counseling, clinical neuropsychology, school psychology. No VHA assignments require school psychologist skills, so degree in school psychology not eligible. For determining eligibility, no distinction between specialty areas except school psychology.
- OR Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and additionally successfully complete a re-specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of re-specialization) meeting both: re-specialization program completed in an APA or CPA accredited doctoral program; and the specialty retrained must be consistent with assignment. Must provide official transcript/certificate documenting completion of re-specialization program, which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship.
- 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 accredited by APA or CPA at time program completed and consistent with assignment.
OR New VHA psychology internship programs in process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable if sanctioned by VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at time of internship.
OR VHA facilities that offered full-time one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96-151 (pre-1979) are acceptable.
OR Applicants who completed an internship not accredited by APA or CPA at time may be considered eligible if currently board certified by ABPP in a specialty area consistent with assignment (must maintain board certification).
OR Applicants with doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from regionally-accredited institution with dissertation primarily psychological may fulfill internship requirement by having equivalent of one-year supervised internship experience in a site acceptable to doctoral program; if not on transcript, must provide statement from doctoral program verifying equivalent supervised internship.
- Licensure: Hold a full, current, unrestricted license to practice psychology at doctoral level in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of US, or DC.
Exception: Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet eligibility may be given temporary appointment as "graduate psychologist" at GS-11 or GS-12 under 38 U.S.C.7405[(c)(2)(B)] for period not exceed two years from date of employment, provided they provide care only under supervision of a licensed psychologist; failure to obtain licensure during that period justifies termination.
- Grade Determinations:
GS-11 Staff Psychologist (Entry Level): Experience: None beyond basic requirements.
GS-12 Staff Psychologist (Developmental Level): Experience: At least 1 year of experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to next lower grade (GS-11). Psychologists not licensed must practice under supervision of a licensed psychologist but with less intense supervision than at GS-11.
In addition, candidate must demonstrate KSAs: Knowledge of and ability to apply wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to variety of patient populations; Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies; Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures; Ability to conduct research activities such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties); Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within context of established research team - including research participant relations, research documentation, data acquisition, maintenance, collaboration.
GS-13 Staff Psychologist (Full Performance Level): Experience: At least 2 years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to GS-12 level. In addition to experience above, candidate must demonstrate KSAs: Knowledge of - and ability to apply - professional psychological treatments to 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.
Reference: For more info on qualification standard 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 is in range GS-11 to GS-13.
- Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at time of evaluation or examination.
Duties:
- Psychologists conduct psychological assessments - diagnose mental disorders - treat mental disorders through variety of modalities (individual, family, group psychotherapies and other interventions such as behavioral health and community interventions) - provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders - and provide behavioral health consultation to providers on medical, mental health, and variety of other patient care issues.
- Psychologists administer and interpret psychological tests - including but not limited to tests of ability, aptitude, achievement, interests, personality, cognitive functioning, and mental health.
- Major duties include but not limited to:
* 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
* 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
* Supports and/or participates in scientific activity
* May serve on internal and external committees
* May have administrative responsibilities of limited scope and complexity
Total Rewards:
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
- Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
- EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
- Contact vhavisn23edrp@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
- Learn more (maybe link omitted)
- Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
- Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
- Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child
- Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to 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
Also there are functional statement numbers etc but likely boilerplate; we can drop.
We need to avoid sections with no real content like "About the role" if we just put summary. That's fine.
We need to ensure we don't create sections like "Skills" unless we have specific skills content. We have KSAs which could be considered skills. Could put them under "Skills" section. But we also have "Qualifications" for education, licensure etc. Might be better to have:
- About the role (EDRP summary)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Requirements (basic requirements: citizenship, language, education, internship, licensure, grade determinations, physical requirements)
- Skills (KSAs and grade-specific experience)
- Benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework)
- Pay (competitive salary, regular increases)
- Schedule (work schedule)
We must not include sections
- for lists,
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. That's a lot. We need to include all details from the posting within the sections. Let's extract details: Summary/EDRP: - Position eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - student loan payment reimbursement. - Must meet specific individual eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment. - Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of EDRP application. Qualifications/Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy. - English Language Proficiency: Psychologists must be proficient in spoken and written English per VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3j. - Education: Have a doctoral degree in psychology from a graduate program accredited by APA, PCSAS, or CPA at time program completed. Specialty area must be consistent with assignment. Specialty areas recognized by accrediting body: APA accredits clinical, counseling, school psychology or combos; PCSAS accredits psychological clinical science; CPA accredits clinical, counseling, clinical neuropsychology, school psychology. No VHA assignments require school psychologist skills, so degree in school psychology not eligible. For determining eligibility, no distinction between specialty areas except school psychology. - OR Have a doctoral degree in any area of psychology and additionally successfully complete a re-specialization program (including documentation of an approved internship completed as part of re-specialization) meeting both: re-specialization program completed in an APA or CPA accredited doctoral program; and the specialty retrained must be consistent with assignment. Must provide official transcript/certificate documenting completion of re-specialization program, which includes completion of an APA or CPA internship. - 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 accredited by APA or CPA at time program completed and consistent with assignment. OR New VHA psychology internship programs in process of applying for APA accreditation are acceptable if sanctioned by VHA Central Office Program Director for Psychology and VHA Office of Academic Affiliations at time of internship. OR VHA facilities that offered full-time one-year pre-doctoral internships prior to PL 96-151 (pre-1979) are acceptable. OR Applicants who completed an internship not accredited by APA or CPA at time may be considered eligible if currently board certified by ABPP in a specialty area consistent with assignment (must maintain board certification). OR Applicants with doctoral degree awarded between 1951 and 1978 from regionally-accredited institution with dissertation primarily psychological may fulfill internship requirement by having equivalent of one-year supervised internship experience in a site acceptable to doctoral program; if not on transcript, must provide statement from doctoral program verifying equivalent supervised internship. - Licensure: Hold a full, current, unrestricted license to practice psychology at doctoral level in a State, Territory, Commonwealth of US, or DC. Exception: Non-licensed applicants who otherwise meet eligibility may be given temporary appointment as "graduate psychologist" at GS-11 or GS-12 under 38 U.S.C.7405[(c)(2)(B)] for period not exceed two years from date of employment, provided they provide care only under supervision of a licensed psychologist; failure to obtain licensure during that period justifies termination. - Grade Determinations: GS-11 Staff Psychologist (Entry Level): Experience: None beyond basic requirements. GS-12 Staff Psychologist (Developmental Level): Experience: At least 1 year of experience as a professional psychologist equivalent to next lower grade (GS-11). Psychologists not licensed must practice under supervision of a licensed psychologist but with less intense supervision than at GS-11. In addition, candidate must demonstrate KSAs: Knowledge of and ability to apply wide range of professional psychological treatments or assessment methods to variety of patient populations; Ability to design and implement effective treatment strategies; Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures; Ability to conduct research activities such as designing and implementing clinical research projects (staff psychologists with specified research job duties); Ability to perform basic research tasks of scholarship and research execution within context of established research team - including research participant relations, research documentation, data acquisition, maintenance, collaboration. GS-13 Staff Psychologist (Full Performance Level): Experience: At least 2 years of experience as a professional psychologist - with at least one year equivalent to GS-12 level. In addition to experience above, candidate must demonstrate KSAs: Knowledge of - and ability to apply - professional psychological treatments to 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. Reference: For more info on qualification standard 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 is in range GS-11 to GS-13. - Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at time of evaluation or examination. Duties: - Psychologists conduct psychological assessments - diagnose mental disorders - treat mental disorders through variety of modalities (individual, family, group psychotherapies and other interventions such as behavioral health and community interventions) - provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders - and provide behavioral health consultation to providers on medical, mental health, and variety of other patient care issues. - Psychologists administer and interpret psychological tests - including but not limited to tests of ability, aptitude, achievement, interests, personality, cognitive functioning, and mental health. - Major duties include but not limited to: * 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 * 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 * Supports and/or participates in scientific activity * May serve on internal and external committees * May have administrative responsibilities of limited scope and complexity Total Rewards: - Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm - Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized - Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized - EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive - Contact vhavisn23edrp@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance - Learn more (maybe link omitted) - Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases - Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) - Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment - up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with birth - adoption - or foster care placement of a child - Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment - full time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to 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 Also there are functional statement numbers etc but likely boilerplate; we can drop. We need to avoid sections with no real content like "About the role" if we just put summary. That's fine. We need to ensure we don't create sections like "Skills" unless we have specific skills content. We have KSAs which could be considered skills. Could put them under "Skills" section. But we also have "Qualifications" for education, licensure etc. Might be better to have: - About the role (EDRP summary) - Responsibilities (duties) - Requirements (basic requirements: citizenship, language, education, internship, licensure, grade determinations, physical requirements) - Skills (KSAs and grade-specific experience) - Benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework) - Pay (competitive salary, regular increases) - Schedule (work schedule) We must not include sections